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September 2010 Reading Challenge
Did you enjoy The Secret Life of Bees BJ Rose? I remember reading it a while ago, it really pulls on the heartstrings
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Suzanne wrote: "Did you enjoy The Secret Life of Bees BJ Rose? I remember reading it a while ago, it really pulls on the heartstrings"Yes, I did like it, and it was poignant in several ways. At first I thought it was just going to be a coming-of-age story, and it was that, but there were a lot of other threads in the story, and I liked the way she pulled them all together in mostly realistic ways.
I was suprised by it as well, I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I read it, but found myself really immersed in it.
Just added three trivia questions in reference to Josh Lanyon's Death of a Pirate King. Please check out my questions :)
I have to admit...the quiz/trivia part of this challenge is proving to be a challenge! Does anyone have suggestions?
1/10 Complete1. My Books - Covet FINISHED 9/3
2. Group Reads - Dead, Undead or Somewhere In Between
3. Good Reads Author - Fragile Eternity
4. Recommendations - The Pilliars Of the World
5. Quiz - Nightworld
6. Listopia - City of Ashes
7. Friends - Stray
8. Book of the Month - Beyond the Highland Mist
9. Good reads Shelves - House of Immortal Pleasures
10. Challenges - (Paranormal Addicts and newbies sept. Challenge) Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble
Read: 1/101. My Books: Unshapely Things by Marc Del Franco
2. Groups: Rogue by Rachel Vincent
4. Recommended Book: Grimspace by Ann Aguirre
5. Quiz/Trivia: Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh
6. Listopia: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Best Books Ever)
7. Friends: Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
8. Book-of-the-Month Read: No Mercy by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Kenyon Minions)
9. Goodreads Shelves: First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost
10. Challenges: Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb (RRRC September 2010 Monthly Challenge
Also read:
1/10 read. I was happily surprised with Happy Hour at Casa Dracula. I thought the author wrote intelligent, snarky humor. I plan to continue the series :)2. PNR Shelf - Wicked Appetite by Evanovich
3. Goodreads Author - Blameless by Carriger
4. Recommended - The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker by Hieber
5. Trivia - A Hunger Like No Other by Cole
6. Listopia (Can't Wait 2010) - Clockwork Angel by Clare
7. Friends - No Rest for the Wicked by Cole
8. Group Featured (PNR/UF Book Club) - Beyond the Highland Mist by Moning
9. PNR 10 pages - To Tame a Highland Warrior by Moning
10. Challenge (RRRC School) - Killbox by Aguirre
4/10 Read
My Books: Dark Peril by Christine Feehan
Groups: A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole
Recommended Book: Seized by Love by Susan Johnson
Quiz/Trivia: Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Book-of-the-Month – Paranormal and Everything: Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
Good Reads Shelves: No Mercy by Sherrilyn Kenyon
I'd love to participate - it should give my reading some new direction! But I need some recommended books. Can anyone help me out? If you are willing, friend me!
3/10 ReadMy Books: Thunder & Blood by Stacey Voss
Groups:
Goodreads Author: Twice Bitten by Chloe Neil
Recommended Book: The Ghost Orchid
Quiz/Trivia: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Listopia:
Friends: Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
Book of the Month: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (Urban Fantasy)
Goodreads Shelves: The Vampire & The Virgin
Challenge:
Question... Do we add all the books we read beside the challenge here too, or only the ones that are PNR?
YOu can have a seperate bit with "Also Read" as the title.
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So far, I've read 235. I'm behind last year's totals, but then, this year has been a bit harder for me to find the time to read.
My Books: Crazy Kisses by Tara Janzen (NOT PNR)Groups: Born of Fire (The League, #2) by Sherrilyn Kenyon OR Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
Good Reads Author: One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Recommended Book: Warsworn by Elizabeth Vaughan
Listopia: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (Best urban fantasy list)
Friends :: Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
Book-of-the-Month Read:- Romance Readers – Water Bound by Christine Feehan,
Challenges: Storm of Visions by Christina Dodd for the Seasonal Reading Challenge group’s Fall 2010 Challenge
3/101.My Books: Wolf at the Door by Christine Warren
2.Groups: Eternal Pleasure by Nina Bangs
3.Goodreads Authour:
4.Recommended Book: Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep (Jen (jlkish))
5.Quiz/Trivia: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Best Young Adult Fiction)
6.Listopia:
7.Friends:Betrayed by P.C. Cast
8.Book of the Month: Night Myst by Yasmine Galenorn (Everything Paranormal Group)
9.Goodreads Shelves:
10.Challenges: Eve of Chaos b S.J. Day - RRRC
I have a clarification on my list. I put the wrong Kresley Cole book. I will be reading Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night. Sorry for the confusion :)
