Julie's Reading Lists and Challenges

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A place to organize all my goodreads challenges.

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Group 3 - April 17th to August 23rd
Pink Moon - Book that has a Pink/Red Cover or has a courtesan, mistress or prostitute character
1. sacred fate
2. Bran's Story
3.

Flower Moon - Book that has Flowers on the Cover or in the Title or a chick-lit book
1.
2
3

Strawberry Moon - Fruit on the Cover or title or an GLBT romance

1. Shades Of Dreams 4/22
2. The Assignment 5/4
3. Sebastian's Wolves 5/18

Buck Moon - Weather scene on the cover or in the title or Read an interracial romance (buck is slang for a young black guy)

1. Black Planet: Little Dragon (mixed asian + ???) 5/2
2. Black Planet: Dragon's Blood 5/13
3.

There will be 3 levels that you can chose from:
Moon-Walker - Read 1 book that fits each of the categories during the Challenge
Moon-Strider - Read 2 books that fit each category
Moon-Runner - Read 3 books that fit each

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M/M Romance - 2011 Yearly Challenge

Completed: 20/26


A. Absolute Perfection 2/10
B. Blacque/Bleu 2/18
C. Cethe 3/16
D. Duck! 1/13
E. The Englor Affair 2/17
F. Finding Zach 1/10
G. Gaven 7/8
H. Hammer & Air 1/27
I. I Love Rock N Roll 3/2
J.
K. Keeping Promise Rock 1/6
L. The Land of Night 1/26
M. Mariner's Luck 1/26
N. The Nourisher 4/3
O. Object of His Desire 2/13
P. Pledge Slave 5/6
Q.
R. Ryland's Sacrifice 1/23
S. Scarlet and the White Wolf 1/26
T. Truth in the Dark 1/14
U. An Uncommon Whore 2/11
V. Voice For The Silent 2/24
W. With Love 2/24
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Girls' Names
Aaliyah
Abby
Abigail
Addison
Adriana
Alana
Alexa
Alexandra
Alexis
Allison
Alyssa
Amelia
Anna in All She Wrote 7/2
Annabelle
Arianna
Ashlyn
Aubrey
Audrey
Ava
Avery
Bailey
Bella
Brianna
Brooke
Brooklyn
Cadence
Camryn
Carly
Caroline
Charlotte
Chloe
Claire
Elizabeth To Tame a Highland Warrior 5/9
Ella
Ellie
Emily
Emma
Eva
Evelyn
Gabriella
Gianna
Grace in Amazing Grace 6/29
Gracie
Hailey
Hannah
Harper
Isabella
Isabelle
Jada
Jasmine
Jordyn
Julia
Juliana in Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake 6/27
Kaitlyn
Katherine
Kayla
Kaylee
Keira
Kendall
Kennedy
Kylie
Lauren
Layla
Leah
Lillian
Lily
Lucy
Lyla
Mackenzie
Madelyn
Madison
Makayla variation MacKayla in Darkfever 6/4
Makenna
Maria
Maya
Megan
Mia
Molly
Morgan
Natalie
Nevaeh
Nora
Olivia
Paige
Peyton
Reagan
Riley
Sadie
Samantha
Sarah
Savannah
Scarlett
Sophia
Sophie
Stella
Sydney
Taylor
Victoria in All She Wrote 7/2
Violet
Zoe

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Boys' Names
Aaron
Adam
Adrian
Aiden
Alex
Alexander
Andrew
Anthony
Austin
Benjamin
Blake
Brady
Brandon in Cheating Chance 6/17
Brayden
Brody
Bryce
Caden
Caleb
Cameron
Carson
Carter
Charlie
Chase
Christian in Bloodfever 6/17
Christopher in All She Wrote 7/2
Cole
Colin
Colton
Connor
Cooper
Daniel in Full Moon Mating 5/3
David in Ransom 6/25
Devin
Dominic
Dylan
Eli
Elijah
Ethan in Double Blind 5/11
Evan
Gabriel in Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake 6/27
Gavin
Grayson
Hayden
Henry
Hudson
Hunter
Ian
Isaac
Isaiah
Jack
Jackson
Jacob
Jake
James
Jason
Jayden
Jeremiah
John
Jonathan
Jordan
Joseph Nash in Full Moon Mating 5/3
Joshua
Josiah
Julian
Justin
Landon
Levi
Liam
Logan
Lucas
Luke in All She Wrote 7/2
Mason
Matthew
Max
Micah
Michael
Miles
Nathan James Summers in Full Moon Mating 5/3
Nathaniel
Nicholas in The Assignment 5/4
Noah
Nolan
Oliver
Owen
Parker
Riley
Robert
Ryan
Ryder
Sam
Samuel
Sean in The Assignment 5/4
Sebastian in Sebastian's Wolves 5/18
Thomas
Tristan
Tyler
William in Ransom 6/25
Wyatt
Xavier
Zachary

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Tasks: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

Completed Task thread:

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June - August 2011

Points this post 15
Total points 330
Tasks Completed: 23
Books read: 28
GR Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

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5.1. At the Shore. Chesapeake Blue 6/26

5.2. Sun, Sea and PIRATES! Ransom 6/25

5.3. The Dog Days of Summer. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

5.4. S U M M M M M M E R. Inner Harbor 6/26

5.5. Maple Leaf Rag Gaven JC Owens is born in Canada. finished 7/8

5.6. As American As.... baseball, hot dogs and apple pie on the 4th of July.

5.7. Don't Stop Reading. Amazing Grace 6/29

5.8. But No Shoplifting! Melting Ice 1 borrowed from a friend 6/4

5.9. The Long and the Short of It. Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Erupts!: The First Experiment

5.10. Summer Fun. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

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10.1 -- For Real? The Native Star

