January 2011 Challenge

[Carolyn F.]

For this one you can use a word in the title or the author's first or last name. Any word in the title or the first, middle or last name of the author as long as it's on the book.

Spell

N
E
W

Y
E
A
R

or

H
O
G
M
A
N
A
Y

[Carolyn F.]

I'll participate!

[ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ]

Any word in the title or just the first word in the title?

[Carolyn F.]

Any word in the title or the first, middle or last name of the author as long as it's on the book.

[Valorie]

Count me in!

[Joyce]

I'm in.

[Carolyn F.]

Great guys, glad you could join!

[Trish]

I'm in.

[Joyce]

1/7 Complete
N
E
W- Faerie Wars - Herbie Brennan 1/3/2011

Y
E
A
R

[Judithe]

I'm in!

[Judithe]

Oh...are we allowed any non-PNR/UF books?

[Carolyn F.]

Any books really. It doesn't have to be PNR or UF.

[Judithe]

OK! Thanks!

[Laura Lulu]

Ok, I'm grasping here. Having a hard time with the "Y". So...how about series name, if it's on the cover? I'm planning on reading the latest Jane Yellowrock, Mercy Blade, and on the cover it says:

Mercy Blade
A Jane Yellowrock Novel

Sorry for being a pain, Carolyn. ;)

[Carolyn F.]

I'd count it, so yes that should count. In fact I'm reading book #2 myself in that series and now I have a Y!

[Laura Lulu]

Lol. Yeah! Then I'm in. :)


0/7

N NIGHTWALKER Jocelynn Drake
E EXCHANGE Dale R. Cozort
W WILD Magic Tamora Pierce

Y Mercy Blade:A Jane YELLOWROCK Novel Faith Hunter
E The Darkest EDGE of Dawn Kelly Gay
A ANDREA Cremer Nightshade
R A RUSH of Wings Adrian Phoenix

[Jennifer]

N
EEat, Pray, Love
W
Y
E
A
R

[Joyce]

2/7 Complete
N
E
W - Faerie Wars - Herbie Brennan 1/3/2011

Y
E
A - A Rush of Wings - Adrian Phoenix 1/7/2011

[Valorie]

I finally got my list together!

2/8 Done

H: Hart, Carolyn - Ghost at Work
O: Out of Body by Stella Cameron
G: Guilty Pleasures by LKH 1/1 ★★★
M: Master of Fire by Angela Knight
A:Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie
N: TBD
A: Acosta, Marta - Midnight Brunch
Y: Yasmine Galenorn - Night Myst 1/6 ★★★★

[Deyara]

Hi, I am new to this group (and Goodreads actually) but am quite excited about doing some reading challenges this year - I upped my number of books read in '09 and '10 but I think I've hit the wall with that now!

Completed: 7/7

N - Shadowland - Alyson Noel
E - Dirty Laundry - Daniel Ehrenhaft
W - Windfall - Rachel Caine


Y - You Suck - Christopher Moore
E - Return to Paradise - Simone Elkeles
A - Bayou Moon - Ilona Andrews
R - Unsympathetic Magic - Laura Resnick

[Carolyn F.]

Great Deyara - welcome! Challenges make me read more just because I want to finish as many as I can.

[Laura Lulu]

2/7


N NIGHTWALKER Jocelynn Drake
E EXCHANGE Dale R. Cozort January 10 ★★★★
W WILD Magic Tamora Pierce January 6 ★★★★

Y Mercy Blade:A Jane YELLOWROCK Novel Faith Hunter
E The Darkest EDGE of Dawn Kelly Gay
A ANDREA Cremer Nightshade
R A RUSH of Wings Adrian Phoenix

[Valorie]

4/8 Done

H: Hart, Carolyn - Ghost at Work
O: Out of Body by Stella Cameron
G: Guilty Pleasures by LKH 1/1 ★★★
M: Master of Fire by Angela Knight 1/12 ★★★★
A:Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie
N: TBD
A: Acosta, Marta - Midnight Brunch 1/14 ★★★★
Y: Yasmine Galenorn - Night Myst 1/6 ★★★★

[Carolyn F.]

Valorie, I have Master of Fire! I like most of her books. I can't wait to read it.

[Valorie]

I really enjoy her King Arthur and Mageverse concept. They are really enjoyable books. I can't wait to get Master of Smoke! Master of Fire left with a little cliff hanger!

[Laura Lulu]

4/7


N NIGHTWALKER Jocelynn Drake
E EXCHANGE Dale R. Cozort January 10 ★★★★
W WILD Magic Tamora Pierce January 6 ★★★★

Y Mercy Blade:A Jane YELLOWROCK Novel Faith Hunter
E The Darkest EDGE of Dawn Kelly Gay January 13 ★★★★
A The ASK and the Answer Patrick Ness January 17 ★★★★★
R A RUSH of Wings Adrian Phoenix

[Valorie]

5/8 Done

H: Hart, Carolyn - Ghost at Work
O: Out of Body by Stella Cameron 1/17 ★★★
G: Guilty Pleasures by LKH 1/1 ★★★
M: Master of Fire by Angela Knight 1/12 ★★★★
A:Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie
N: TBD
A: Acosta, Marta - Midnight Brunch 1/14 ★★★★
Y: Yasmine Galenorn - Night Myst 1/6 ★★★★

[Joyce]

3/7 Complete
N
E
W - Faerie Wars - Herbie Brennan 1/3/2011

Y
E
A - Witch and Wizard - James Patterson 1/20/2011
R - A Rush of Wings - Adrian Phoenix 1/7/2011

[Carolyn F.]