2/10 Read2. Groups Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
3. Goodreads Author Deadlands Hunt by G.L Drummond
4. Recommended Book Either Jane's Warlord by Angela Knight, or Her Dark Angel by Felicity E. Heaton.
5. Quiz The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (The Quiz)
6. Listopia Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins / it's still nr 1 on the Cannot wait Books of 2010 list :)
7. Friends Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
8. Book of the Month Palimpsest by Cat Valente // The BotM for Sept in the Beyond Reality Group
10.Challenges Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins// Because I'm totally lame, I just picked the general 100 books in 2010, so I can actually read some books on there that I planned to read this year.
Thoughts on Kept by Zoe Winters
Greta is a cat-shifter who discovers her tribe wants to sacrifice her on the next full moon. Out of option, she runs to the only person powerful enough to protect her, Dayne, a dark scorcerer responsable for the decimation of her tribe 30 years ago.
Kept wasn't entirely what I expected, but I liked it well enough. For a novella the characters are developed well, especially Greta's cat phases are deliciously detailed and ring true.
The story itself is interesting enough, the attraction while not really romantic, feels like a realistic attraction and the evil tribe leader plot felt threatening enough.
I've been reading a lot of novella's lately, and I think it's hard to write a good romance novella, because you need to solve the conflict and make the characters fall in love with each other in a very limited page-frame.
In the first half of the book Zoe Winters does the worldbuilding and conflict building really well, but her character's stay a little disconnected. In the 2nd half of the book, the characters and their emotions feel more fleshed out, but then the conflict gets a bit rushed.
It wasn't a bad story, it had its interesting and touching moments, but it could have been more.
The Books:
READ
ALSO READ
The rest of the Last Call series
Two of the Wasteland Series (The Wanderer was really nice)
TO READ
OR
This is my plan...which is subject to change!Read: 2 of 10
1. My Books Beyond the Highland Mist #41 on my list of tbr
2. Groups Born of Ice
5. Quiz/Trivia Stray
6. Listopia Interview With the Vampire– Best Vampire Books
7. Friends Read –All Together Dead
8. Book-of-the-Month Read City of Bones Urban Fantasy group
9. Good Reads Shelves Born of Fire
10. Challenges On the Prowl Everything Paranormal
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3/10
Duration: September 1 - September 30, 2010
1. My Books – Primal Instincts by Susan Sizemore (#36) (book)
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3. Good Reads Author Blameless by Gail Carrieger (book)
4. Recommended Book Tongues of Serpents by Naomi Novik (book)
5. Quiz/Trivia Hunger Games (I keep meaning to read this, so since someone already did a quiz for it, I’m going for it.) (nook)
6. Listopia A Girl’s Guide to Vampires—Best Funny Paranormal Romances (nook)
7. Friends The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong (nook)
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9. Good Reads Shelves The Vampire’s Bride (pg. 5) (book)
10.
Oh--the notes with Book and Nook are to remind me where to look for the appropriate title. Off to read, read, read. :o)
I'm in. I've been on a reading craze, and have already read 3 that fit.. 1. My Books - Born to Bite: An Argeneau Novel Finished 9/4/10
2. Groups Read - Succubus Blues
3. Good Reads Author- Assassin's Honor Assassin's honor by Monica Burns (it was a first reads win for me - wee) Finished 9/3/10
4. Recommended Book Read - I need some recommendations. I have over 30 friends and no recommendations. :)
5. Quiz/Trivia - Will Read book 2 of the Black Daggar Brotherhood which has a series quiz
6. Listopia Read a book that is in the top five of a popular list. How convenient - the very first book is Lover Awakened, Book #3 in the Black Dagger Brotherhod, and it's in the Best Smut Books list (http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/55...)
7. Friends Read - Ugh I need new friends. My most popular list is very book clubbish (you know...3 cups of tea, etc) and I'm into light hearted at the moment, or I've read the ones I want to read. hrmm
8. Book-of-the-Month Z for Zachariah I'm excited about this, it's a re-read from 7th grade that I've never read again but has always stuck with me. It's from the Romance Readers Challenge 'currently reading' list.
