2011 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge

[D.G.]

2011 Book Rewards Challenge
2,375/7,000 pts

Duration: January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Goal: 5,000 7,000 pts.
Challenge Description: This would work like a membership rewards program but instead of getting points for buying stuff, I'd get them for reading books. :) Books would earn points depending on how long they have been on my TBR (the oldest, the most points), how many pages they have (the most pages, the most points) and what # in the series they are (the later in the series, the most points.)

1. Graceling by Kristin Cashore - 1/1 (150 pts.)
2. His at Night by Sherry Thomas - 1/2 (150 pts.)
3. Hard Evidence by Pamela Clare - 1/4 (125 pts.)
4. Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt - 1/8 (100 pts.)
5. At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh - 1/11 (150 pts.)
6. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 1/16 (100 pts.)
7. A Victorian Romance by Lindsay Welsh - 1/16 (100 pts.)
8. Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl - 1/22 (100 pts.)
9. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen - 1/25 (100 pts.)
10. Skin Heat by Ava Gray - 1/27 (50 pts.)
11. The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly - 1/29 (425 pts.)
12. Miss Chopsticks by Xinran - 1/31 (100 pts.)
13. The Rake by Mary Jo Putney - 2/4 (100 pts.)
14. One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 2/6 (25 pts.)
15. The Help by Kathryn Stockett - 2/9 (200 pts.)
16. My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale - 2/12 (150 pts.)
17. Fallen from Grace by Laura Leone - 2/16 (150 pts.)
18. A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson - 2/21 (100 pts.)

[Desperado]

Challenge Title: Teen-a-thon
Duration: March 1-December 31, 2011
Number of Books: 20+
Challenge Description: To read at least 20 YA novels from my TBR shelf from 20 different authors.

1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins ★★★★☆ 3/8
2. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan ★★★☆☆ 4/10
3. Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr ★★★★☆ 4/26
4. Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? by Louise Rennison ★★★★☆ 5/2
5. Abandon by Meg Cabot ★★☆☆☆ 5/7
6. Across the Universe by Beth Revis ★★★★☆ 5/11
7. Recovery Road by Blake Nelson ★★★☆☆ 5/14
8. Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles ★★☆☆☆ 6/2
9. Defiance by Lilith Saintcrow ★★★☆☆ 6/5
10. Stolen: A letter to my captor by Lucy Christopher ★★★★☆ 6/24
11. The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney ★★☆☆☆ 7/4
12. Radiant Darkness by Emily Whitman ★★★☆☆ 7/27
13. My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent ★★★☆☆ 8/4
14. Nevermore by Kelly Creagh ★★★★☆ 8/13
15. Forever by Maggie Stiefvater ★★★★☆ 8/20
16. The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross ★★☆☆☆ 9/13
17. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa ★★☆☆☆ 10/3
18. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake ★★★★☆ 10/8
19. The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong ★★★★☆ 10/21
20.

[KarenF]

I’m taking inspiration from (or copying) FlibBityFLooB and using the AAR Top 100 as a starting point. Only I’m less ambitious so I’ll be trying for 25 of my 61 unread titles. :)

Challenge Title: AAR Top 100
Duration: 1/1/11 to 12/31/11
Number of Books: 25
Challenge Description: To read 25 of my 61 unread titles on the AAR Top 100 List. The planned 25 titles are listed in advance but may be swapped out for one of the other 61 in case of issues with availability or a DNF.

5/25 Read

1. Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase (AAR #1)
2. Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas (AAR #2) 2/17/11
3. Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh (AAR #7)
4. It Had to Be You by SEP (AAR #15)
5. Bet Me by Jennifer Cruise (AAR #16)
6. Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas (AAR #18)
7. The Bride by Julie Garwood (AAR #19) 1/8/11
8. The Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne (AAR #20)
9. Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard (AAR #23)
10. Nobody's Baby But Mine by SEP (AAR #28)
11. A Summer to Remember by Mary Balogh (AAR #32)
12. Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Cruise (AAR #36)
13. Honor's Splendour by Julie Garwood (AAR #39) 2/22/11
14. This Heart of Mine by SEP (AAR #40)
15. As You Desire by Connie Brockway (AAR #48) 1/25/11
16. See Jane Score by Rachel Gibson (AAR #50)
17. The Proposition by Judith Ivory (AAR #63) 2/12/11
18. The Last Hellion by Loretta Chase (AAR #66)
19. To Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt (AAR #68)
20. Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas (AAR #69)
21. Sea Swept by Nora Roberts (AAR #74)
22. Over the Edge by Suzanne Brockmann (AAR #81)
23. Thunder and Roses by Mary Jo Putney (AAR #88)
24. Bound by Your Touch by Meredith Duran (AAR #96)
25. And Then He Kissed Her by Laura Lee Guhrke (AAR #99)

[Cassie]

2011 Create Your Own Challenge – Duration 1/1/11 thru 12/31/11
Get some Series-osly reading done!
Duration: January 1, 2011 thru December 31, 2011
Number of Books: 63
Description: As of January 1, 2011, these are the books left in the series that I have begun at some point or another. The books listed below have either been released or will be released this year, and my list WILL not change. The goal for this year is to finish these series!

4/63 read

Felix Gomez – Mario Acevedo
2. X-Rated Bloodsuckers
3. The Undead Kama Sutra
4. Jailbait Zombie
5. Werewolf Smackdown

Dark Champion – Jo Beverley
2. The Shattered Rose
3. Lord of Midnight
4. Lord of My Heart

Queen Betsy – MaryJanice Davidson
5. Undead and Unpopular
6. Undead and Uneasy
7. Undead and Unworthy
8. Undead and Unwelcome
9. Undead and Unfinished
10. Undead and Undermined
Dead and Loving It
Dead Over Heels

Outlander – Diana Gabaldon
5. The Fiery Cross
6. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
7. An Echo in the Bone

Evernight – Claudia Gray
3. Hourglass
4. Afterlife

Sookie Stackhouse – Charlaine Harris
11. Dead Reckoning
A Touch of Dead
The Sookie Stackhouse Companion

Nauti Boys – Lora Leigh
2. Nauti Nights
3. Nauti Dreams
4. Nauti Intentions
5. Nauti Deceptions

Gargoyles – Tara Nina
1. Curse of the Gargoyle

Immortals – Alyson Noel
4. Dark Flame 3/2/11
5. Night Star
6. Everlasting

Valhalla – Kate Pearce
1. Planet Mail

Sleeping Beauty – Anne Rice
3. Beauty's Release 3/15/11

Argeneau Family – Lynsay Sands
5. A Bite to Remember
6. Bite Me If You Can
7. The Accidental Vampire
8. Vampires Are Forever
9. Vampire, Interrupted
10. The Rogue Hunter
11. The Immortal Hunter
12. The Renegade Hunter
13. Born to Bite
14. Hungry for You
15. The Reluctant Vampire

Nerd – Vicki Lewis Thompson
2. The Nerd Who Loved Me 3/7/11
3. Nerd Gone Wild
4. Gone with the Nerd
5. Talk Nerdy to Me
6. Nerds Like it Hot
7. My Nerdy Valentine

Wicca – Cate Tiernan
5. Awakening 3/21/11
6. Spellbound
7. The Calling
8. Changeling
9. Strife
10. Seeker
11. Origins
12. Eclipse
13. Reckoning
14. Full Circle
15. Night's Child 

Updated 3/21/11

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

On track but would have preferred to knock a few more than 2 off - hope to do better in March! :)

Challenge: Operation Loofah aka Reject Pile aka Bus Stop
Duration: 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2011
Number of books: 12 20 (nearly 2/mth)
Challenge Description: Read some of my books that I have waiting (waiting, waiting) in my piles at home. All were added to my GR TBR pile and (probably) purchased in 2009.

Completed: 6/20

1. Lover Enshrined (Loofah) - √ 5-Feb
2. Gabriel's Ghost (Loofah) - √ 12-Jan
3. Atlantis Awakening (Bus stop) - √ 18-Feb
4. Forbidden Magic (Bus stop)
5. Kiss of Midnight (Bus stop)
6. Pleasure Unbound (Bus stop)
7. Angels' Blood (Bus stop) - √ 8-Jan
8. Unearthed (Reject pile)
9. Burning Lamp (Bus stop) - √ 15-Feb
10.The Star King (Bus stop/reject pile)
11.Master of the Night (Loofah/reject pile)
12.Uneasy Alliance (Reject pile)



Additional books that have been waiting that I have added to this challenge:
13. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (bus stop) - √ 14-Jan
14. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong (bus stop)
15. Guardian Of Honor by Robin D Owens (bus stop)
16. Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur (bus stop)
17. Master of Ecstasy by Nina Bangs (bus stop/loofah)
18. Jacob by Jacqueline Franks (bus stop)
19. Lover Avenged by J R Ward (bus stop)
20. Moonstruck by Susan Grant (bus stop)


The trouble with adding these extra books is that they are nearly ALL series - if I get hooked, I'm increasing my TBR pile, which is contrary to the longer term aim of this exercise! LOL. I've already added the rest of the Fever (KMMoning) and Angel (NSingh) series! :)

[Joann]

RRRC 2011 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge

7/50 Read (Updated 02.26.11)

Challenge Title: Read the Books Getting Dusty In My TBR Shelves Challenge
Duration: Jan. 1, 2011 to Dec. 31, 2011
Goal: 50 books
Challenge Description: Read books I already own just begging to be read...

1. Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohler, 02.17.11
2. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen, 02.20.11
3. Rumors by Anna Godbersen, 02.21.11
4. Envy by Anna Godbersen, 02.21.11
5. Splendor by Anna Godbersen
6. The Price of Blasphemy by A Virginian
7. Jane by April Lindner
8. A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd
9. An Impartial Witness by Charles Todd
10. The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn, 02.26.11
11. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
12. Room by Emma Donoghue
13. Wolfgang's Revenge by Howard M. Tillison
14. Shadow Zone by Iris Johansen
15. The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
16. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, 02.22.11
17. The Lost Hours by Karen White
18. Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper
19. Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
20. Elizabeth Street: A novel based on true events by Laurie Fabiano
21. Alone (Detective D.D. Warren, #1) by Lisa Gardner
22. Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger
23. Senseless by Mary Burton
24. Home To Italy by Peter Pezzelli
25. What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson
26. Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown
27. Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas
28. Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
29. Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas
30. Married By Morning by Lisa Kleypas
31. Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas
32. Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
33. It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas
34. Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
35. Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
36. A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas
37. Against All Odds by Irene Hannon
38. The Main Attraction by Jayne Ann Krentz
39. Juliet by Anne Fortier
40. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
41. Somewhere to Belong by Judith McCoy Miller
42. The Clayborne Brides by Julie Garwood, 02.23.11
43. To Conquer a Highlander by Mary Wine
44. The Sari Shop Widow by Shobhan Bantwal
45. Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon
46. First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh
47. Then Comes Seduction by Mary Balogh
48. At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh
49. Seducing an Angel by Mary Balogh
50. A Secret Affair by Mary Balogh

[Ann]

Challenge Title: Complete the Series' Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011
Number of Books: 57
Challenge Description: I want to finish all of the series I have started in 2010.
List of Books:

Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles (started out of order)


Soul Screamers


Stephanie Plum


Faeriewalker


Wicked Lovely


Undead


Prophecy of the Sisters


Brides of Lehigh Canal


Gossip Girl


Finished:

[D.G.]

2011 Book Rewards Challenge
2,725/7,000 pts

Duration: January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Goal: 5,000 7,000 pts.
Challenge Description: This would work like a membership rewards program but instead of getting points for buying stuff, I'd get them for reading books. :) Books would earn points depending on how long they have been on my TBR (the oldest, the most points), how many pages they have (the most pages, the most points) and what # in the series they are (the later in the series, the most points.)

1. Graceling by Kristin Cashore - 1/1 (150 pts.)
2. His at Night by Sherry Thomas - 1/2 (150 pts.)
3. Hard Evidence by Pamela Clare - 1/4 (125 pts.)
4. Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt - 1/8 (100 pts.)
5. At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh - 1/11 (150 pts.)
6. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 1/16 (100 pts.)
7. A Victorian Romance by Lindsay Welsh - 1/16 (100 pts.)
8. Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl - 1/22 (100 pts.)
9. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen - 1/25 (100 pts.)
10. Skin Heat by Ava Gray - 1/27 (50 pts.)
11. The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly - 1/29 (425 pts.)
12. Miss Chopsticks by Xinran - 1/31 (100 pts.)
13. The Rake by Mary Jo Putney - 2/4 (100 pts.)
14. One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 2/6 (25 pts.)
15. The Help by Kathryn Stockett - 2/9 (200 pts.)
16. My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale - 2/12 (150 pts.)
17. Fallen from Grace by Laura Leone - 2/16 (150 pts.)
18. A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson - 2/21 (100 pts.)
19. Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh - 2/26 (100 pts.)
20. Twice Tempted by a Rogue by Tessa Dare - 3/4 (25 pts.)
21. Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James - 3/5 (100 pts.)
22. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness - 3/12 (50 pts.)
23. Fallen Star by Morgan Hawke - 3/13 (75 pts.)

[Katie]

Challenge Title: Finish It!
Duration: January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Number of Books: 45
Challenge Description: I have what many refer to as book ADD. I tend to start a book get distracted and then start another. I have a ton of books on my currently reading list and I would like to break this habit. So my goal is to finish all these books by year end. Then hopefully in 2012 my currently reading list won't get so out of hand.
4/45 COMPLETED

1. On the Edge by Ilona Andrews
2. The Foutainhead by Ayn Rand
3. Goddess of the Sea by P.C. Cast
4. My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison
7. Rogue by Rachel Vincent
8. The Darkest Passion by Gena Showalter
9. Unraveled by Gena Showalter
10. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
11. Web of Lies by Jennifer Estep
12. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
13. Insatiable by Meg Cabot
14. To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn 3/14/11
15. To Catch an Heiress by Julia Quinn
16. The Lost Recipe for Happiness by Barbara O'Neal 3/26/11
17. Simply Irresistible by Rachel Gibson 3/15/11
18. Secrets of the Demon by Diana Rowland
19. Blow Me Down by Katie MacAlister
20. Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl
21. Seduce the Darkness by Gena Showalter
22. The Vampire and the Virgin by Kerrelyn Sparks 3/14/11
23. Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
24. Someone to Watch Over Me by Lisa Kleypas
25. When Strangers Marry by Lisa Kleypas
26. Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie
27. The Stone Prince by Gena Showalter
28. Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
29. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
30. A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton
31. Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton
32. Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells
33. Night Shift by Lilith Saintcrow
34. Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
35. Wolf at the Door by Christine Warren
36. Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
37. One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
38. Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard
39. Say No to Joe by Lori Foster
40. Tempting the Beast by Lora Leigh
41. Catch A Mate by Gena Showalter
42. Wicked Intentions by Lydia Joyce
43. The Season by Sarah MacLean
44. The Divide by Nicholas Evans
45. Chill Factor by Rachel Caine

[Lindy]

I have no idea what this means?

"books from the first 10 pages of the to-read shelf."

My to read shelf is the same as my TBR pile, and why woudl you only read 10 pages?

[Kim]

Budget Freeze
Description: Read books in my TBR stash for challenges. Book must have been bought prior to 2011, but borrowing or forwarding is allowed.
Duration: 01.1.11 through 12.31.11
Number: 15 minimum
List: In progress.

Metro Girl 1.8.11
L.A. Dead 1.15.11
Chill Factor 2.14.11
Cell 3.16.11

[Kim]

Lindy wrote: "I have no idea what this means?

"books from the first 10 pages of the to-read shelf."

My to read shelf is the same as my TBR pile, and why woudl you only read 10 pages?"


I think the "10 pages" is just a parameter, maybe?

[Lindy]

I think the "10 pages" is just a parameter, maybe?



I have no idea what kind of books this read is?

Does it mean to go to your TBVR cabinet and pick up 20 books and read only the first 10 pages?

[Kim]

oh, my bad. let's start again! was this part of one of the challenges - that I missed. gee, imagine that...

Go to your TBR shelf on the My Books page on GR, and at the bottom, and you'll see your book listing is broken up into pages for viewing.

Scroll through and pick a book from the first ten pages and read it.

[D.G.]

Makes sense, Kim! I did a similar challenge last year but with only the first page (sorted by date added and with only 50 books per page.) I ended up reading 29 books and dnfing one. :) It really helped!

[Ms.soule]

Challenge Title: Books to Brag About
Duration: Jan 1, 2011 – Dec 31, 2011
Number of Books: 30 non-fiction & 15 “smart” fiction
Challenge Description: I have a bunch of books on my to-read list that I keep putting off in favor of more entertaining and easily-approached romance novels. This year, in preparation for going back to school and to finally get these off my list, I want to read more of the anthropology, social justice, and environmental non-fiction I keep adding to my TBR list and some of the more intellectual fiction I really want to read but keep putting off because I’ve got to know what happens to the hero’s seriously hot but damaged & reserved best friend in the next book of the series. And just in case anyone’s worried this challenge won’t be enjoyable for me, rest assured I have no problem tossing a book aside & crossing it off the list if I don’t like it after the first 50 pages (also, a lot of the non-fiction has fewer than 200 pp.).

Book List: (more to be added)

Nonfiction read: 6/30
“Smart” books read: 1/15
Non-fiction:
1. 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life - 3/8
2. Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
3. Doing Faithjustice
4. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
5. Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age
6. Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World
7. Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues
8. Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman – 2/19
9. Liberation Theology: An Introductory Guide
10. Love and Honor in the Himalayas: Coming to Know another Culture by Ernestine McHugh - 1/5
11. My Patients were Zulus
12. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
13. A People's Ecology: Explorations in Sustainable Living
14. Reading Lolita in Tehran
15. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Redin – 2/24
16. Unexpected News: Reading the Bible with Third World Eyes
17. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
18. A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle - 1/19
19. Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World
20. Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives
21. Hope Has Its Reasons
22. In Defense of Food
23. Serve God, Save the Planet
24. Profiles in Courage for Our Time
25. A Walk in the Woods
26. The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa’s Wildlife
27. Broken Bread and Broken Bodies by Joseph Grassi – 3/11
28-30 – to be decided

“Smart”:
1. Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
2. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
3. The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley
4. Kartography by Kamila Shamsie
5. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
6. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kessey
8. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafon
9. Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
10. The Zahir by Paulo Coelho - 1/30
11. What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson
12. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
13. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
14. The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
15. Homecoming by Bernard Schlink

[Dee]

Dee 2011 Create Your Own Challenge Challenge

so I failed miserably at my 2010 one, but i'm going to try again...my goal this next year is to diversify the genres I read (outside of the romance ream), that being said, my goal is going to be to read 10 books from several different categories (re-reads don't count but audiobooks do):

Non-Fiction (5/10 Complete)
1. Rethinking Kennedy: An Interpretive Biography - Finished - 1/10
2. The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry - Finished - 2/9
3. The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs And Men in a Race Against an Epidemic - Finished - 2/21
4. Burn Unit: Saving Lives After The Flames - Finished - 3/6
5. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest - Finished - 3/16
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Mystery/Suspense (4/10 Complete):
1. In Cold Pursuit: A Mystery From The Last Continent - Finished - 1/6
2. The Girl Who Played with Fire - Finished - 3/8
3. Dead Dry - Finished - 3/18
4. Fudge Cupcake Murder -Finished - 3/20
5.
6.
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8.
9.
10.

Classics:
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Cutural (non-US/England/France settings) (6/10 Complete):
1. Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War (Vietnam) - Finished - 1/9
2. The Kite Runner (Afghanistan) - Finished - 1/6
3. The Rose of Sebastopol (Ukraine) - Finished - 1/14
4. The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca (Morocco) - Finished - 1/24
5. Cold Earth (Greenland) - Finished - 2/6
6. Blood of the Wicked (Brazil) - Finished - 2/24
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[Lindy]

Since I dont' have any on there, guess I dont' have to read any

Go to your TBR shelf on the My Books page on GR, and at the bottom, and you'll see your book listing is broken up into pages for viewing.

