September's Build Your Own Challenge

[BJ Rose]

Build Your Own Challenge
September 1 - 30
6/12

Read 5 books from the library by 5 different authors
1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Sept 2 (4*)
2. Don of the Dead by Casey Daniels- Sept 3 (3*)
3. My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart - Sept 3 (4.5*)
4. Finding MIracles by Julia Alvarez - Sept 6 (3.5*)
5.

Read 4 historical romances from 4 different authors
1. Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare
2.
3.
4.

Read 3 paranormal books from 3 different authors
1. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
2. Running Hot by Jayne Ann Krentz Sept 4 (4*)
3. Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause Sept 5 (2.5*)

[Becky]

The Laird Who Loved Me by Karen Hawkins
To Desire a Devil by Elizabeth Hoyt
Midnight Pleasures with a Scoundrel by Lorraine Heath Finished 9/6

Trying new authors:
Heather Grothaus with The Warrior
Tess Gerritsen with The Surgeon (also a new genre)
P.Q. Glisson with Her Sanctuary

1/6 for September

[Alycia]

Catherine wrote: "I thought it was great! I was afraid that it would turn out to be one I hated in the very beginning. For the first two chapters the heroine wasn't shown in a good light. But then Jude and Mariss..."

Oh good! Thanks for letting me know. I was on the fence about deciding to read it or not.

[Catherine]

No problem! I hope you like it too.

[Alycia]

Thanks, me too!

[Catherine]

My goal is to read 10 books from my "Own-but-haven't-read" shelf.

6/10 - Finished

1. The Pirate Next Door by Jennifer Ashley - Completed 9/2
2. The Matchmaker by Rexanne Becnel - Completed 9/3
3. Seven Secrets of Seduction by Anne Mallory - Completed 9/4
4. Ruthless by Anne Stuart - Completed 9/5
5. A Little Bit Wild by Victoria Dahl - Completed 9/6
6. Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare - Completed 9/7

[Beverly]

Build Your Own Challenge - I've read:

1. Twice Tempted by a Rouge - Loved Rhys
2. Ride the Fire - Loved Nicholas's patience
3. In Bed with a Stranger - Loved it, esp. the end

Three done, nine to finish. I'm now reading Three Nights with a Scoundrel.

[D.G.]

W♥LK - Sept. Build Your Own Challenge - 4/11 Completed

Read 11 Books
- At least 10 from my TBR (4/10)
- At least 2 must have 400+ pgs. (1/2)
- At least 1 book from 5 different series (3/5)

[D.G.]

Melissa wrote: "I've thought of a challenge but it may be too broad. Read as many books as I can in the month of September! Is that okay? :)"

Dhestiny can give you the definite opinion, but nosy that I am, I'll butt in. :p I think that for it to be a challenge, it needs to be quantifiable so why don't you throw in a number? If you read 10 books last month, you can say you'll read 11 or if you read 15 books last month but are busy this month, maybe you can challenge yourself to complete at least 10. Somehting like that. ;)

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

3/9 completed

1 - The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella - Stephenie Meyer - Done
2 - The Raven Prince- Elizabeth Hoyt
3 - Naked Edge - Pamela Clare
4 - Three Nights with a Scoundrel- Tessa Dare - Done
5 - The Leopard Prince - Elizabeth Hoyt
6 - Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake- McClean, Sarah
7 - Black Jack – Lora Leigh
8 - The Serpent Prince- Elizabeth Hoyt
9 - The Ranger – Rhonda Nelson - Done

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

You're all doing so, so good! I haven't gotten updates for this thread in a few days, which is why I haven't been posting, I'm sorry!

[BJ Rose]

Build Your Own Challenge
September 1 - 30
6/12

Read 5 books from the library by 5 different authors
1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Sept 2 (4*)
2. Don of the Dead by Casey Daniels- Sept 3 (3*)
3. My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart - Sept 3 (4.5*)
4. Finding MIracles by Julia Alvarez - Sept 6 (3.5*)
5. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros - Sept 8 (3.5*)

Read 4 historical romances from 4 different authors
1. Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare - Sept 7 (5*)
2.
3.
4.

Read 3 paranormal books from 3 different authors
1. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris - currently reading
2. Running Hot by Jayne Ann Krentz Sept 4 (4*)
3. Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause Sept 5 (2.5*)

[Catherine]

My goal is to read 10 books from my "Own-but-haven't-read" shelf.