9. Good Reads Shelves - Black Dagger Brotherhood #4
10. Challenges - This is the only challenge I'm doing this month, but we can pretend I'm also doing the challenge for the "Read SEPTEMBER" challenge on Romance Readers Challenge - One for the Money
2/10 read. I think Beyond the Highland Mist was best read by listening to the audiobook. Very nice narration :)2. PNR Shelf - Wicked Appetite by Evanovich
3. Goodreads Author - Blameless by Carriger
4. Recommended - The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker by Hieber
5. Trivia - A Hunger Like No Other by Cole
6. Listopia (Can't Wait 2010) - Clockwork Angel by Clare
7. Friends - No Rest for the Wicked by Cole
9. PNR 10 pages - To Tame a Highland Warrior by Moning
10. Challenge (RRRC School) - Killbox by Aguirre
Finished one, but I need some recommendations for #4. Can you gals shoot me some, please? The more the merrier! I'm still researching my candidates so I'll post as I go. :-)MARTINA'S LIST - SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE - 1/10
Early yesterday morning I finished Heart Journey (Heartmates #9) by Goodreads author, Robin D. Owens (★★★★1/2). This series is one of my all-time favorites! It takes place on Celta, a world settled hundred of years ago by a generational ship from Earth. The settlers had various psychic powers that bred true and now a certain amount of psychic power (or Flair as it's called in this series) is inherent in almost the entire Celtan population. There's a rich cultural background to the series which makes these books a joy to read and the romance isn't to shabby either.
This particular book is about Raz Cherry, an actor we met in a previous book. Raz discovers he has a Heartmate, but he's not quite ready to settle down - he's just starting to break into big roles in the theater and enjoys his currently philandering ways too much to stick with one woman.
Del is a cartographer and lives a life full of wanderlust, roaming the Celtan wilderness, but she's come back to the city to claim her Heartmate and sweep him off to the wilderness with her.
I usually give these books 5 stars, but this was my least favorite so far. I loved how much this couple had to overcome to be together, but in the end it just wrapped up too easily. Still, the world of Celta is a rich and fabulously written place. I love the Fams and I thought the Flair of the characters, especially their creative Flair, was well developed. I very much look forward to book #10. I can't get enough of Celta!
1. My Books:
2. Paranormal Romance Group: The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
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4. Recommended Book:
5. Quiz/Trivia: ]The Awakening and The Struggle (Vampire Diaries, #1 & 2) by L.J. Smith - reading now
6. Listopia: Mockingjay (Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins
7. Friends: Fool Moon (Dresden Files, #2) by Jim Butcher
8. Book-of-the-Month: From the "Everything Paranormal Group" - First Drop of Crimson (Night Huntress, #1) by Jeaniene Frost
9. Good Reads Shelves:
10. Challenges:
Lucy-ann wrote: "I am not sure how to cross out or bold anything so I have just put DONE! next to the book I have finished. Oh and also updated my list with my recommendation and friend's book."
Lucy-ann, you can bold or strike through by adding some small html tags around the words you want changed. There's a basic explanation from goodreads available under the (some html is ok) link, when you write a comment.
Expedition Goodreads3/10 Complete
My Books: Strange Brew by P N Elrod-Number 23 on To-Read shelf
Groups: Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost- Adult Vampire/Paranormal Romance Group
Goodreads Author: Black and White by Jackie Kessler (GR Author) & Caitlin Kittredge
Recommended Book: Need recs please!
Quiz/Trivia: Sinful by Charlotte Featherstone
Listopia:
Friends:
Book of the Month: Water Bound by Christine Feehan -Romance Readers Readding Challenge
Goodreads Shelves: Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh
Challenges:
Expedition:GoodReads.Duration: September 1 - September 30, 2010
7/10 completed
1. My Books - Read a book that is in the first top 50 of your To Read shelf (Main View, starting from #1)
Already Dead by Charlie Huston 9/2/10 ★★★
2. Groups Read a book that is in the bookshelf of Paranormal Romance Group (Scroll down to see the bookshelf)
Hourglass by Claudia Gray 9/3/10 ★★★
3. Good Reads Author Read a book written by a GoodReads author. ( Click on Explore, and go down to authors. You will also see “GoodReads Author Profile” on their author page. Also if you go to your own to-read shelf, any author ‘s name with an asterisk is a GoodReads author)
Changeless by Gail Carringer 9/4/10 ★★★★
4. Recommended Book Read a book that has been recommended to you through GoodReads recommendation feature (On your profile, you will find these books under the category book recommendations. If you have not received any since you have been a member in GR, just announced that to our group, and I’m pretty sure you will have soon.)
