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2011 January Monthly Reading Challenge: Participants' Lists Thread

1. "J" book- Just Like Old Times 1/11
2. Bday Celebrant- Sherry- Last Sacrifice 1/2
3. Geography- Dear John- 1/15
4. New Year- His Little Black Book 1/4
5. Beginnings- Three To Ride- Sophie Oak 1/5
6. Dragons- Larkspur (dragon story) 1/1
7. Time travel or element of time-Make Mine Midnight 1/2
8. Flowers- One White Rose- Julie Garwood 1/6
9. Weather- Club Shadowlands-(Florida) 1/11
10. Reader's Choice- Fever- Kimberly Dean 1/5












1. January: Jungle Heat
2. Happy Birthday, Bookwatcher!:
3. Geography: Finn's Christmas
4. New Year:
5. Beginnings:
6. Appreciate Your Dragon Day: Fires Of Ballian
7. National Take Back Your Time Week:
8. Rose Parade: Blood and Roses
9. January Weather:
10. Reader's Choice:

5/5:
1. January: Read a book which title starts with “J”.
2. Birthday: (My Bday is Feb 25): Have books in common with Miss Kate, Sherry, Jennifer
3. Geography: Belong to Me-Marisa De Los Santos (author lives in Delaware) 1/8
4. New Year Read: The Virgin of Small Plains-Nancy Pickard 1/4-
5. Beginnings: Darkfever-Karen Marie Moning 1/1-1/3
6. Appreciate your Dragon Day Read a book that has dragons in it.
7. National Take Back Your Time Week Read a book with time travel, or has an element of time as part of its title (midnight, noon, evening, etc).
8. Rose Parade: Read a book that has flowers on its cover or as part of its title.
9. January Weather (cold here so a "hot" book): The Darkest Hour -Maya Banks (Columbia and Kentucky in summer)1/12
10. Reader's ChoiceBloodfever-Karen Marie Moning 1/7-1/12

7/10
1. January:
2. Birthday:
3. Geography:
4. New Year:
5. Beginnings:
6. Appreciate your Dragon Day:
7. National Take Back Your Time Week: Midnight Angel
8. Rose Parade: Forever and the Night
9. January Weather: Brides to Be
10. Reader's Choice:








6/10 Read
1. January: Just One Of The Guys by Kristan Higgins
2. Happy B-Day, Steph: Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh *
3. Geography (DE): TBD
9. January Weather: TBD

2. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANE-
3. GEOGRAPHY -
4. NEW YEAR -
5. BEGINNINGS -
6. DRAGON DAY -
7. TIME WEEK -
8. ROSE PARADE -
9. JANUARY WEATHER -
10. MY CHOICE -









8/10 completed
1. January: Read a book which title starts with “J”.
Just Kids - Patti Smith 1/16/11
2. Birthday: Read a book from a January B-day celebrant’s GR bookshelf whose “day” falls on the same “day” as yours. If no one has the exact same day, then go for the closest date. (http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2162...)
3. Geography: Read a book whose author, setting or character is from Delaware.
She'll Never Know - Hunter Morgan 1/15/11
4. New Year Read a book by an author that is 'new' to you.
Nowhere Man - Aleksandar Hemon 1/5/11
5. Beginnings Read a book that is the first book in a series, or a debut novel by an author.
Prince Joe - Suzanne Brockmann 1/7/11
6. Appreciate your Dragon Day Read a book that has dragons in it.
7. National Take Back Your Time Week Read a book with time travel, or has an element of time as part of its title (midnight, noon, evening, etc).
Night of the Vampires - Heather Graham 1/9/11
8. Rose Parade: Read a book that has flowers on its cover or as part of its title.
Spring Flowers, Spring Frost: A Novel - Ismail Kadare 1/1/11
9. January Weather Depending on where you are, January can be a 'cold' month or a 'hot' month. Read a book that is set in a place that has the opposite weather to where you currently are.
Dead Man's Chest - Kerry Greenwood 1/6/11 (Australia)
10. Reader's Choice
All in the Family: West Virginia/Betrayed by Love - Heather Graham 1/1/11

2011 January Monthly REading Challenge
January 1-31, 2011
1.
2. Happy Birthday Bookwatcher!
3. She'll Never Tell by Hunter Morgan
4.
5.
6. Highland Dragon by Kimberly Killion
7.
8.
9. Thrill Me to Death by Roxanne St. Claire
10. Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
Complete 6/10

4/10
1. "J" Title:
2. Birthday:
3. Delaware:
4. New Year:
5. Beginnings:
6. Appreciate Your Dragon Day: Fire Me Up by Katie MacAlister
7. National Take Back Your Time:
8. Rose Parade:
9. January Weather:
10. Reader's Choice:






New Year
Beginnings
National Take Back Time
Rose Parade
Reader's Choice The Overlord's Bride by Margaret Moore