Scroll through and pick a book from the first ten pages and read it.

[KarenF]

I’m taking inspiration from (or copying) FlibBityFLooB and using the AAR Top 100 as a starting point. Only I’m less ambitious so I’ll be trying for 25 of my 61 unread titles. :)

Challenge Title: AAR Top 100
Duration: 1/1/11 to 12/31/11
Number of Books: 25
Challenge Description: To read 25 of my 61 unread titles on the AAR Top 100 List. The planned 25 titles are listed in advance but may be swapped out for one of the other 61 in case of issues with availability or a DNF.

7/25 Read

1. Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase (AAR #1)
2. Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas (AAR #2) 2/17/11
3. Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh (AAR #7)
4. It Had to Be You by SEP (AAR #15)
5. Bet Me by Jennifer Cruise (AAR #16)
6. Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas (AAR #18) 3/26/11
7. The Bride by Julie Garwood (AAR #19) 1/8/11
8. The Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne (AAR #20)
9. Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard (AAR #23)
10. Nobody's Baby But Mine by SEP (AAR #28)
11. A Summer to Remember by Mary Balogh (AAR #32)
12. Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Cruise (AAR #36)
13. Honor's Splendour by Julie Garwood (AAR #39) 2/22/11
14. This Heart of Mine by SEP (AAR #40)
15. As You Desire by Connie Brockway (AAR #48) 1/25/11
16. See Jane Score by Rachel Gibson (AAR #50)
17. The Proposition by Judith Ivory (AAR #63) 2/12/11
18. The Last Hellion by Loretta Chase (AAR #66)
19. To Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt (AAR #68)
20. Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas (AAR #69)
21. Sea Swept by Nora Roberts (AAR #74)
22. Over the Edge by Suzanne Brockmann (AAR #81) 2/25/11
23. Thunder and Roses by Mary Jo Putney (AAR #88)
24. Bound by Your Touch by Meredith Duran (AAR #96)
25. And Then He Kissed Her by Laura Lee Guhrke (AAR #99)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Challenge: Operation Loofah aka Reject Pile aka Bus Stop
Duration: 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2011
Number of books: 12 20 (nearly 2/mth)
Challenge Description: Read some of my books that I have waiting (waiting, waiting) in my piles at home. All were added to my GR TBR pile and (probably) purchased in 2009.

Completed: 10/20

1. Lover Enshrined (Loofah) - √ 5-Feb
2. Gabriel's Ghost (Loofah) - √ 12-Jan
3. Atlantis Awakening (Bus stop) - √ 18-Feb
4. Forbidden Magic (Bus stop)
5. Kiss of Midnight (Bus stop)
6. Pleasure Unbound (Bus stop) - √ 16-Mar
7. Angels' Blood (Bus stop) - √ 8-Jan
8. Unearthed (Reject pile) - √ 19-Mar
9. Burning Lamp (Bus stop) - √ 15-Feb
10.The Star King (Bus stop/reject pile)
11.Master of the Night (Loofah/reject pile) - √ 27-Mar
12.Uneasy Alliance (Reject pile)



Additional books that have been waiting that I have added to this challenge:
13. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (bus stop) - √ 14-Jan
14. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong (bus stop)
15. Guardian Of Honor by Robin D Owens (bus stop)
16. Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur (bus stop)
17. Master of Ecstasy by Nina Bangs (bus stop/loofah)
18. Jacob by Jacqueline Franks (bus stop)
19. Lover Avenged by J R Ward (bus stop) - √ 4-Mar
20. Moonstruck by Susan Grant (bus stop)


The trouble with adding these extra books is that they are nearly ALL series - if I get hooked, I'm increasing my TBR pile, which is contrary to the longer term aim of this exercise! LOL. I've already added the rest of the Fever (KMMoning) and Angel (NSingh) series! :)

[Mojca]

2011 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge


Challenge title: (Almost) Everything must go!
Duration: January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011
Number of Books: 50
Challenge Description: Read 50 books (of any genre) that were added to the TBR pile before January 1, 2011. Only books from the TBR pile allowed, no re-reads! Also, only books with more than 100 (e)pages count. (The date in brackets is the date the book was added to my TBR shelf!)

1. Amaryllis by Jayne Castle (08/15/2010) — 01/02
2. Fat Tuesday by Sandra Brown (07/16/2010) — 01/02
3. Zinnia by Jayne Castle (08/15/2010) — 01/03
4. Fatal Justice by Marie Force (12/04/2010) — 01/06
5. In the Dead of Night by Linda Castillo (05/31/2009) — 01/08
6. Are You Scared Yet? by Hunter Morgan (12/31/2010) — 01/08
7. Enemy Husband by Nina Bruhns (11/20/2010) — 01/10
8. Orchid by Jayne Castle (08/15/2010) — 01/12
9. Skin Game by Ava Gray (11/19/2009) — 01/15
10. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (08/06/2008) — 01/19
11. Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning (08/06/2008) — 01/20
12. Faefever by Karen Marie Moning (08/19/2009) — 01/21
13. Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning (08/19/2009) — 01/22
14. Night Smoke by Nora Roberts (12/27/2010) — 01/24
15. Night Shield by Nora Roberts (12/27/2010) — 01/26
16 Passionate Heat by Rachel Kenley (09/24/2010) — 02/03
17. A Little Dare by Brenda Jackson (07/02/2009) — 02/04
18. On The Hunt by Gena Showalter et al. (12/05/2010) — 02/06
19. Dying Scream by Mary Burton (11/21/2009) — 02/08
20. The Last Mermaid by Shana Abé (08/09/2008) — 02/10
21. Between the Devil and Desire by Lorraine Heath (05/17/2009) — 02/13
22. Surrender to the Devil by Lorraine Heath (07/05/2009) — 02/14
23. Midnight Pleasures With a Scoundrel by Lorraine Heath (07/05/2009) — 02/16
24. Hidden Away by Maya Banks (12/11/2010) — 03/02
25. The Perfect Play by Jaci Burton (05/16/2010) — 03/03
26. Diagnosis: Danger by Marie Ferrarella (09/24/2009) — 03/05
27. Crazy for Love by Victoria Dahl (06/18/2010) — 03/07
28. The World Inside by Robert Silverberg (07/02/2009) — 03/09
29. Chains by Shiloh Walker (06/02/2009) — 03/11
30. Vision in White by Nora Roberts (05/11/2009) — 03/19
31. Ime rože by Umberto Eco (12/11/2010) — 03/20
32. Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts (05/11/2009) — 03/21
33. To the Edge by Cindy Gerard (06/04/2010) — 03/23
34. To the Limit by Cindy Gerard (06/04/2010) — 03/25
35. Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James (06/04/2009) — 03/28
36. Fragile by Shiloh Walker (07/02/2009) — 03/28
37. Broken by Shiloh Walker (12/16/2010) — 03/29
38. Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn (09/24/2009) — 04/01
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[D.G.]

2011 Book Rewards Challenge
3,700/7,000 pts

Duration: January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Goal: 5,000 7,000 pts.
Challenge Description: This would work like a membership rewards program but instead of getting points for buying stuff, I'd get them for reading books. :) Books would earn points depending on how long they have been on my TBR (the oldest, the most points), how many pages they have (the most pages, the most points) and what # in the series they are (the later in the series, the most points.)

1. Graceling by Kristin Cashore - 1/1 (150 pts.)
2. His at Night by Sherry Thomas - 1/2 (150 pts.)
3. Hard Evidence by Pamela Clare - 1/4 (125 pts.)
4. Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt - 1/8 (100 pts.)
5. At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh - 1/11 (150 pts.)
6. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 1/16 (100 pts.)
7. A Victorian Romance by Lindsay Welsh - 1/16 (100 pts.)
8. Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl - 1/22 (100 pts.)
9. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen - 1/25 (100 pts.)
10. Skin Heat by Ava Gray - 1/27 (50 pts.)
11. The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly - 1/29 (425 pts.)
12. Miss Chopsticks by Xinran - 1/31 (100 pts.)
13. The Rake by Mary Jo Putney - 2/4 (100 pts.)
14. One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 2/6 (25 pts.)
15. The Help by Kathryn Stockett - 2/9 (200 pts.)
16. My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale - 2/12 (150 pts.)
17. Fallen from Grace by Laura Leone - 2/16 (150 pts.)
18. A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson - 2/21 (100 pts.)
19. Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh - 2/26 (100 pts.)
20. Twice Tempted by a Rogue by Tessa Dare - 3/4 (25 pts.)
21. Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James - 3/5 (100 pts.)
22. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness - 3/12 (50 pts.)
23. Fallen Star by Morgan Hawke - 3/13 (75 pts.)
24. Swap by Jeneshi Ash - 3/19 (100 pts.)
25. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens - 3/19 (150 pts.)
26. Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 3/25 (150 pts.)
27. Scandal Becomes Her by Shirlee Busbee - 3/25 (100 pts.)
28. Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward - 3/26 (200 pts.)
29. When a Man Loves a Weapon by Toni McGee Causey - 4/2 (50 pts.)
30. Glory in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/25 (25 pts.)
31. Play of Passion by Nalini Singh - 4/6 (200 pts.)

[Ashley]

2011 Create Your Own Challenge

Read all books NOT read from Challenges Last Year!
Borrowed idea from someone here, and now I can't find their post. Thank you!!

3/89 Complete

Start with Books listed in Challenges the most!