Hotter After Midnight by Cynthia Eden 9/2/10 ★★★★ (recommended by Denise)
5. Quiz/Trivia Read a book that had a quiz or trivia question done for it, or Read a book and then create your own quiz or trivia questions about it. (Go to explore, and then select either Quiz or Trivia. If you chose quiz, (minimum of 5 items) post a link or if you choose trivia, just post your created question (maximum of 3)
6. Listopia Read a book that is in the top five of a popular list. (Go to Explore, click books. Be sure to tell us the name of the list you got the book from)
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 9/2/10 ★★★★ ("What We've Read So Far In 2010" list)
7. Friends Read a popular book among your GoodReads’s friends (Go to Friends, click on Popular Books tab)
Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill 9/1/10 ★★★★
8. Book-of-the-Month Read Read a book that is currently or soon to be a Book-of-the-Month Read of a GoodReads Group. (Go to groups, click on my groups. You will see currently reading and Upcoming Book Club Reads on the right side. Be sure to tell us which group did you get your book.)
9. Good Reads Shelves Read a book that is shelved in the first 10 pages of Paranormal Romance (Go to Explore, choose books, select genre, and on the search box, type paranormal romance. This will lead you to the Paranormal Romance shelf.)
Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione 9/4/10 ★★★★
10. Challenges Read a book that you are also reading for another challenge in a different group. Be sure to tell us what is the challenge, and from which group. (To find groups with challenges, go to groups, and type in the search box ‘reading challenges’)
1/10 accomplished!1. My Books- First Drop of Crimson
2. Groups- Howling at the Moon
3. Good Reads Author- Shadow's Edge
4. Recommended Book-
5. Quiz/Trivia- Linger Linger Quiz
7. Friends- The Darkest Night
8. Book of the Month- Mockingjay WEREWOLF LOVE
9. Good Reads Shelves- Undead and Unwed
10. Challenges- Pack Challenge WEREWOLF LOVE
To Read:
Read:
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Sept. PNR challenge
4/10
Duration: September 1 - September 30, 2010
1. My Books – Primal Instincts by Susan Sizemore (#36) (book)
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4. Recommended Book Tongues of Serpents by Naomi Novik (book)
5. Quiz/Trivia Hunger Games (I keep meaning to read this, so since someone already did a quiz for it, I’m going for it.) (nook)
6. Listopia A Girl’s Guide to Vampires—Best Funny Paranormal Romances (nook)
7. Friends The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong (nook)
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9. Good Reads Shelves The Vampire’s Bride (pg. 5) (book)
10.
5/10 ReadMy Books:
Groups:
Goodreads Author: Twice Bitten by Chloe Neil
Recommended Book: The Ghost Orchid
Quiz/Trivia: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Listopia:
Friends: Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
Book of the Month:
Goodreads Shelves: The Vampire & The Virgin
Challenge:
PNR September Challenge3/10
2. PNR Group Shelf: The Treasure Keeper by Shana Abe
3.GR Author: Tess Gerritsen: Keeper Of The Bride
5. Quiz/Trivia: Sookie Stackhouse quiz: All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
6. Listopia:Best PNR/UF: The Good, the Bad, and the Undead (Rachel Morgan/The Hollows, #2) by Kim Harrison OR Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
8. Book-of-Month Read: We Love Lisa Kleypas: Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare *not PNR*
9. GR Shelves: PNR Romance: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater OR Deadly Game by Christine Feehan
10. Challenges: TBD
Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "Martina--sent you a recommendation.Thanks, Ann! I didn't realize that the new Parasol Protectorate book was out yet - I'll have to see if I can pick that up before the end of the month!
4/101.My Books: Wolf at the Door by Christine Warren
2.Groups: Eternal Pleasure by Nina Bangs
3.Goodreads Authour:
4.Recommended Book: Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep (Jen (jlkish))
5.Quiz/Trivia: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Best Young Adult Fiction)
6.Listopia:
7.Friends:Betrayed by P.C. Cast
8.Book of the Month:
9.Goodreads Shelves:
10.Challenges: Eve of Chaos b S.J. Day - RRRC
I am new to this group and would love to do this challenge, but I don't have any recommendations, can anyone please help? Thank you!!!