7/10 - Finished

1. The Pirate Next Door by Jennifer Ashley - Completed 9/2
2. The Matchmaker by Rexanne Becnel - Completed 9/3
3. Seven Secrets of Seduction by Anne Mallory - Completed 9/4
4. Ruthless by Anne Stuart - Completed 9/5
5. A Little Bit Wild by Victoria Dahl - Completed 9/6
6. Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare - Completed 9/7
7. Last Dragon Standing by G.A. Aiken - Completed 9/7

[Dina]

Wow, Catherine! 7 books in 7 days! I'm amazed. I'm not doing so great in this challenge. I've only read 1 book so far. :(

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Come on, Dina! We have faith in you!

[Catherine]

I've got to keep it up or I'll start losing interest in the challenge and start focusing on rereads. I go through spurts where I just feel like rereading ones I know I liked.

[Catherine]

Also, it helps that I've been home sick for days...

[Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie*]

Build Your Own Challenge
1/5 finished

Finish 'Comanche' series by Catherine Anderson

Comanche Heart 8 Sept (5*)
Indigo Blue
Comanche Magic

Finish 'Travis' series by Lisa Kleypas

Blue-Eyed Devil
Smooth Talking Stranger

[D.G.]

Dina wrote: "Wow, Catherine! 7 books in 7 days! I'm amazed. I'm not doing so great in this challenge. I've only read 1 book so far. :("

Don't be discouraged, Dina! You can do it! Also know that this is about YOUR own challenge so don't worry how the rest of us are doing...(although I'm in awe of Catherine too, LOL!)

[Dina]

Thanks for the word of encouragement, UM and D.G. What's bugging me is, I defined my goal and I decided which books I was going to read - so why am I doing so "bad"? Luckily, I still have plenty of time to finish the challenge. :)

[Catherine]

Don't worry Dina! You know you usually do way better than me at these challenges! The only reason I'm so far ahead is that I've been, literally, laying around sick, doing nothing but reading and sleeping!

[Dina]

Thanks, Catherine. :) You're lucky. I can't read when I'm sick. :(

[Catherine]

The first couple days I kept falling asleep in the middle of it. I was so out of it! My husband would find me and have to roll me off my book. LOL.

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Oh, Catherine! I didn't know you were sick!!! **hugs**

Feel better soon!

[Catherine]

Thank you! I'm pretty much better now. I got sick Friday and spent my whole lovely weekend sleeping and reading and infecting my children.

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

I'm glad you're doing better. I got hit with that sore throat over the weekend and was miserable!

[Catherine]

Are you doing better?

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Oh yeah, no problem... well, the store throat is gone but I feel that tightening in my chest that says I'm fighting something of a respiratory nature, but I'll be fine, thanks for asking!

[Dina]

Tightening in your chest? That's love - at least, in Romancelandia, LOL.

(Kidding aside, I hope you feel better soon, UM.)

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Thanks, Dina! Yeah... that is love in Romancelandia, except I'm bound to cough right about the time Royce, Rhys or Zsadist tries to slip me the tongue.

[Dina]

LOL, UM! Yeah, that doesn't sound too romantic...

[Becky]

The Laird Who Loved Me by Karen Hawkins
To Desire a Devil by Elizabeth Hoyt
Midnight Pleasures with a Scoundrel by Lorraine Heath Finished 9/6

Trying new authors:
Heather Grothaus with The Warrior
Tess Gerritsen with The Surgeon (also a new genre)
P.Q. Glisson with Her Sanctuary

2/6 for September

[BJ Rose]

This is bizarre! Historical Romance is my favorite genre, but it's the last category to be completed!! Actually, I did read another HR, but it's by the same author, so under my own rules I can't count it!!!

Build Your Own Challenge
September 1 - 30

Read 5 books from the library by 5 different authors

1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd- Sept. 2 (4*)
2. Don of the Dead by Casey Daniels - Sept 3 (3*)
3. My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart - Sept 3 (4.5*)
4. Finding Miracles by Julia Alvarez - Sept 6 (3.5*)
5. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros - Sept 8 (3.5*)

Read 4 historical romances from 4 different authors
1. Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare - Sept 7 (5*)
2.
3.
4.