5/9 completed
1. Title starts with J -
2. Jan Bday (Sarah) - Wild Thing anthology
3. Delaware - skipping
4. New to you author -
5. First in Series -
6. Dragons - About a Dragon by G.A. Aiken
7. Time in Title - Midnight's Daughter by Karen Chance
8. Flowers on cover -
9. Hot Weather -
10. Reader's Choice - Death of the Party by Carolyn Hart









(titles likely to change)

2. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANE-
3. GEOGRAPHY -
4. NEW YEAR -
5. BEGINNINGS -
6. DRAGON DAY -
7. TIME WEEK -
8. ROSE PARADE -
9. JANUARY WEATHER -
10. MY CHOICE -










3. Delaware - This Fierce Loving by Judith E French
6. Dragons - Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken
7. TimeTravel - A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux
9. Hot Month - Ain't She Sweet? by Susan Elizabeth Phillips











1. "J": Just the Way You Are - Christina Dodd
2. B-Day(Angie): Skin Trade - Laurel K. Hamilton
3. Delaware: TBD (possible skip)
4. New Year/New Author: Night's Rose - Annaliese Evans
5. Beginnings: Bloodring (Rogue Mage series) - Faith Hunter
6. Dragon: Naked Dragon - Annette Blair
7. Take Back Your Time: In the Midnight Hour - Kimberly Raye
8. Rose Parade: So Into You - Sandra Hill
9.
10. Choice: Lover Mine - J.R. Ward










7/10 Read
J for January:
Happy B-Day Macwolf01!:
DE Book:
New Year New Author: Death on Demand by Carolyn Hart
Beginnings:
Dragons:
Take Back Your Time:
Rose Parade: As You Desire by Connie Brockway
January Weather: Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
Choice:
Unread:



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1. January: Just Desserts by Mary Daheim
2. Happy B-day to me!:
3. Delaware:
4. New Year: Out of Body by Stella Cameron
5. Beginnings:
6. Dragon Day:
7. Time Week:
8. Rose Parade:
9. Warm Weather:
10. Readers Choice:











4/10 Completed
1. January: Read a book which title starts with “J”.
2. Happy Birthday Kerste!: Blood Bound
3. Geography (Delaware):
4. New Year The Fallen 1/6
5. Beginnings The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie 1/16
6. Appreciate your Dragon Day The Treasure Keeper 1/16
7. National Take Back Your Time Week Shades of Midnight
8. Rose Parade: Kiss Me Forever
9. January Weather Dark Peril 1/10
10. Reader's Choice Shadowfever









2011 January Monthly REading Challenge
January 1-31, 2011
1.
2. Happy Birthday Bookwatcher!
3. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
4.
5.
6. Highland Dragon by Kimberly Killion
7.
8.
9.
10. Love Come to Me by Lisa Kleypas
Complete 7/10

4/5
2
4 New Year Touched by an Alien Gini Koch
5
7
10

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Birthday:Metro Girl 1.9.11
New Year/New Author: Death on Demand by Carolyn Hart
Reader's Choice: L.A. Dead1.15.11




5. Beginnings: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews
7. Time Travel: An Accidental Goddess by Linnea Sinclair
8. Rose Parade: Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb










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9/10 Completed
1. J -
2. Happy B'day Steph -
3. Delaware -
4. New2You Author -
5. 1st bk -
6. Love Dragons -
7. TimeTunnel -
8. Flowers -
9. Cold Weather -
10. choice - Behold, Here's Poison










1. January:
2. Happy Birthday, Bookwatcher!:
3. Geography: Finn's Christmas
4. New Year:
5. Beginnings:
6. Appreciate Your Dragon Day: Fires Of Ballian
7. National Take Back Your Time Week:
8. Rose Parade: Blood and Roses
9. January Weather:
10. Reader's Choice:

1. “J” book. - Just Between Us . . . (Harlequin Blaze #113) by Tori Carrington (1/4)
2. Birthday: - Flat-Out Sexy by Erin McCarthy (1/1) thanks Lethal Lovely
3. Delaware.
4. New Author - The Care and Feeding of Unmarried Men by Christie Ridgway (1/6) First book of hers I've read.
5. First in series - Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris (1/3)
6. Dragon Book - Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken (1/17)
7. Time Book - The Boss's Wife For A Week by Anne McAllister (1/4)
8. Flower Book
9. Cold Book
10. Reader's Choice
Books read in order of being read:














Duration Jan 1 ~ Jan 31
9/10 Completed
1. J is for...:
2. Happy B'day Melinda!:
3. The smallest state with the biggest Heart:
4. New Year, New Author:
5. Bright Beginnings:
6. My dragon is the awesomest...: The Dream Thief by Shana Abé
7. What is time...?
8. All the pretty flowers:
9. Cold here, but hot...somewhere:
10. It's what I want:











3. Geography: Irish Rogue by Candace McCarthy (author).
6. Dragon Day: Dragon Actually by G. A. Aiken.
9. January Weather: Mortal Temptations by Allyson James.