7/10 Read
Recommended Book: Seized by Love by Susan Johnson
Quiz/Trivia: Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Good Reads Shelves: No Mercy by Sherrilyn Kenyon
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2/10 accomplished. Have a love hate thing going on right now with Linger not sure what to think.1. My Books- First Drop of Crimson
2. Groups- Howling at the Moon
3. Good Reads Author- Shadow's Edge
4. Recommended Book-
7. Friends- The Darkest Night
8. Book of the Month- Mockingjay WEREWOLF LOVE
9. Good Reads Shelves- Undead and Unwed
10. Challenges- Pack Challenge WEREWOLF LOVE
To Read:
Read:
I'm still looking for recommendations for #4 - if anyone has some please shoot them my way. :-)MARTINA'S LIST - SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE - 2/10
I just finished The Awakening and The Struggle (Vampire Diaries, #1 & 2) by L.J. Smith (★★★★). The series is YA vampire romance. It's actually surprising I hadn't read it yet since it was written back in 1991 when I actually was a YA. :-) I guess I wasn't reading vampire books back then. I have seen the show on TV, but there was a significant number of differences between the show and this book (which I won't spoil for anyone who hasn't yet read it).
I was actually pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the book and how quickly I read it. Yes, Elena is super annoying. She's the girl you just hated in high school and for good reason. I still don't understand why so many of the characters fawn all over her. Still, she does show some growth by the end of the book and the book exits on such a cliffhanger that I know I'll pick up the next one.
1. My Books:
2. Paranormal Romance Group: The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
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4. Recommended Book:
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6. Listopia:
7. Friends:
8. Book-of-the-Month: From the "Werewolf Love" - Mockingjay (Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins
9. Good Reads Shelves: The Mane Attraction (Pride #3) by Shelly Laurenston - reading now
10. Challenges:
Expedition:GoodReads.Duration: September 1 - September 30, 2010
10/10 completed!
1. My Books - Read a book that is in the first top 50 of your To Read shelf (Main View, starting from #1)
Already Dead by Charlie Huston 9/2/10 ★★★
2. Groups Read a book that is in the bookshelf of Paranormal Romance Group (Scroll down to see the bookshelf)
Hourglass by Claudia Gray 9/3/10 ★★★
3. Good Reads Author Read a book written by a GoodReads author. ( Click on Explore, and go down to authors. You will also see “GoodReads Author Profile” on their author page. Also if you go to your own to-read shelf, any author ‘s name with an asterisk is a GoodReads author)
Changeless by Gail Carringer 9/4/10 ★★★★
4. Recommended Book Read a book that has been recommended to you through GoodReads recommendation feature (On your profile, you will find these books under the category book recommendations. If you have not received any since you have been a member in GR, just announced that to our group, and I’m pretty sure you will have soon.)
Hotter After Midnight by Cynthia Eden 9/2/10 ★★★★ (recommended by Denise)
5. Quiz/Trivia Read a book that had a quiz or trivia question done for it, or Read a book and then create your own quiz or trivia questions about it. (Go to explore, and then select either Quiz or Trivia. If you chose quiz, (minimum of 5 items) post a link or if you choose trivia, just post your created question (maximum of 3)
Wings by Aprilynne Pike 9/5/10 ★★★★
6. Listopia Read a book that is in the top five of a popular list. (Go to Explore, click books. Be sure to tell us the name of the list you got the book from)
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 9/2/10 ★★★★ ("What We've Read So Far In 2010" list)
7. Friends Read a popular book among your GoodReads’s friends (Go to Friends, click on Popular Books tab)
Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill 9/1/10 ★★★★
8. Book-of-the-Month Read Read a book that is currently or soon to be a Book-of-the-Month Read of a GoodReads Group. (Go to groups, click on my groups. You will see currently reading and Upcoming Book Club Reads on the right side. Be sure to tell us which group did you get your book.)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 9/6/10 ★★★★ (The Seasonal Reading Challenge group)
9. Good Reads Shelves Read a book that is shelved in the first 10 pages of Paranormal Romance (Go to Explore, choose books, select genre, and on the search box, type paranormal romance. This will lead you to the Paranormal Romance shelf.)
Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione 9/4/10 ★★★★
10. Challenges Read a book that you are also reading for another challenge in a different group. Be sure to tell us what is the challenge, and from which group. (To find groups with challenges, go to groups, and type in the search box ‘reading challenges’)
Love Bites by Lynsay Sands 9/5/10 ★★★★ (Romance Readers Reading Challenges group- Serial Reader Challenge)
60% of my books for this challenge contained vampires. :)
Read: 2/101. My Books: Unshapely Things by Marc Del Franco
2. Groups: Rogue by Rachel Vincent
4. Recommended Book: Grimspace by Ann Aguirre
5. Quiz/Trivia: Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh
6. Listopia: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Best Books Ever)
7. Friends: Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
8. Book-of-the-Month Read: No Mercy by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Kenyon Minions)
10. Challenges: Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb (RRRC September 2010 Monthly Challenge)
Also read:
1/10 so far...My Books: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins finished 5/9
Groups: Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead
Groupreads Author: Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
Recommend Book: Halfway to the grave by Jeaniene Frost
Quiz/Trivia: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Listopia: The Host by Stephanie Meyer (from What to read next list)
Friends: Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
Book of the Month: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater (Paranormal Addicts & Newbies - Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy group)
Goodreads Shelves: Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
Challenge: Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
(Paranormal Addicts & Newbies - Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy group)
Oookay.Is there a thread somewhere on what subsections of romance qualify, because I think I want to make some changes to my list here, since I just finished a very, very awesome book, but I'm not 100% sure it fits here. In my mind paranormal fantasy is dark and gritty, and this one isn't, and none of the main characters is paranormal, but there is a lot of paranormal stuff happening...
I think it might be just regular fantasy romance with some steampunk thrown in.
I'm all confused obviously, and in ample need of a guideline....
Jan, for this challenge you can read all kinds or urban fantasy and/or paranormal romance books. And you're even allowed 3 non-paranormal books. But if you say there's definitely some paranormal stuff going on, then I guess you can just fit the book in with the paranormal books.
Mel wrote: "Jan, for this challenge you can read all kinds or urban fantasy and/or paranormal romance books. And you're even allowed 3 non-paranormal books. But if you say there's definitely some paranormal st..."Yeah well, I already have the Hunger Games books on my list as the non PNR 3 allowed, so I need the rest to be PNR :)
I'm mostly suffering from the "someone borrowed the books I planned to read the day before I went to the library" syndrome, and now I'm afraid I might not make it, since there aren't all that much PNR translated to dutch (or popular enough to be in the library in english), so I need to rethink a bit.
I've checked with the Fantasy Romance section on Wikipedia, and it really doesn't fit their either. And people seem to shelve it under paranormal, so I guess I'll shelve it like that too.
LOL, I've got the same problem concerning English books and Dutch libraries. What's the book called (you made me curious!).
Mel wrote: "LOL, I've got the same problem concerning English books and Dutch libraries. What's the book called (you made me curious!)."Yeah, it doesn't feel like all that much gets translated into Dutch, and since I'm on a very tight student budget, I either have to revert to cheap ebooks, or library books. It can be annoying to be limited like that.
Warrior I had been looking forward to it for a while, and it lived up to it for 99%. Out in ebook since the 1st, out in paperback starting the 7th I think.
I'll write a review for it tonight, and then add my progress on the challenge here :)
I see the book has been shelved as fantasy and paranormal and it's even listed in a Historical Paranormal Romance-list: so I think you're safe to just list it as a paranormal :)I feel you on the budget thing. I read a few of my oldest books in Dutch but after switching to English they just seemed weird to me. I actually reread Bitten in English. (Gebeten was goed, maar Clay's 'southern drawl' kwam toch beter tot zijn recht in het Engels;)).
I used to buy my books at the American Book Center, but the books usually are about 11 euro. Nowadays I order them from bookdepository.com (or the UK version). The books are much cheaper and they don't charge shipping costs!
Read: 4 of 101. My Books Beyond the Highland Mist #41 on my list of tbr
2. Groups Born of Ice
5. Quiz/Trivia Stray
6. Listopia Interview With the Vampire– Best Vampire Books
7. Friends Read –All Together Dead
9. Good Reads Shelves Born of Fire
colleen wrote: "Expedition:GoodReads.Duration: September 1 - September 30, 2010
10/10 completed!
WOW! Colleen!! Congratulations!!
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1. To Read Shelf: Running Hot by Jayne Ann Krentz
2. PNR Group Shelf: The Treasure Keeper by Shana Abe
3.GR Author: Tess Gerritsen: Keeper Of The Bride
4. Recommended: Joyce: Don of the Dead by Casey DanielsSept 3 (3*)5. Quiz/Trivia: Sookie Stackhouse quiz: All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
6. Listopia:Best PNR/UF: The Good, the Bad, and the Undead (Rachel Morgan/The Hollows, #2) by Kim Harrison OR Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
7. Friends/Popular: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddSept 2 (4*) *not PNR*8. Book-of-Month Read: We Love Lisa Kleypas: Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare *not PNR*
9. GR Shelves: PNR Romance: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater OR Deadly Game by Christine Feehan
10. Challenges: TBD