Read 3 paranormal books from 3 different authors
1. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris - Sept 9 (3.5*)
2. Running Hot by Jayne Ann Krentz - Sept 4 (4*)
3. Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause - Sept 5

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

I'm saving the best for last as well, BJ. That way I have more motivation to get through the books I've been hesitant to read. LOL

[D.G.]

Dina wrote: "Tightening in your chest? That's love - at least, in Romancelandia, LOL.

(Kidding aside, I hope you feel better soon, UM.)"

LOLOLOLOL, Dina!!

I hope you guys feel better soon...I'd really like to catch a cold so I can stay home and read. People at work are killing me!

[Beverly]

I have finished Three Nights with a Scoundrel. I really liked it. I have only read 4 of the 12 books I challenged myself with, but I plan on making up some time this weekend. I may have been too ambitious for my first challenge.

How do you underline the names of books? Can anyone tell me? Also, how do you repost with changes? I apologize, I haven't posted much.

[Catherine]

To make the book name an underlined link, just click "add book/author" (located right above the comment box. You can choose to search for the link to the author name, the bookcover, or even click the author tab and search for the author name.

To repost with changes you just find your original comment and click "edit." Then you select all, copy it, and then cancel the edit. Then you go to the comment box and paste. Then you add your changes.

Hopefully that's clear!

[D.G.]

W♥LK - Sept. Build Your Own Challenge - 5/11 Completed

Read 11 Books
- At least 10 from my TBR (5/10)
- At least 2 must have 400+ pgs. (2/2)
- At least 1 book from 5 different series (3/5)

[Lori {Romancing the Dark Side}]

Build Your Own Challenge
September 1 - 30
4/4 Done

I'm not going crazy this month...I have a few challenges I'm working on. I'll be choosing four books from my "to be read" mountain. Some fall into sub categories i.e. new author to me, finishing a series, starting a new series.

1. Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
2. Lover Mine by J.R. Ward
3. Blood Born by Linda Howard & Linda Jones
4. Covet by J.R. Ward

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Glad to have you, Lori!

[Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie*]

Build Your Own Challenge
2/5 finished

Finish 'Comanche' series by Catherine Anderson

Comanche Heart 8 Sept (5*)
Indigo Blue
Comanche Magic

Finish 'Travis' series by Lisa Kleypas

Blue-Eyed Devil 10 Sept (5*)
Smooth Talking Stranger

[Beverly]

Thank you Catherine for the posting tips!

I've completed:





I really enjoyed all of these and will be adding Mary Wine, Pamela Clare and Tessa Dare to my preferred authors list. Only seven more books to read in 20 days!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny]

Danielle's September Challenge
Update 9/8/10 Completed 2/5
1. Read a horror novel: 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
2. Read an anthology: The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire by Various 9/4
3. Read the next book in an ongoing series: Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh
4. Start a new series: Mark of the Demon by Diana Rowland
5. Read a historical romance: Reckless by Anne Stuart

[Lori {Romancing the Dark Side}]

UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: "Glad to have you, Lori!"

Thanks! I know I'm a little late on this one! ;)

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Melissa, September 1st was the cut-off to make changes to this challenge. I know you can make them in other challenges, but since you were able to create your own challenge with this one, we decided the challenging part would be that you couldn't make changes after September 1st.

Is there time for you to switch back to your original goal?

[Catherine]

My goal is to read 10 books from my "Own-but-haven't-read" shelf.

8/10 - Finished

1. The Pirate Next Door by Jennifer Ashley - Completed 9/2
2. The Matchmaker by Rexanne Becnel - Completed 9/3
3. Seven Secrets of Seduction by Anne Mallory - Completed 9/4
4. Ruthless by Anne Stuart - Completed 9/5
5. A Little Bit Wild by Victoria Dahl - Completed 9/6
6. Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare - Completed 9/7
7. Last Dragon Standing by G.A. Aiken - Completed 9/7
8. The Devil's Waltz by Anne Stuart - Completed 9/9

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Catherine, you're doing so, so good! You'll have time for a Round 2 :)

[Catherine]

Is that the bonus round? LOL.

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Catherine wrote: "Is that the bonus round? LOL."

Yep! And the prize is... you get to feel good about yourself AGAIN!!!

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Thanks for understanding, Melissa! The only challenges that can't be altered will be the Build Your Own Challenges.