3/10
1. January:Jacob
2. Birthday: From Melinda's List Lord of the Fading Lands
3. Geography: Eternal
4. New Year:
5. Beginnings:
6. Appreciate your Dragon Day:
7. National Take Back Your Time Week: Bearing an Hourglass
8. Rose Parade: Evermore
9. January Weather: Full Moon Rising
10. Reader's Choice: Reserved for continuing whichever series I like best! :)
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1. January:
2. Happy Birthday, Bookwatcher!:
3. Geography:
4. New Year:
5. Beginnings:
6. Appreciate Your Dragon Day:
7. National Take Back Your Time Week:
8. Rose Parade: Blood and Roses
9. January Weather:
10. Reader's Choice:

1: January: Jane's Warlord - √ 4-Jan
2: Happy Birthday Bookwatcher!! (14 January) - : Angels' Blood - √ 8-Jan
3: Delaware: skip
4: New author: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - √ 6-Jan
5: First in series: Gabriel's Ghost - √ 12-Jan
6: Dragons: skip
7: Time travel: Rejar - √ 18-Jan
8: Flower: Orchid
9: Cold weather: Snowbound
10: My choice: Darkfever - √ 14-Jan







1. January:
2. Happy Birthday, Bookwatcher!:
3. Geography:
4. New Year:
5. Beginnings:
6. Appreciate Your Dragon Day:
7. National Take Back Your Time Week:
8. Rose Parade:
9. January Weather:
10. Reader's Choice:

1. January:
3. Delaware
4. New to me:
5. Beginnings
6. Dragon
7. Time
8. Rose Parade:
9. January Weather
10. Reader's Choice



3. Delaware - This Fierce Loving by Judith E French
6. Dragons - Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken
9. Hot Month - Ain't She Sweet? by Susan Elizabeth Phillips











1. “J” book. - Just Between Us . . . (Harlequin Blaze #113) by Tori Carrington (1/4)
2. Birthday: - Flat-Out Sexy by Erin McCarthy (1/1) thanks Lethal Lovely
3. Delaware.
4. New Author - The Care and Feeding of Unmarried Men by Christie Ridgway (1/6) First book of hers I've read.
5. First in series - Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris (1/3)
6. Dragon Book - Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken (1/17)
7. Time Book - The Boss's Wife For A Week by Anne McAllister (1/4)
8. Flower Book
9. Cold Book - Snowdrops for a Bride by Grace Green (1/18) takes place in February and has to do with snow and cold.
10. Reader's Choice
Books read in order of being read:















2 -
4 -
5 -
6 -
10 -






2. Birthday (Crystal): Faking It - Jennifer Crusie
3. Geography: 13 Little Blue Envelopes - Maureen Johnson
6. Appreciate your Dragon Day: Eragon - Christopher Paolini
7. National Take Back Your Time Week: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon
8. Rose Parade: Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
9. January Weather: Hoot - Carl Hiaasen











1. January: Just Desserts by Mary Daheim
2. Happy B-day to me!:
3. Delaware:
4. New Year:
5. Beginnings:
6. Dragon Day:
7. Time Week:
8. Rose Parade:
9. Warm Weather:
10. Readers Choice:











10/10 Completed FINISHED 19/1/11
1. J -
2. Happy B'day Steph -
3. Delaware -
4. New2You Author -
5. 1st bk -
6. Love Dragons -
7. TimeTunnel -
8. Flowers -
9. Cold Weather -
10. choice -











4/10
*List changed because I just HAVE to re-read the Fever series before Shadowfever. (Or maybe now that it's here I'm just prolonging the inevitable END).
1. January:Jacob
2. Birthday: From Melinda's List
3. Geography: Eternal
4. New Year:
5. Beginnings:
6. Appreciate your Dragon Day:
7. National Take Back Your Time Week: Bearing an Hourglass
8. Rose Parade: Evermore
9. January Weather: Full Moon Rising
10. Reader's Choice: Dreamfever
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Challenge Duration: January 1 – January 31, 2011
6/8 read
1. January:
2. Birthday:(mines 28)
SKIP
3. New Year, New Author:
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy NelsonFinished Jan/14/20114. Beginnings:
Vixen by Jillian LarkinFinished Jan/18/2011Skip
5. National Take Back Your Time Week
One Night that Changes Everything by Lauren BarnholdtFinished Jan/17/20116. Rose Parade:
Nightshade by Andrea CremerFinished Jan/24/20117. January Weather
Faefever by Karen M. MoningFinished Jan/2/20118. Reader's Choice
Dreamfever by Karen M. MoningFinished Jan/12/2011