I am not listing any books I don't own

Listed 5 or 4 times (5 Books):
1. Lasher (Serial Reader, Create 2010, 2 monthly)
2. Taltos (Serial Reader, Create 2010, 2 monthly)
3. Kushiel's Dart (A-Z 2010, Chubby Chunkster, Create 2010, 2 monthly)
4. Gone With the Wind (Game Quarterly, Create 2010, Chubby, 1 monthly) Currently Reading
5. A Game of Thrones (Chubby, Lifetime, Create 2010, S.O.S) Currently Reading


Listed 3 times(8 books):
1. Halfway to the Grave (Serial, Game Quarterly, 1 Monthly)
2. Witch Fire (PNR June and Oct, S.O.S
3. Dragonfly in Amber (Oct PNR, Lifetime, S.O.S
4. Lonesome Dove (Oct PNR, Chubby, Lifetime)
5. Deja Dead (RRR Oct, Create, S.O.S
6. The Rest Falls Away (RRR Oct, Game Quart, S.O.S
7. My Sister's Keeper (Lifetime, Create, Game Quart)
8. Pleasure Unbound (RRR April, Create, Lifetime)


Listed twice(17 Books):
1. Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
2. A Great and Terrible Beauty
3. Evermore
4. The Laughing Corpse 3/26/11
5. Slave to Sensation
6. Wuthering Heights
7. Sabriel
8. Shadow Kiss
9. Lord of the Fading Lands
10. Lady of Light and Shadows
11. Over Sea, Under Stone
12. The Freedom Writers Diary
13. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
14. Inkdeath
15. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
16. The Mists of Avalon


Listed Once(60 Books):
1. A Spell for Chameleon
2. The Color of Magic
3. Full Moon Rising 3/25/11
4. Jacob
5. City of Ashes
6. Dr. Zhivago
7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
8. City of Glass
9. Blood Promise
10. Stray
11. The Client
12. Naked in Death 4/3/11
13. How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire
14. World War Z
15. Bearing and Hourglass
16. Helter Skelter
17. The Hiding Place
18. The Tale of the Body Thief
19. The Sun Also Rises
20. Sense and Sensibility
21. The Great Gatsby
22. The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
23. The Satanic Verses
24. Little Women
25. Pride and Prejudice
26. Emma
27. One Hundred Years of Solitude
28. An Interrupted Life
29. The Bell Jar
30. A Wrinkle in Time
31. The Summer Before
32. The Dark is Rising
33. The Great Hunt
34. Lord Foul's Bane
35. Split Infinity
36. Dune
37-44. The Chronicles of Narnia
45. The Last Vampire
46-49. #2-#5 Gardella Vampire Chronicles
50. Lover Enshrined
51. Lover Avenged
52. Lover Mine
53. Witch Blood
54. Lament
55-57. #3-#5 Tairen Soul
58. Forever (TBR Summer 2011)
59. Bitten
60. Eragon

[KarenF]

I’m taking inspiration from (or copying) FlibBityFLooB and using the AAR Top 100 as a starting point. Only I’m less ambitious so I’ll be trying for 25 of my 61 unread titles. :)

Challenge Title: AAR Top 100
Duration: 1/1/11 to 12/31/11
Number of Books: 25
Challenge Description: To read 25 of my 61 unread titles on the AAR Top 100 List. The planned 25 titles are listed in advance but may be swapped out for one of the other 61 in case of issues with availability or a DNF.

Swapping out 2 titles due to finding an author not to my taste.

10/25 Read

1. Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase (AAR #1)
2. Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas (AAR #2) 2/17/11
3. Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh (AAR #7)
4. It Had to Be You by SEP (AAR #15) 4/8/11
5. Bet Me by Jennifer Cruise (AAR #16)
6. Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas (AAR #18) 3/26/11
7. The Bride by Julie Garwood (AAR #19) 1/8/11
8. The Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne (AAR #20)
9. Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard (AAR #23)
10. Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas (AAR #52) 3/20/11
11. A Summer to Remember by Mary Balogh (AAR #32)
12. Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Cruise (AAR #36)
13. Honor's Splendour by Julie Garwood (AAR #39) 2/22/11
14. Dream a Little Dream by SEP (AAR #53) 3/2/11
15. As You Desire by Connie Brockway (AAR #48) 1/25/11
16. See Jane Score by Rachel Gibson (AAR #50)
17. The Proposition by Judith Ivory (AAR #63) 2/12/11
18. The Last Hellion by Loretta Chase (AAR #66)
19. To Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt (AAR #68)
20. Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas (AAR #69)
21. Sea Swept by Nora Roberts (AAR #74)
22. Over the Edge by Suzanne Brockmann (AAR #81) 2/25/11
23. Thunder and Roses by Mary Jo Putney (AAR #88)
24. Bound by Your Touch by Meredith Duran (AAR #96)
25. And Then He Kissed Her by Laura Lee Guhrke (AAR #99)

[Joy]

Just joined the group, but here is my challenge to myself for the year:
Challenge Title: Read, Learn, and Clean Off Shelves
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2011
No. of Books: 100
Description: Like so many others, I have a whole shelf of unread books, so I want at least 40 to come off my already owned shelf and I want a complete mixture of genres. I will allow no more than 20 of the 100 to be re-reads, but I do so enjoy my re-reads!
Here is my list so far:
An Irish Christmas*
Half Broke Horses*
The Truth About Forever
City of Bones
Dr. Kildare: the Magic Key*
Christmas at Harrington's*
City of Ashes
City of Glass
Land of My Heart*
The Coming Storm*
Water for Elephants
To Dream Anew*
The Hope Within*
An Irish Country Doctor*
Catcher in the Rye
The Twilight Companion*
The Wizard of Oz
Twilight***
The Blind Side*
Brentwood***
An Irish Country Village
Legacy*
Swiss Family Robinson (graphic novel)
One Perfect Day*
Pride and Prejudice
The Old Man and the Sea
Call of the Wild
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Leprechaun in Late Winter
Firefly Lane*
Death by Darjeeling*
The Girl Who Chased the Moon
Engagement in Seattle
Watership Down
Trixie Beldon: Secret of the Mansion***
Trixie Beldon: Red Trailer Mystery***
Nancy Drew: Password to Larkspur Lake***
Irish Inspirations
The Mitford Snowmen
When God Winks at You*
* denotes off my shelf
*** denotes re-read
So far I've read 40 books, 16 from my shelf, and 5 re-reads.

[Christine]

*UPDATE*

Bookcase Clean Out Challenge
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2011
Number of Books: 100
Challenge Description: Clear out a large chuck from my TBR bookshelf. 10 books in 10 categories to equal 100. Note: Books listed may change or move to another category, depending on actual content and not the bookstore's genre placement.
Completed: 50/100

List of Books:
Young-Adult, Contemporary
1. Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg
2. My Life Undecided by Jessica Brody - 3/22; 3*
3. Heist Society by Ally Carter
4. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
5. Willow by Julia Hoben
6. Waiting For You by Susane Colasanti
7. Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
8. Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen
9. Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
10. Oh My Goth by Gena Showalter - 1/24; 3*

Young-Adult, Supernatural
1. Wishful Thinking by Alexandra Bullen
2. Give Up the Ghost by Megan Crewe
3. Firelight by Sophie Jordan
4. Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce - 1/2; 4*
5. Wither by Lauren DeStefano
6. Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough
7. Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
8. The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
9. Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel - 3/2; 4*
10. Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis - 2/2; 4*

Romance, Contemporary
1. Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas
2. Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl - 2/9; 4*
3. Mistletoe and Molly by Janet Dailey
4. Murphy's Law by Lori Foster - 1/5; 3*
5. The Trouble With Paradise by Jill Shalvis - 1/25; 4*
6. The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis - 3/28; 4*
7. Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallery
8. Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis - 1/22; 4*
9. McKettricks of Texas: Austin (McKettricks of Texas, #3) by Linda Lael Miller - 1/16; 2*
10. Right Next Door by Debbie Macomber

Romance, Historical
1. One Dance with a Duke by Tessa Dare
2. Twice Tempted by a Rogue by Tessa Dare
3. Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare
4. To Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt - 1/9; 4*
5. Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn - 4/8; 4*
6. At the Bride Hunt Ball by Olivia Parker
7. The Lady Most Likely...: A Novel in Three Parts by Julia Quinn, Connie Brockway and Eloisa James - 3/1; 4*
8. Scandal by Carolyn Jewel
9. Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean
10. Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean

Romance, Paranormal
1. Blood Trinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
2. Dead Sexy by Amanda Ashley
3. Night Falls Darkly by Kim Lenox
4. Scent of Darkness by Christina Dodd
5. Warrior Angel by Margaret Weiss
6. Spirited Away by Cindy Miles - 1/6; 3*
7. Twice as Hot by Gena Showalter
8. The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter
9. Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband by Melissa Mayhue
10. Succubi Like It Hot by Jill Myles

Urban-Fantasy
1. Afterlight by Elle Jasper
2. Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs - 1/10; 3*
3. Tempest's Legacy by Nicole Peeler - 1/20; 4*
4. Mark of the Demon by Diana Rowland
5. Blood of the Demon by Diana Rowland
6. Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh - 2/7; 4*
7. Tracking the Tempest by Nicole Peeler - 1/19; 4*
8.Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler - 1/17; 4*
9. Double Cross by Carolyn Crane - 1/1; 4*
10. Black Swan Rising by Lee Carroll - 3/27; 3*

Fiction
1. The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy by Mary Lydon Simonsen - 3/4; 3*
2. Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Kowel
3. Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart: A Novel by Beth Pattillo
4. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
5. One Day by David Nicholls
6. The Passage by Justin Cronin - 2/24; 2*
7. The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown - 3/17; 3*
8. Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth
9. Room by Emma Donoghue
10. Discord's Apple by Carrie Vaughn - 2/20; 4*

Graphic Novels
1. Y: The Last Man Vol. 3: One Small Step by Brian K. Vaughn - 1/1; 3*
2. Y: The Last Man Vol. 4: Safeword by Brian K. Vaughn - 1/1; 3*
3. Y: The Last Man Vol. 5: Ring of Truth by Brian K. Vaughn - 1/1; 4*
4. Y: The Last Man Vol. 6: Girl on Girl by Brian K. Vaughn - 1/2; 4*
5. Y: The Last Man Vol. 7: Paper Dolls by Brian K. Vaughn - 1/2; 3*
6. Y: The Last Man Vol. 8: Kimono Dragons by Brian K. Vaughn - 1/2; 3*
7. Y: The Last Man Vol. 9: Motherland by Brian K. Vaughn - 1/2; 3*
8. Y: The Last Man Vol. 10: Whys And Wherefores by Brian K. Vaughn - 1/2; 4*
9. Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham - 2/26; 4*
10. Fables: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham - 2/26; 3*