N
E = Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
W = Huntress by Christine Warren

Y = I Burn for You
E = Dark Desires by Eve Silver
A = The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
R = Virgin River

or

H = Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman
O
G
M = Mockingjay
A = Resurrection Row by Anne Perry
N
A = Vampire Academy
Y

[Rhonda]

Hi everyone. Here's to my first challenge: January 2011!


N = Unclean Spirits, M.L.N. Hanover = 3 stars
E = Spider's Bite, Jennifer Estep = 4 stars
W = Black Wings, Christina Henry = 4 stars

Y = Highborn, Yvonne Navarro, 1 star
E = Web of Lies, Jennifer Estep = 4 stars
A = Grimspace, Ann Aguirre = 4 stars
R = Alpha, Rachel Vincent = 3 stars

I've also read Venom/Jennifer Estep (5 stars), The Iron Duke/Meljean Brook (4 stars), Shadowfever/Karen Marie Moning (4 stars), and Queen of Shadows/Dianne Sylvan (3 stars).

[Rhonda]

BTW, how do you make the stars?

[Carolyn F.]

I've just been doing the asterisk (shift8). I've seen some people doing the regular stars, I'd like to know too.

PS Congrats Rhonda!

[Judithe]

A friend taught me this one...take out the spaces...
& # 9733;

★

[Rhonda]

★★★★★

[Judithe]

:D

[Laura Lulu]

An even easier way to make the stars? Just copy one from someone else's post. I have never used the html code for them. :)


6/7

N NIGHTWALKER Jocelynn Drake January 20 ★★
E EXCHANGE Dale R. Cozort January 10 ★★★★
W WILD Magic Tamora Pierce January 6 ★★★★

Y Mercy Blade:A Jane YELLOWROCK Novel Faith Hunter
E The Darkest EDGE of Dawn Kelly Gay January 13 ★★★★
A The ASK and the Answer Patrick Ness January 17 ★★★★★
R A RUSH of Wings Adrian Phoenix January 22 ★★★

[Valorie]

6/8 Done

H: Hart, Carolyn - Ghost at Work
O: Out of Body by Stella Cameron 1/17 ★★★
G: Guilty Pleasures by LKH 1/1 ★★★
M: Master of Fire by Angela Knight 1/12 ★★★★
A:Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie 1/23 ★★★★
N: TBD
A: Acosta, Marta - Midnight Brunch 1/14 ★★★★
Y: Yasmine Galenorn - Night Myst 1/6 ★★★★

[Valorie]

7/8 Done

H: Hart, Carolyn - Ghost at Work 1/24 ★★★
O: Out of Body by Stella Cameron 1/17 ★★★
G: Guilty Pleasures by LKH 1/1 ★★★
M: Master of Fire by Angela Knight 1/12 ★★★★
A:Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie 1/23 ★★★★
N: Nancy Martin - Our Lady of Immaculate Deception
A: Acosta, Marta - Midnight Brunch 1/14 ★★★★
Y: Yasmine Galenorn - Night Myst 1/6 ★★★★

[Valorie]

8/8 Done Yay!

H: Hart, Carolyn - Ghost at Work 1/24 ★★★
O: Out of Body by Stella Cameron 1/17 ★★★
G: Guilty Pleasures by LKH 1/1 ★★★
M: Master of Fire by Angela Knight 1/12 ★★★★
A:Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie 1/23 ★★★★
N: Nancy Martin - Our Lady of Immaculate Deception 1/29 ★★★★
A: Acosta, Marta - Midnight Brunch 1/14 ★★★★
Y: Yasmine Galenorn - Night Myst 1/6 ★★★★

[Deyara]

Well done! I am almost there but it has been pretty close, and not much housework has gone on this weekend :)

[Judithe]

Forgot to post!
Done 1/23/11

8/8 Completed

H Hunting Julian by Jacquelyn Frank 1/1/11
O On the Prowl (Alpha and Omega:Briggs) (Inhuman:Wilks) (Buying Trouble:Chance) by Patricia Briggs, et al 1/10/11
G Grimspace by Ann Aguire 1/12/11
Maggie Stiefvater: Shiver 1/2/11
A Amaryllis by Jayne Castle 1/4/11
Nash, Joy: Immortals: The Crossing 1/21/11
Alexandra Ivy: Beyond The Darkness 1/8/11
Yasunari Kawabata: Snow Country 1/23/11

[Carolyn F.]

Great job Valorie and Judithe!

[Judithe]

Thanks!

[Laura Lulu]

7/7 Finished!


N NIGHTWALKER Jocelynn Drake January 20 ★★
E EXCHANGE Dale R. Cozort January 10 ★★★★
W WILD Magic Tamora Pierce January 6 ★★★★

Y Mercy Blade:A Jane YELLOWROCK Novel Faith Hunter January 31 ★★★★★
E The Darkest EDGE of Dawn Kelly Gay January 13 ★★★★
A The ASK and the Answer Patrick Ness January 17 ★★★★★
R A RUSH of Wings Adrian Phoenix January 22 ★★★

[Valorie]

Thanks Carolyn!

[Judithe]

Yay, LLL!

[Carolyn F.]

Congrats everyone - my computer's down off-and-on for hours at a time so I'm sneaking this in before it goes off! Here's mine:


N = All Night Long
E = Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
W = Huntress by Christine Warren

Y = I Burn for You
E = Dark Desires by Eve Silver
A = The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
R = Virgin River

or

H = Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman
O = Lord of the Forest
G = Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
M = Mockingjay
A = Resurrection Row by Anne Perry
N = Night Shift
A = Vampire Academy
Y NONE