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I'm going to combine the challenge of old/new authors as well as books that I've had on my to read list for at least a year.1. Red Hill 1/6/17
2. The Bad Beginning 1/6/17
3. Red Dragon 1/12/17
4. The Ask and the Answer 1/24/17
Try to read books from the following selection or come up with some of your own ideas that somehow fit in with the new year theme. There are 3 different levels. Choose the one you feel comfortable with.Easy - 3 to 4 books.
Moderate - 5 - 7 books.
Difficult - Read 8+ books.
- Read an equal number of books from Old/Favorite authors and New/Never before read authors.
NEW-Shadowed by Michele Areaux 1.3
NEW-Winters Knight by Debbie Boek 1.20
NEW Secrets of the In Group by Carolyn Re and Loretta Re 1.20
OLD Fall by CA Harms 1.13
OLD Stalk Her by Jenika Snow 1.2
OLD Just Kidding by Lani Lynn Vale 1.8
OLD - Cherishing His Forever by LeAnn Ashers 1.26
- Read one or more books with a play list associated with it because Dick Clark or someone else always does a musical countdown of the year's best songs.
- Read one or more books with fireworks on the cover because fireworks usually go off to celebrate the new year.
- Read one or more books with Champagne or other liquor because most people toast to the New Year.
The Look a like by Erica Spindler 1.10
- Read one or more books which celebrate the New Year.
Baiting Him by Aurora Rose Reynolds 1.13
- Read one or more books that have been on your TBR (To Be Read) list for a long time.
Quarterback Sack by SE Hall 1.14
- Read one or more books that have a scene in Time Square.
Love At the Bluebird by Aurora Rose Reynlds 1.29
I'll try it! Will figure out my books later...
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Easy - 3 to 4 books.Moderate - 5 - 7 books.
Difficult - Read 8+ books.
- Read an equal number of books from Old/Favorite authors and New/Never before read authors.
- Read one or more books with countdown in the title to symbolize the countdown till the New Year.
- Read one or more books with a play list associated with it because Dick Clark or someone else always does a musical countdown of the year's best songs.
- Read one or more books with fireworks on the cover because fireworks usually go off to celebrate the new year.
- Read one or more books with Champagne or other liquor because most people toast to the New Year.
- Read one or more books which celebrate the New Year.
- Read one or more books that have been on your TBR (To Be Read) list for a long time.
- Read one or more books that have a scene in Time Square.
Aiming for difficult but will be happy with easy.
- Read one or more books which celebrate the New Year.
In With the New 5/1/17
Jasper Jones 29/1/17
- Read one or more books with a play list associated with it because Dick Clark or someone else always does a musical countdown of the year's best songs.
The Accidental Life of Jessie Jefferson
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New Year's ExtravaganzaLevel: Moderate 6/6
4/4 Read an equal number of books from Old/Favorite authors and New/Never before read authors
Old/Favorite authors:
1. Teslin vremeplov by Milos Petkovic 4/1/2017
2. Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead 14/1/2017
New/Never before read authors:
1. Thief's Gamble by Juliet E. McKenna 7/1/2017
2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 12/1/2017
2/2 Books that have been forever on my TBR list
1. ABC Murders by Agatha Christie 8/1/2017
2. Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead 15/1/2017
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New Year's ExtravaganzaCurrent level: Difficult (9 books read)
Goal: 12 books
Categories:
- Read one or more books that have been on your TBR (To Be Read) list for a long time. - goal of 2 for this category
1. Alias Grace 1/11/2018 (TBR since 2015)
2. ?
- Read an equal number of books from Old/Favorite authors and New/Never before read authors.
New authors: 4/5 read so far
1. March: Book One by John Lewis 1/8/2018
2. Chocolat 1/14/2018
3. Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities 1/14/2018
4. Heloise, Hints For A Healthy Planet 1/27/2018
5. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel currently reading
Old authors: 5/5 read
1. Inside Job by Connie Willis 1/9/2018
2. The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore by W.B. Yeats1/12/2018
3. Strange Things Sometimes Still Happen: Fairy Tales from Around the World edited by Angela Carter (previously read: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories)
4. Radio Dramatization of Tales from the Perilous Realm by J.R.R. Tolkien 1/26/2018
5. The Science of Discworld 1/28/2018
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New Year's ExtravaganzaLevel: Easy (and hope for more)
Duration: Jan 1st - 31st
Read one or more books that have been on your TBR (To Be Read) list for a long time.
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January: New Year's Extravaganza READ: 8/8
✔️- Read one or more books that have been on your TBR (To Be Read) list for a long time.
1. The First Prophet - Kay Hooper (added 2012) 1/31
2. Where Monsters Dwell - Jørgen Brekke (added 2013) 1/15
✔️- Read an equal number of books from Old/Favorite authors and New/Never before read authors.
1. [OLD] ~ Hunt the Darkness - Alexandra Ivy 1/4
2. [NEW] ~ Lucifer - Ava Martell 1/8
3. [OLD] ~ Bowled Over - Kasey Michaels 1/8
4. [NEW] ~ Charming - Elliott James 1/10
5. [OLD] ~ Seven Stones to Stand or Fall - Diana Gabaldon 1/14
6. [NEW] ~ The Goblin King - Shona Husk 1/11
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Is it too late to join this challenge?
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Not at all!
Great Thanks! .....I will reserve this spot!Jan 1 - 31st
4/4 books
✔ - Read an equal number of books from Old/Favorite authors and New/Never before read authors.
New:
Old:
- Read one or more books with countdown in the title to symbolize the countdown till the New Year.
- Read one or more books with a play list associated with it because Dick Clark or someone else always does a musical countdown of the year's best songs.
- Read one or more books with fireworks on the cover because fireworks usually go off to celebrate the new year.
- Read one or more books with Champagne or other liquor because most people toast to the New Year.
- Read one or more books which celebrate the New Year.
- Read one or more books that have been on your TBR (To Be Read) list for a long time.
- Read one or more books that have a scene in Time Square.
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Posting late (as usual lately) but finished on time.READ: 8/8
✔️- Read one or more books that have been on your TBR (To Be Read) list for a long time.
1. The First Prophet - Kay Hooper (added 2012) 1/31
2. Where Monsters Dwell - Jørgen Brekke (added 2013) 1/15
✔️- Read an equal number of books from Old/Favorite authors and New/Never before read authors.
1. [OLD] ~ Hunt the Darkness - Alexandra Ivy 1/4
2. [NEW] ~ Lucifer - Ava Martell 1/8
3. [OLD] ~ Bowled Over - Kasey Michaels 1/8
4. [NEW] ~ Charming - Elliott James 1/10
5. [OLD] ~ Seven Stones to Stand or Fall - Diana Gabaldon 1/14
6. [NEW] ~ The Goblin King - Shona Husk 1/11
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
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Try to read books from the following selection or come up with some of your own ideas that somehow fit in with the new year theme. There are 3 different levels. Choose the one you feel comfortable with.Easy - 3 to 4 books.
Moderate - 5 - 7 books.
Difficult - Read 8+ books.
- Read an equal number of books from Old/Favorite authors and New/Never before read authors.
- Read one or more books with countdown in the title to symbolize the countdown till the New Year.
- Read one or more books with a play list associated with it because Dick Clark or someone else always does a musical countdown of the year's best songs.
- Read one or more books with fireworks on the cover because fireworks usually go off to celebrate the new year.
- Read one or more books with Champagne or other liquor because most people toast to the New Year.
- Read one or more books which celebrate the New Year.
- Read one or more books that have been on your TBR (To Be Read) list for a long time.
- Read one or more books that have a scene in Time Square.
Mod
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