Manga
1. Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 16 by Hiromu Arakawa - 1/11; 4*
2. Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 17 by Hiromu Arakawa - 1/11; 4*
3. Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 18 by Hiromu Arakawa - 1/12; 4*
4. The Crimson Spell, Volume 1 by Ayano Yamane - 1/2; 4*
5. Millennium Snow, Volume 1 by Bisco Hatori - 1/3; 3*
6. Fallen Moon: Daten No Tsuki by Toui Hasumi - 1/2; 3*
7. Millenium Snow, Volume 2 by Bisco Hatori - 1/3; 2*
8. Return to Labyrinth, Vol. 1 by Jake T. Forbes - 1/7; 3*
9. Ray Volume 2 by Akihito Yoshitomi - 1/4; 2*
10. Garden Dreams by Fumi Yoshinaga - 1/2; 3*

Erotica
1. Corralled by Lorelai James
2. Truthseeker by C.E. Murphy
3. Inside Out by Lauren Dane - 2/16; 4*
4. Luke by Cheyenne McCray - 1/3; 4*
5. Sinful by Charlotte Featherstone
6. Unmasqued: An Erotic Novel of The Phantom of The Opera by Colette Gale - 4/3; 2*
7. Bare Necessities by Marie Donovan
8. Get A Clue by Jill Shavis - 1/12; 3*
9. Feels Like the First Time (Dressed to Thrill, #1) by Tawny Weber
10. Affair of Honor by Stephanie James

[D.G.]

2011 Book Rewards Challenge
4,150/7,000 pts

Duration: January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Goal: 5,000 7,000 pts.
Challenge Description: This would work like a membership rewards program but instead of getting points for buying stuff, I'd get them for reading books. :) Books would earn points depending on how long they have been on my TBR (the oldest, the most points), how many pages they have (the most pages, the most points) and what # in the series they are (the later in the series, the most points.)

1. Graceling by Kristin Cashore - 1/1 (150 pts.)
2. His at Night by Sherry Thomas - 1/2 (150 pts.)
3. Hard Evidence by Pamela Clare - 1/4 (125 pts.)
4. Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt - 1/8 (100 pts.)
5. At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh - 1/11 (150 pts.)
6. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 1/16 (100 pts.)
7. A Victorian Romance by Lindsay Welsh - 1/16 (100 pts.)
8. Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl - 1/22 (100 pts.)
9. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen - 1/25 (100 pts.)
10. Skin Heat by Ava Gray - 1/27 (50 pts.)
11. The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly - 1/29 (425 pts.)
12. Miss Chopsticks by Xinran - 1/31 (100 pts.)
13. The Rake by Mary Jo Putney - 2/4 (100 pts.)
14. One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 2/6 (25 pts.)
15. The Help by Kathryn Stockett - 2/9 (200 pts.)
16. My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale - 2/12 (150 pts.)
17. Fallen from Grace by Laura Leone - 2/16 (150 pts.)
18. A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson - 2/21 (100 pts.)
19. Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh - 2/26 (100 pts.)
20. Twice Tempted by a Rogue by Tessa Dare - 3/4 (25 pts.)
21. Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James - 3/5 (100 pts.)
22. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness - 3/12 (50 pts.)
23. Fallen Star by Morgan Hawke - 3/13 (75 pts.)
24. Swap by Jeneshi Ash - 3/19 (100 pts.)
25. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens - 3/19 (150 pts.)
26. Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 3/25 (150 pts.)
27. Scandal Becomes Her by Shirlee Busbee - 3/25 (100 pts.)
28. Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward - 3/26 (200 pts.)
29. When a Man Loves a Weapon by Toni McGee Causey - 4/2 (50 pts.)
30. Glory in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/25 (25 pts.)
31. Play of Passion by Nalini Singh - 4/6 (200 pts.)
32. A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer - 4/10 (100 pts.)
33. Charmed, I'm Sure by Liz Ireland - 4/14 (100 pts.)
34. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - 4/14 (250 pts.)

[Kim]

I've gotten off-track with my stash, but here's my updated list. I edited the criteria to keep me focused on my stash and not getting new ones - I need to steer away from buddy reads and penpals, to tempting to go out and get new books.

Budget Freeze
Description: Read books in my TBR pile for challenges. Books must have been purchased prior to 2011.
Duration: 01.1.11 through 12.31.11
Number: 15 minimum
List: 4/15

Metro Girl 1.8.11
L.A. Dead 1.15.11
Death on Demand 1.25.11
Agent in Old Lace 2.1.11
Chill Factor 2.14.11
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 2.20.11
Cell 3.16.11
The Heretic's Daughter 4.17.11

[Barbara ★]

List of Books:
Acts of Mercy - Mariah Stewart
An Enchanted Season - Maggie Shayne/Nalini Singh
Ashes of Midnight - Lara Adrian
Bad Moon Rising - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Beg for Mercy - Toni Andrews
Be Still My Vampire Heart - Kerrilyn Sparks
Blood Lines - Tanya Huff
Bloodring - Faith Hunter 1/29
Born of Fire - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Born of Ice - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Born of Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon 4/17
Breaking Midnight - Emma Holly 2/27
Burning Alive - Shannon Butcher
Call After Midnight - Tess Gerritsen
Covet - J.R. Ward
Dark Hunger - Rita Herron
Dark Slayer - Christine Feehan 2/1
The Darkest Passion - Gena Showalter
Dawnbreaker - Jocelyn Drake
The Demon You Know - Christine Warren
The Devil Who Tamed her - Johanna Lindsey
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
Hidden Fire - Jo Davis
High Stakes - Erin McCarthy 2/27
If He's Wicked - Hannah Howell
If Wishing Made It So - Lucy Finn
The Immortal Hunter - Lynsay Sands
Last Dragon Standing - G.A. Aiken 2/26
Lord of Sin - Susan Krinard
Lover Mine - J.R. Ward 3/15
Lucinda Darkly - Sunny
Naked Dragon - Annette Blair 1/17
Night's Rose - Annaliese Evans 1/22
Passion Untamed - Pamela Palmer 3/5
The Phoenix Charm - Helen Scott Taylor
Possess Me at Midnight - Shayla Black
Promises in Death - J.D. Robb 4/20
Queen of Song and Souls - C.L. Wilson
The Renegade Hunter - Lynsay Sands 3/17
A Scotsman in Love - Karen Ranney
Sea Lord - Virginia Kantra
Seduce Me in Shadow - Shayla Black
Shifting Plains - Jean Johnson
Skin Trade - Laurell K. Hamilton 1/21
Skykeepers - Jessica Andersen
Sold to a Laird - Karen Ranney
So Still the Night - Kim Lenox
Storm Born - Richelle Mead 1/16
Storm of Shadows - Christina Dodd
Storm of Visions - Christina Dodd
Unhallowed Ground - Heather Graham
Vamps and the City - Kerrilyn Sparks 3/11
The Viking - Margaret Moore
Waking Nightmare - Kylie Brant
Walk on the Wild Side - Christine Warren

[Barbara ★]

List of Books:
Acts of Mercy - Mariah Stewart
An Enchanted Season - Maggie Shayne/Nalini Singh
Ashes of Midnight - Lara Adrian
Bad Moon Rising - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Beg for Mercy - Toni Andrews
Be Still My Vampire Heart - Kerrilyn Sparks
Blood Lines - Tanya Huff
Bloodring - Faith Hunter 1/29
Born of Fire - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Born of Ice - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Born of Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon 4/17
Breaking Midnight - Emma Holly 2/27
Burning Alive - Shannon Butcher
Call After Midnight - Tess Gerritsen
Covet - J.R. Ward
Dark Hunger - Rita Herron
Dark Slayer - Christine Feehan 2/1
The Darkest Passion - Gena Showalter
Dawnbreaker - Jocelyn Drake
The Demon You Know - Christine Warren
The Devil Who Tamed her - Johanna Lindsey
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
Hidden Fire - Jo Davis
High Stakes - Erin McCarthy 2/27
If He's Wicked - Hannah Howell
If Wishing Made It So - Lucy Finn
The Immortal Hunter - Lynsay Sands
Last Dragon Standing - G.A. Aiken 2/26
Lord of Sin - Susan Krinard
Lover Mine - J.R. Ward 3/15
Lucinda Darkly - Sunny
Naked Dragon - Annette Blair 1/17
Night's Rose - Annaliese Evans 1/22
Passion Untamed - Pamela Palmer 3/5
The Phoenix Charm - Helen Scott Taylor
Possess Me at Midnight - Shayla Black
Promises in Death - J.D. Robb 4/20
Queen of Song and Souls - C.L. Wilson
The Renegade Hunter - Lynsay Sands 3/17
A Scotsman in Love - Karen Ranney
Sea Lord - Virginia Kantra 4/21
Seduce Me in Shadow - Shayla Black
Shifting Plains - Jean Johnson
Skin Trade - Laurell K. Hamilton 1/21
Skykeepers - Jessica Andersen
Sold to a Laird - Karen Ranney
So Still the Night - Kim Lenox
Storm Born - Richelle Mead 1/16
Storm of Shadows - Christina Dodd
Storm of Visions - Christina Dodd
Unhallowed Ground - Heather Graham
Vamps and the City - Kerrilyn Sparks 3/11
The Viking - Margaret Moore
Waking Nightmare - Kylie Brant
Walk on the Wild Side - Christine Warren

[Samantha]

ok starting from this point until the end of the year.... my goal from today 4/17/2011 is to read 50 books.

