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2011 January Monthly Reading Challenge: Participants' Lists Thread

RRMC- January 2011
5/10
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:







9/10 Read
J for January:
Happy B-Day Macwolf01!:
DE Book:
New Year New Author:
Beginnings:
Dragons:
Take Back Your Time:
Rose Parade: As You Desire by Connie Brockway
January Weather:
Choice:
Unread:

Read:










Birthday(Bianca):The Iron Daughter
Delaware:Eternal
Take back your time:The Secret Hour
Flower Parade:Nightshade
Readers Choice : Wildthorn :D

10/10 Completed











4/10 Complete
January: Janice Gentle Gets Sexy by Mavis Cheek
Happy Birthday Steph!:
Delaware:
New Author:
First in Series: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas
Dragon Day:
Time:
Rose Parade:
January Weather:
Readers Choice:







Challenge Duration: January 1 – January 31, 2011
7/10 COMPLETE
1. January: Jane Austen: A Life Revealed by Catherine Reef FINISHED 1/9
2. Birthday: Awakened by P.C. Cast
3. Geography: The Matchmakers by Janet Dailey
4. New to You: Unearthly by Cynthia Hand FINISHED 1/6
5. Beginnings: Matched by Ally Conkie FINISHED 1/9
6. Appreciate your Dragon Day: Firelight by Sophie Jordan FINISHED 1/21
7. National Take Back Your Time Week: Once in a Full Moon Ellen Schreiber FINISHED 1/24
8. Rose Parade: Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
9. January Weather: Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead FINISHED 1/19
10. Reader's Choice: Freckle Juice by Judy Blume FINISHED 1/11











Birthday(Bianca):The Iron Daughter Changed to MockingJay.
Delaware:Eternal
Take back your time:The Secret Hour
Flower Parade:Nightshade
Readers Choice : Wildthorn :D

2011 January Monthly Reading Challenge
January 1-31, 2011
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2. Happy Birthday Bookwatcher!
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6. Highland Dragon by Kimberly Killion
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Complete 9/10

5/10 Complete
January: Janice Gentle Gets Sexy by Mavis Cheek
Happy Birthday Steph!:
Delaware:
New Author:
First in Series: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas
Dragon Day:
Time: Dragon Warrior by Janet Chapman
Rose Parade:
January Weather:
Readers Choice:









5/10
*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:
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To Read:





Also Read for PNR Jan Monthly Challenge:






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3. skip
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7. Take Back Your Time: In the Midnight Hour - Kimberly Raye
8. Rose Parade: So Into You - Sandra Hill
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8/10 Read
1. January: Just One Of The Guys by Kristan Higgins
3. Geography (DE): TBD

6. Dragons - Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken
9. Hot Month - Ain't She Sweet? by Susan Elizabeth Phillips











Completed: 8/8
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 - √ 21-Jan
9: Cold weather: Snowbound - √ 26-Jan
10: My choice: Darkfever - √ 14-Jan








4 out of
5
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4.New Year: The Dante Club by M.Pearl
|23rd January |
5. Beginnings: The Cries Of Vampira by Sean H. Robertson
8.Rose Parade The Reader by B. Schlink (there's no rose on the cover of the original edition, but it is on our country's translation.)
|19th January |
9.January Weather Črni angel, varuh moj by S. Porle (re-read)
|26th January |
10.Reader's Choice Dnevnik spopada: Misijonar na Madagaskarju by P. Opeka
|24th January |
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5. Beginnings: The Cries Of Vampira by Sean H. Robertson
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10/10 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. (Sarah) (http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2162...)
The Battle Sylph - L.J. McDonald 1/23/11 ★★★★
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.
Dragonhaven - Robin McKinley 1/22/11 ★★★
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 ★★★

5/5 done
1. January:
2. Birthday (Katherine):
3. New Year:
4. Beginnings:
5. Reader's Choice:






#4: Read a book by an author new to me: Valentine-Tom Savage -1-6-2011
#5: read a book that is first in a series or debut novel: One for the Money- Janet Evanovich 1/9/2011
#9: read a book with the opposite weather of where I am in January (it's cold in SC)-Metro Girl (set in FL with lots of sweat)1/21/11

6/10 Complete
January: Janice Gentle Gets Sexy by Mavis Cheek
Happy Birthday Steph!:
Delaware:
New Author:
First in Series: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas
Dragon Day:
Time:
Rose Parade:
January Weather:
Readers Choice:









5/10 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 1/26









4/5 Completed
2. Birthday - Happy Birthday Maria A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer 1/15/11
4. Beginnings Kirkland Revels by Victoria Holt 1/6/11
8. Rose Parade A Rose in Winter Kathleen E. Woodiwiss 1/22/11
9. January Weather This Rough Magic Mary Stewart 1/26/11
10. Reader's Choice "to be announced"




These books should give me a nice start to the Lifetime of books challenge.
List may be subject to change.

10/10 Read - Complete
J for January:
Happy B-Day Macwolf01!:
DE Book:
New Year New Author:
Beginnings:
Dragons:
Take Back Your Time:
Rose Parade:
January Weather:
Choice:
Unread: All Done!
Read:











OMG - I forgot Karen in my congrats! Congrats Karen!! (Gosh I get confused following all the finishers! I must be 'a bear of very little brain'...) (Winnie The Pooh quote if you are wondering...)

Delaware:Eternal
Take back your time:The Secret Hour
Flower Parade:Nightshade
Readers Choice : Wildthorn :D

Birthday:Metro Girl 1.9.11
I forgot whose birthday I used!
New Year/New Author: Death on Demand 1.25.11
Reader's Choice: L.A. Dead1.15.11
Becky recommended this to me in the Pick it For Me Challenge.



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5/5 done
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Birthday Tempest's Legacy Nicole Peeler (Happy Birthday Shannon1/114
New Year Touched by an Alien Gini Koch1/235
Beginnings Warrior Zoe Archer1/47
National take back your time week Must love Kilts Allie Mackay1/1610
Readers Choice Mercy Blade Faith Hunter1/5read