4/50

1.Bad Attitude by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 4/17
2. Dark Rivalby Brenda Joyce~ 4/18
3.Dream Chaser (Dark-Hunter, #14) by Sherrilyn Kenyon 4/20
4.Stolen by Kelley Armstrong 4/21

[Barbara ★]

List of Books:
Acts of Mercy - Mariah Stewart
An Enchanted Season - Maggie Shayne/Nalini Singh
Ashes of Midnight - Lara Adrian
Bad Moon Rising - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Beg for Mercy - Toni Andrews
Be Still My Vampire Heart - Kerrilyn Sparks
Blood Lines - Tanya Huff
Bloodring - Faith Hunter 1/29
Born of Fire - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Born of Ice - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Born of Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon 4/17
Breaking Midnight - Emma Holly 2/27
Burning Alive - Shannon Butcher
Call After Midnight - Tess Gerritsen
Covet - J.R. Ward
Dark Hunger - Rita Herron
Dark Slayer - Christine Feehan 2/1
The Darkest Passion - Gena Showalter
Dawnbreaker - Jocelyn Drake
The Demon You Know - Christine Warren
The Devil Who Tamed her - Johanna Lindsey
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
Hidden Fire - Jo Davis
High Stakes - Erin McCarthy 2/27
If He's Wicked - Hannah Howell
If Wishing Made It So - Lucy Finn
The Immortal Hunter - Lynsay Sands
Last Dragon Standing - G.A. Aiken 2/26
Lord of Sin - Susan Krinard
Lover Mine - J.R. Ward 3/15
Lucinda Darkly - Sunny
Naked Dragon - Annette Blair 1/17
Night's Rose - Annaliese Evans 1/22
Passion Untamed - Pamela Palmer 3/5
The Phoenix Charm - Helen Scott Taylor
Possess Me at Midnight - Shayla Black
Promises in Death - J.D. Robb 4/20
Queen of Song and Souls - C.L. Wilson
The Renegade Hunter - Lynsay Sands 3/17
A Scotsman in Love - Karen Ranney
Sea Lord - Virginia Kantra 4/21
Seduce Me in Shadow - Shayla Black 4/24
Shifting Plains - Jean Johnson
Skin Trade - Laurell K. Hamilton 1/21
Skykeepers - Jessica Andersen
Sold to a Laird - Karen Ranney
So Still the Night - Kim Lenox
Storm Born - Richelle Mead 1/16
Storm of Shadows - Christina Dodd
Storm of Visions - Christina Dodd
Unhallowed Ground - Heather Graham
Vamps and the City - Kerrilyn Sparks 3/11
The Viking - Margaret Moore
Waking Nightmare - Kylie Brant
Walk on the Wild Side - Christine Warren

[Samantha]

ok starting from this point until the end of the year.... my goal from today 4/17/2011 is to read 50 books.

10/50

1.Bad Attitude by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 4/17
2. Dark Rivalby Brenda Joyce~ 4/18
3.Dream Chaser (Dark-Hunter, #14) by Sherrilyn Kenyon 4/20
4.Stolen by Kelley Armstrong 4/21
5. Crescendo 4/22
6. Awakened 4/22
7. Blue Moon 4/24
8. This Side of the Grave 4/24
9. School's Out - Forever 4/25
10. The Good, the Bad, and the Undead 4/26

[Samantha]

ok starting from this point until the end of the year.... my goal from today 4/17/2011 is to read 50 books.

11/50

1.Bad Attitude by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 4/17
2. Dark Rivalby Brenda Joyce~ 4/18
3.Dream Chaser (Dark-Hunter, #14) by Sherrilyn Kenyon 4/20
4.Stolen by Kelley Armstrong 4/21
5. Crescendoby Becca Fitzpatrick 4/22
6. Awakenedby P.C. Cast 4/22
7. Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton 4/24
8. This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost 4/24
9. School's Out - Foreverby James Patterson 4/25
10. The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison 4/26
11. Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton 4/28

[Devon]

Challenge: 2011 A-Z Indie Author Book Challenge

Duration: 1 Year
Number of Books: 26
Challenge Description: To read an Indie Author for each letter of the alphabet. Q, X, Y and Z may be necessary to alter to : title that contains that letter.


A: Airborne by Constance Sharper
B: The Book of Lost Souls by Michelle Muto
C:
D:
E: Endlessly by CV Hunt
F: The Fallen Star by Jessica Sorrensen
G:
H:
I:
J:
K:
L: Lure by Stephanie Jenkins
M: Metamorphosis by Devon Ashley
N:
O: Ordained by Devon Ashley(Read March 2011)
P:
Q:
R: Released by Megan Duncan
S: Silver Moon by Rebecca Rogers (April 22, 2011)
T:
U:
V:
W: The Woodcutter by Kate Danley
X: The Well by Peter Labrow
Y:
Z: An Apple for Zoe by Thomas Amo

[Joann]

RRRC 2011 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge

14/50 Read (Updated 04.27.11)

Challenge Title: Read the Books Getting Dusty In My TBR Shelves Challenge
Duration: Jan. 1, 2011 to Dec. 31, 2011
Goal: 50 books
Challenge Description: Read books I already own just begging to be read...

1. Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohler, 02.17.11
2. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen, 02.20.11
3. Rumors by Anna Godbersen, 02.21.11
4. Envy by Anna Godbersen, 02.21.11
5. Splendor by Anna Godbersen
6. The Price of Blasphemy by A Virginian
7. Jane by April Lindner
8. A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd
9. An Impartial Witness by Charles Todd
10. The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn, 02.26.11



11. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
12. Room by Emma Donoghue
13. Wolfgang's Revenge by Howard M. Tillison
14. Shadow Zone by Iris Johansen
15. The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
16. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, 02.22.11
17. The Lost Hours by Karen White
18. Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper
19. Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
20. Elizabeth Street: A novel based on true events by Laurie Fabiano



21. Alone (Detective D.D. Warren, #1) by Lisa Gardner
22. Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger
23. Senseless by Mary Burton
24. Home To Italy by Peter Pezzelli
25. What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson
26. Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown
27. Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas, 03.20.11
28. Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas, 03.29.11
29. Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas
30. Married By Morning by Lisa Kleypas



31. Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas
32. Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas, 03.26.11
33. It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas, 04.25.11
34. Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
35. Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
36. A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas
37. Against All Odds by Irene Hannon
38. The Main Attraction by Jayne Ann Krentz
39. Juliet by Anne Fortier
40. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters



41. Somewhere to Belong by Judith McCoy Miller
42. The Clayborne Brides by Julie Garwood, 02.23.11
43. To Conquer a Highlander by Mary Wine
44. The Sari Shop Widow by Shobhan Bantwal
45. Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon
46. First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh, 03.22.11
47. Then Comes Seduction by Mary Balogh, 04.13.11
48. At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh, 04.27.11
49. Seducing an Angel by Mary Balogh
50. A Secret Affair by Mary Balogh

[Barbara ★]

List of Books:
Acts of Mercy - Mariah Stewart
An Enchanted Season - Maggie Shayne/Nalini Singh 4/24
Ashes of Midnight - Lara Adrian 4/29
Bad Moon Rising - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Beg for Mercy - Toni Andrews
Be Still My Vampire Heart - Kerrilyn Sparks
Blood Lines - Tanya Huff
Bloodring - Faith Hunter 1/29
Born of Fire - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Born of Ice - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Born of Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon 4/17
Breaking Midnight - Emma Holly 2/27
Burning Alive - Shannon Butcher
Call After Midnight - Tess Gerritsen
Covet - J.R. Ward
Dark Hunger - Rita Herron
Dark Slayer - Christine Feehan 2/1
The Darkest Passion - Gena Showalter
Dawnbreaker - Jocelyn Drake
The Demon You Know - Christine Warren
The Devil Who Tamed her - Johanna Lindsey
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
Hidden Fire - Jo Davis
High Stakes - Erin McCarthy 2/27
If He's Wicked - Hannah Howell
If Wishing Made It So - Lucy Finn
The Immortal Hunter - Lynsay Sands
Last Dragon Standing - G.A. Aiken 2/26
Lord of Sin - Susan Krinard
Lover Mine - J.R. Ward 3/15
Lucinda Darkly - Sunny
Naked Dragon - Annette Blair 1/17
Night's Rose - Annaliese Evans 1/22
Passion Untamed - Pamela Palmer 3/5
The Phoenix Charm - Helen Scott Taylor
Possess Me at Midnight - Shayla Black
Promises in Death - J.D. Robb 4/20
Queen of Song and Souls - C.L. Wilson
The Renegade Hunter - Lynsay Sands 3/17
A Scotsman in Love - Karen Ranney
Sea Lord - Virginia Kantra 4/21
Seduce Me in Shadow - Shayla Black 4/24
Shifting Plains - Jean Johnson
Skin Trade - Laurell K. Hamilton 1/21
Skykeepers - Jessica Andersen
Sold to a Laird - Karen Ranney
So Still the Night - Kim Lenox
Storm Born - Richelle Mead 1/16
Storm of Shadows - Christina Dodd
Storm of Visions - Christina Dodd
Unhallowed Ground - Heather Graham
Vamps and the City - Kerrilyn Sparks 3/11
The Viking - Margaret Moore
Waking Nightmare - Kylie Brant
Walk on the Wild Side - Christine Warren

[Shannon]

Challenge Title: Patience, Grasshopper!

Duration: January 1, 2011-December 31, 2011
Total Books to Read: 39

Progress: 7/39

Challenge Description: I made this challenge a two-for-one kind of deal: My goal is to read some of the many books that have been on my shelf for more than a year and to try to read only one book per author in the process. I am pushing myself to really purge some of shelves and enjoy the hidden stories that have been waiting ever so patiently for me to dive into!(So much to read and so little time...)

1. Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs Read 01/01
2. World War Z by Max Brooks Read 01/11
3. Before I Wake by Kathryn Smith
4. Noah by Jacquelyn Frank
5. Nicholas by Elizabeth Amber
6. Rosemary and Rue by Seanan Mcquire Read 01/28
7. Dying Bites by D.D. Barant
8. Shakespeare's Counselor by Charlaine Harris
9. Night Life by Caitlin Kittredge
10. Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon
11. Heir to the Shadow by Anne Bishop
12. Clan Daughter by Morgan Howell
13. Soulless by Gail Carriger
14. The Darkest Pleasure by Gena Showalter Read 01/25
15. Aiden's Charity by Lora Leigh
16. Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian Read 04/24
17. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning Read 05/18
18. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Read 04/20
19. The Wolf by Jean Johnson
20. Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
21. Forbidden Nights with a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks

[Samantha]

ok starting from this point until the end of the year.... my goal from today 4/17/2011 is to read 50 books.

15/50

1.Bad Attitude by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 4/17
2. Dark Rivalby Brenda Joyce~ 4/18
3.Dream Chaser (Dark-Hunter, #14) by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 4/20
4.Stolen by Kelley Armstrong~4/21
5. Crescendoby Becca Fitzpatrick~ 4/22
6. Awakenedby P.C. Cast~ 4/22
7. Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton~ 4/24
8. This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost~ 4/24
9. School's Out - Foreverby James Patterson~ 4/25
10. The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison~ 4/26
11. Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton~ 4/28
12. Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead~ 4/29
13. Bloody Valentine by Melissa De La Cruz~ 4/29
14. Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr~ 4/30
15. Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 5/2

[Ms.soule]

Challenge Title: Books to Brag About
Duration: Jan 1, 2011 – Dec 31, 2011
Number of Books: 30 non-fiction & 15 “smart” fiction
Challenge Description: I have a bunch of books on my to-read list that I keep putting off in favor of more entertaining and easily-approached romance novels. This year, in preparation for going back to school and to finally get these off my list, I want to read more of the anthropology, social justice, and environmental non-fiction I keep adding to my TBR list and some of the more intellectual fiction I really want to read but keep putting off because I’ve got to know what happens to the hero’s seriously hot but damaged & reserved best friend in the next book of the series. And just in case anyone’s worried this challenge won’t be enjoyable for me, rest assured I have no problem tossing a book aside & crossing it off the list if I don’t like it after the first 50 pages (also, a lot of the non-fiction has fewer than 200 pp.).

Book List: (more to be added)

Nonfiction read: 9/30
“Smart” books read: 4/15(
Non-fiction:
1. 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life - 3/8
2. Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
3. Doing Faithjustice
4. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
5. Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age
6. Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World
7. Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues
8. Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman – 2/19
9. Liberation Theology: An Introductory Guide
10. Love and Honor in the Himalayas: Coming to Know another Culture by Ernestine McHugh - 1/5
11. My Patients were Zulus
12. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
13. A People's Ecology: Explorations in Sustainable Living - 4/14
14. Reading Lolita in Tehran
15. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Redin – 2/24
16. Unexpected News: Reading the Bible with Third World Eyes
17. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
18. A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle - 1/19
19. Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World - 3/23
20. Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives
21. Hope Has Its Reasons
22. In Defense of Food
23. Serve God, Save the Planet by J. Matthew Sleeth - 4/28
24. Profiles in Courage for Our Time
25. A Walk in the Woods
26. The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa’s Wildlife
27. Broken Bread and Broken Bodies by Joseph Grassi – 3/11
28-30 – to be decided

“Smart”:
1. Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
2. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
3. The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley
4. Kartography by Kamila Shamsie
5. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
6. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - 4/15
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kessey
8. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafon - 4/26
9. Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
10. The Zahir by Paulo Coelho - 1/30
11. What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson
12. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
13. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
14. The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
15. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath – 4/5 (replacing Homecoming by Bernard Schlink)

[Samantha]

ok starting from this point until the end of the year.... my goal from today 4/17/2011 is to read 50 books.

17/50

1.Bad Attitude by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 4/17
2. Dark Rivalby Brenda Joyce~ 4/18
3.Dream Chaser (Dark-Hunter, #14) by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 4/20
4.Stolen by Kelley Armstrong~4/21
5. Crescendoby Becca Fitzpatrick~ 4/22
6. Awakenedby P.C. Cast~ 4/22
7. Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton~ 4/24
8. This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost~ 4/24
9. School's Out - Foreverby James Patterson~ 4/25
10. The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison~ 4/26
11. Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton~ 4/28
12. Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead~ 4/29
13. Bloody Valentine by Melissa De La Cruz~ 4/29
14. Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr~ 4/30
15. Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 5/2
16. Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresely Cole ~ 5/3
17. Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian ~ 5/3

[Anum]

Challenge Title: M Madness...

Duration: Jan 2011 to Dec 2011

Number of Books: As many as possible...

Challenge Description: Read as many books starting with the letter M as possible

List of Books: Will post as I go...

[D.G.]

2011 Book Rewards Challenge
4,500/7,000 pts

Duration: January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Goal: 5,000 7,000 pts.
Challenge Description: This would work like a membership rewards program but instead of getting points for buying stuff, I'd get them for reading books. :) Books would earn points depending on how long they have been on my TBR (the oldest, the most points), how many pages they have (the most pages, the most points) and what # in the series they are (the later in the series, the most points.)

1. Graceling by Kristin Cashore - 1/1 (150 pts.)
2. His at Night by Sherry Thomas - 1/2 (150 pts.)
3. Hard Evidence by Pamela Clare - 1/4 (125 pts.)
4. Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt - 1/8 (100 pts.)
5. At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh - 1/11 (150 pts.)
6. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 1/16 (100 pts.)
7. A Victorian Romance by Lindsay Welsh - 1/16 (100 pts.)
8. Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl - 1/22 (100 pts.)
9. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen - 1/25 (100 pts.)
10. Skin Heat by Ava Gray - 1/27 (50 pts.)
11. The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly - 1/29 (425 pts.)
12. Miss Chopsticks by Xinran - 1/31 (100 pts.)
13. The Rake by Mary Jo Putney - 2/4 (100 pts.)
14. One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 2/6 (25 pts.)
15. The Help by Kathryn Stockett - 2/9 (200 pts.)
16. My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale - 2/12 (150 pts.)
17. Fallen from Grace by Laura Leone - 2/16 (150 pts.)
18. A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson - 2/21 (100 pts.)
19. Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh - 2/26 (100 pts.)
20. Twice Tempted by a Rogue by Tessa Dare - 3/4 (25 pts.)
21. Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James - 3/5 (100 pts.)
22. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness - 3/12 (50 pts.)
23. Fallen Star by Morgan Hawke - 3/13 (75 pts.)
24. Swap by Jeneshi Ash - 3/19 (100 pts.)
25. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens - 3/19 (150 pts.)
26. Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 3/25 (150 pts.)
27. Scandal Becomes Her by Shirlee Busbee - 3/25 (100 pts.)
28. Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward - 3/26 (200 pts.)
29. When a Man Loves a Weapon by Toni McGee Causey - 4/2 (50 pts.)
30. Glory in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/25 (25 pts.)
31. Play of Passion by Nalini Singh - 4/6 (200 pts.)
32. A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer - 4/10 (100 pts.)
33. Charmed, I'm Sure by Liz Ireland - 4/14 (100 pts.)
34. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - 4/14 (250 pts.)
35. River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 4/24 (100 pts.)
36. Faith & Fidelity by Tere Michaels - 4/30 (100 pts.)
37. Wicked Becomes You by Meredith Duran - 5/7 (150 pts.)

[Samantha]

ok starting from this point until the end of the year.... my goal from today 4/17/2011 is to read 50 books.

17/50

1.Bad Attitude by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 4/17
2. Dark Rivalby Brenda Joyce~ 4/18
3.Dream Chaser (Dark-Hunter, #14) by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 4/20
4.Stolen by Kelley Armstrong~4/21
5. Crescendoby Becca Fitzpatrick~ 4/22
6. Awakenedby P.C. Cast~ 4/22
7. Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton~ 4/24
8. This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost~ 4/24
9. School's Out - Foreverby James Patterson~ 4/25
10. The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison~ 4/26
11. Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton~ 4/28
12. Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead~ 4/29
13. Bloody Valentine by Melissa De La Cruz~ 4/29
14. Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr~ 4/30
15. Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 5/2
16. Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresely Cole ~ 5/3
17. Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian ~ 5/3
18. Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning ~ 5/5
19. A Lick of Frost by Laurell K. Hamilton ~ 5/6
20. Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison 5/7
21. The Darkest Secret by Gena Showalter ~ 5/8
22. Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands ~ 5/9
23. River Marked by Patricia Briggs ~ 5/10

[D.G.]

2011 Book Rewards Challenge
4,800/7,000 pts

Duration: January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Goal: 5,000 7,000 pts.
Challenge Description: This would work like a membership rewards program but instead of getting points for buying stuff, I'd get them for reading books. :) Books would earn points depending on how long they have been on my TBR (the oldest, the most points), how many pages they have (the most pages, the most points) and what # in the series they are (the later in the series, the most points.)

1. Graceling by Kristin Cashore - 1/1 (150 pts.)
2. His at Night by Sherry Thomas - 1/2 (150 pts.)
3. Hard Evidence by Pamela Clare - 1/4 (125 pts.)
4. Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt - 1/8 (100 pts.)
5. At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh - 1/11 (150 pts.)
6. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 1/16 (100 pts.)
7. A Victorian Romance by Lindsay Welsh - 1/16 (100 pts.)
8. Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl - 1/22 (100 pts.)
9. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen - 1/25 (100 pts.)
10. Skin Heat by Ava Gray - 1/27 (50 pts.)
11. The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly - 1/29 (425 pts.)
12. Miss Chopsticks by Xinran - 1/31 (100 pts.)
13. The Rake by Mary Jo Putney - 2/4 (100 pts.)
14. One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 2/6 (25 pts.)
15. The Help by Kathryn Stockett - 2/9 (200 pts.)
16. My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale - 2/12 (150 pts.)
17. Fallen from Grace by Laura Leone - 2/16 (150 pts.)
18. A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson - 2/21 (100 pts.)
19. Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh - 2/26 (100 pts.)
20. Twice Tempted by a Rogue by Tessa Dare - 3/4 (25 pts.)
21. Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James - 3/5 (100 pts.)
22. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness - 3/12 (50 pts.)
23. Fallen Star by Morgan Hawke - 3/13 (75 pts.)
24. Swap by Jeneshi Ash - 3/19 (100 pts.)
25. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens - 3/19 (150 pts.)
26. Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 3/25 (150 pts.)
27. Scandal Becomes Her by Shirlee Busbee - 3/25 (100 pts.)
28. Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward - 3/26 (200 pts.)
29. When a Man Loves a Weapon by Toni McGee Causey - 4/2 (50 pts.)
30. Glory in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/25 (25 pts.)
31. Play of Passion by Nalini Singh - 4/6 (200 pts.)
32. A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer - 4/10 (100 pts.)
33. Charmed, I'm Sure by Liz Ireland - 4/14 (100 pts.)
34. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - 4/14 (250 pts.)
35. River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 4/24 (100 pts.)
36. Faith & Fidelity by Tere Michaels - 4/30 (100 pts.)
37. Wicked Becomes You by Meredith Duran - 5/7 (150 pts.)
38. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri - 5/11 (200 pts.)
39. My Beloved by Karen Ranney - 5/14 (100 pts.)

[D.G.]

2011 Book Rewards Challenge
5,050/7,000 pts

Duration: January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Goal: 5,000 7,000 pts.
Challenge Description: This would work like a membership rewards program but instead of getting points for buying stuff, I'd get them for reading books. :) Books would earn points depending on how long they have been on my TBR (the oldest, the most points), how many pages they have (the most pages, the most points) and what # in the series they are (the later in the series, the most points.)

1. Graceling by Kristin Cashore - 1/1 (150 pts.)
2. His at Night by Sherry Thomas - 1/2 (150 pts.)
3. Hard Evidence by Pamela Clare - 1/4 (125 pts.)
4. Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt - 1/8 (100 pts.)
5. At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh - 1/11 (150 pts.)
6. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 1/16 (100 pts.)
7. A Victorian Romance by Lindsay Welsh - 1/16 (100 pts.)
8. Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl - 1/22 (100 pts.)
9. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen - 1/25 (100 pts.)
10. Skin Heat by Ava Gray - 1/27 (50 pts.)
11. The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly - 1/29 (425 pts.)
12. Miss Chopsticks by Xinran - 1/31 (100 pts.)
13. The Rake by Mary Jo Putney - 2/4 (100 pts.)
14. One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 2/6 (25 pts.)
15. The Help by Kathryn Stockett - 2/9 (200 pts.)
16. My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale - 2/12 (150 pts.)
17. Fallen from Grace by Laura Leone - 2/16 (150 pts.)
18. A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson - 2/21 (100 pts.)
19. Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh - 2/26 (100 pts.)
20. Twice Tempted by a Rogue by Tessa Dare - 3/4 (25 pts.)
21. Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James - 3/5 (100 pts.)
22. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness - 3/12 (50 pts.)
23. Fallen Star by Morgan Hawke - 3/13 (75 pts.)
24. Swap by Jeneshi Ash - 3/19 (100 pts.)
25. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens - 3/19 (150 pts.)
26. Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 3/25 (150 pts.)
27. Scandal Becomes Her by Shirlee Busbee - 3/25 (100 pts.)
28. Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward - 3/26 (200 pts.)
29. When a Man Loves a Weapon by Toni McGee Causey - 4/2 (50 pts.)
30. Glory in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/25 (25 pts.)
31. Play of Passion by Nalini Singh - 4/6 (200 pts.)
32. A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer - 4/10 (100 pts.)
33. Charmed, I'm Sure by Liz Ireland - 4/14 (100 pts.)
34. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - 4/14 (250 pts.)
35. River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 4/24 (100 pts.)
36. Faith & Fidelity by Tere Michaels - 4/30 (100 pts.)
37. Wicked Becomes You by Meredith Duran - 5/7 (150 pts.)
38. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri - 5/11 (200 pts.)
39. My Beloved by Karen Ranney - 5/14 (100 pts.)
40. Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward - 5/17 (150 pts.)
41. The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred - 5/14 (100 pts.)

[Anum]

Challenge Title: M Madness...

Duration: Jan 2011 to Dec 2011

Number of Books: As many as possible...

Challenge Description: Read as many books starting with the letter M as possible

List of Books: Will post as I go...

[Samantha]

ok starting from this point until the end of the year.... my goal from today 4/17/2011 is to read 50 books.

38/50

1. Bad Attitude by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 4/17
2. Rival by Brenda Joyce~ 4/18
3. Dream Chaser by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 4/20
4. Stolen by Kelley Armstrong~4/21
5. Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick~ 4/22
6. Awakened by P.C. Cast~ 4/22
7. Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton~ 4/24
8. This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost~ 4/24
9. School's out forever by James Patterson~ 4/25
10. The Good, The Bad, and The Undead by Kim Harrison~ 4/26
11. Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton~ 4/28
12. Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead~ 4/29
13. Bloody Valentine by Melissa De La Cruz~ 4/29
14. Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr~ 4/30
15. Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 5/2
16. Dark Needs at Nights Edge by Kresely Cole ~ 5/3
17. Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian ~ 5/3
18. Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning ~ 5/5
19. A lick of Frost by Laurell K. Hamilton ~ 5/6
20. Every which way but dead by Kim Harrison 5/7
21. The Darkest Secret by Gena Showalter ~ 5/8
22. Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands ~ 5/9
23. River Marked by Patricia Briggs ~ 5/10
24. Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill ~ 5/11
25. One Silent Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon ~ 5/11
26. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris ~ 5/12
27. Awaken me Darkly by Gena Showalter ~ 5/12
28. Iron Crowned by Richelle Mead ~ 5/13
29. Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton ~ 5/14
30. Morganville Vampires Volume 3 by Rachel Caine ~ 5/15
31.Saving the world and other extreme sport by James Patterson ~ 5/16
32. The Final Warning by James Patterson ~ 5/16
33. MAX by James Patterson ~ 5/16
34. Shift by Rachel Vincent ~ 5/17
35. Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead ~ 5/18
36. Cerulean Sins by Laurell K. Hamilton ~ 5/19
37. Faefever by Karen Marie Moning ~ 5/21
38. Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning ~ 5/22

[Samantha]

ok starting from this point until the end of the year.... my goal from today 4/17/2011 is to read 50 books.

39/50

1. Bad Attitude by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 4/17
2. Rival by Brenda Joyce~ 4/18
3. Dream Chaser by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 4/20
4. Stolen by Kelley Armstrong~4/21
5. Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick~ 4/22
6. Awakened by P.C. Cast~ 4/22
7. Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton~ 4/24
8. This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost~ 4/24
9. School's out forever by James Patterson~ 4/25
10. The Good, The Bad, and The Undead by Kim Harrison~ 4/26
11. Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton~ 4/28
12. Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead~ 4/29
13. Bloody Valentine by Melissa De La Cruz~ 4/29
14. Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr~ 4/30
15. Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon~ 5/2
16. Dark Needs at Nights Edge by Kresely Cole ~ 5/3
17. Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian ~ 5/3
18. Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning ~ 5/5
19. A lick of Frost by Laurell K. Hamilton ~ 5/6
20. Every which way but dead by Kim Harrison 5/7
21. The Darkest Secret by Gena Showalter ~ 5/8
22. Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands ~ 5/9
23. River Marked by Patricia Briggs ~ 5/10
24. Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill ~ 5/11
25. One Silent Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon ~ 5/11
26. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris ~ 5/12
27. Awaken me Darkly by Gena Showalter ~ 5/12
28. Iron Crowned by Richelle Mead ~ 5/13
29. Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton ~ 5/14
30. Morganville Vampires Volume 3 by Rachel Caine ~ 5/15
31.Saving the world and other extreme sport by James Patterson ~ 5/16
32. The Final Warning by James Patterson ~ 5/16
33. MAX by James Patterson ~ 5/16
34. Shift by Rachel Vincent ~ 5/17
35. Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead ~ 5/18
36. Cerulean Sins by Laurell K. Hamilton ~ 5/19
37. Faefever by Karen Marie Moning ~ 5/21
38. Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning ~ 5/22
39. Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning ~ 5/23

[Shannon]

Challenge Title: Patience, Grasshopper!

Duration: January 1, 2011-December 31, 2011
Total Books to Read: 39

Progress: 7/39

Challenge Description: I made this challenge a two-for-one kind of deal: My goal is to read some of the many books that have been on my shelf for more than a year and to try to read only one book per author in the process. I am pushing myself to really purge some of shelves and enjoy the hidden stories that have been waiting ever so patiently for me to dive into!(So much to read and so little time...)

1. Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs Read 01/01
2. World War Z by Max Brooks Read 01/11
3. Before I Wake by Kathryn Smith
4. Noah by Jacquelyn Frank
5. Nicholas by Elizabeth Amber
6. Rosemary and Rue by Seanan Mcquire Read 01/28
7. Dying Bites by D.D. Barant
8. Shakespeare's Counselor by Charlaine Harris
9. Night Life by Caitlin Kittredge
10. Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon
11. Heir to the Shadow by Anne Bishop
12. Clan Daughter by Morgan Howell
13. Soulless by Gail Carriger
14. The Darkest Pleasure by Gena Showalter Read 01/25
15. Aiden's Charity by Lora Leigh
16. Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian Read 04/24
17. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning Read 05/18
18. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Read 04/20
19. The Wolf by Jean Johnson
20. Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
21. Forbidden Nights with a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks
22. Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
23. Archangel by Sharon Shinn
24. Garden of the Moon by Elizabeth Sinclair
25. Touch of Darkness by Christina Dodd
26. The Smoke Thief by Shana Abe
27. Dark Prince by Christine Feehan
28. In Over Her Head by Judi Fennell
29. Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow
30. Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
31. Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
32. Midnight's Daughter by Karen Chance
33. Lucinda, Darkly by Sunny
34. Fallen by Erin McCarthy
35. Edge of Hunger by Rhyannon Byrd
36. Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
37. My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent
38. Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong
39. Witch Fire by Anya Bast