10.2 -- Phone Home E.T. Slave 7/2

10.3 -- Spare Me Outcast Mine - prison planet Tantoret

10.4 -- Here Kitty, Kitty August 8 is World Cat Day. The Cat in the Cradle

10.5 -- What’s Next? Chose Lover Mine got Infinity

10.6 -- GBLT book: All She Wrote 7/2

10.7 -- It’s Been a Year Already??!!In Other Worlds (Were-Hunter, #0) from July 2010 #53

10.8 -- Baby, It's Hot Outside! 6/25

10.9 -- Around the Campfire Woke Up in a Strange Place Joe and everyone he meets is dead. 7/15

10.10 -- Gimme S’more Faefever 6/24

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15.1- Beware of Thorns- June is National Rose Month.
Rose Daughter fits both A & B

15.2 Summer Stock
A Mastering Toby 6/6
AND
B Romeo and Juliet 6/27

15.3 In The Eurozone The Euro is used by 327 million Europeans, but not all European nations use this currency.
Read TWO books:
Darkfever read 6/4 set in Ireland
AND
Pippi Longstocking, written by Astrid Lindgren, a Swedish author.

15.4 Summer Shorts- A Walk on the Darkside: Visions of Horror 7/23

15.5 Mind the Gap- Bloodfever

15.6 Speak English!
pants (underwear) - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

15.7 The Readers Have Chosen- Sci-Fi How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

15.8 Up In the Air-
Change of Heart by Mary Calmes initials are MC = Monaco.

15.9 Pulling Weeds- Found by sorting by lowest rating on my to-read list: Brotherhood of Blood

15.10 Summertime, And the Reading is Easy- Read any book

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20.1 Most Improved Player - Ashley FL's task: Birthday Time!
Option 4: I'm a Libra so I picked Libra: Outlined In Ink

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Nickboy's task: NETHERLANDS Is an Eleven Letter Word

Option A.Shadowfever 6/26

20.3 Best Review Contest - Sera's task: Happy, Happy, Happy: I LOVE food and eating so I picked a book about food.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life 6/27

20.4 Author, Author - Isabell's task: Focus on My Favorite Goodreads Author
I rolled a 3.

3. River Marked because Mercy is a very strong coyote shifter that has to handle her very alpha werewolf lover, vampires, and fae politics all in one.

20.5 Bigger is Better - Sue T's task: Family Reunion
F. Still Alice 6/4

20.6 Seasoned Reader - Heather KS's task: Summer Reading
Activities: getting a massage, sitting outside having lunch, laying in bed, eating out (by myself).

Cheating Chance 6/17


20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Sandy MN's task: A Trip to the Past
Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord

20.8 It's My Birthday - Riona's task: Female Authors of Sci-Fi
The House of the Scorpion

20.9 - Lucky Me! - Kate.x.'s task: Summerthing Better
I'd like to get better at communicating, especially writing letters and notes to people.
Webster's New World Letter Writing Handbook finished 7/7


20.10 Group Read
B. Historical Fiction with female protagonist in an unconventional profession: Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution

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25.1 -- Denise NC's task: Tennis, Anyone?

Book 1 – Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake 6/27

Book 2 – Open: An Autobiography

25.2 - BJ Rose's task: Pulitzer Winners Past & Present
Drama - 1996 - Rent 6/26
Fiction - 2011 - A Visit from the Goon Squad 7/4

25.3 - Sandy's task: The Ice Cream Truck
2x option 4

The Pharaoh's Concubine 7/2
Spoils of War 7/5

25.4 -- I rolled a 6 which is for purple. I chose options 1 and 5:
for option 1 purple bookcover:
for option 5 fantasy/paranormal:

25.5 - Christine US's task: U.S. Patriots

Book 1: My Patriot
Holiday Confessions by Anne Marie Winston. According to wikipedia, she was born in PA.

Book 2: Cut & Run. Ty is an ex-Marine.

25.6 - Gayla's task: European Landmarks
choose 2

1. The Louvre is one of the great art museums of the world. To visit it, read a book about art history, a biography of an artist, or a novel that features an artist as a major character. For the purposes of this task, an "artist" is defined as a visual artist who creates a type of art that could plausibly be part of a Louvre exhibit (i.e., a painter, photographer, or sculptor would work). These lists might help (but, as with all GR lists, be sure the book you pick actually fits the task. If you're unsure, ask.) - Art & Artists in Fiction, Art in Books
Option 2. Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol
3. To visit The Leaning Tower of Pisa, read a book about math, a biography of a mathematician, or a novel that features math in some way. Examples: An Abundance of Katherines, A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
4. The Cologne Cathedral is one of the largest and most beautiful churches in the world. Visit it by reading a book about religious history, a biography of a religious leader, or a novel that features a religious institution or a religious leader. (Note that although the cathedral is Christian, a book about any religion will work for this task.) Examples: Gilead, Faith: A Novel, Light Fell
5. Stonehenge is a mysterious prehistoric stone monument. To visit Stonehenge, read a work of non-fiction about or a novel set in the ancient world. Note that although Stonehenge is believed to have been erected about 2500 BCE, for the purposes of this task, I am defining "ancient" as any time before 1 CE. Example: The Gift of Stones
6. Peace Palace, in the Netherlands, houses the International Court of Justice and is considered the seat of international law. To visit the Peace Palace, read a book that features international relations in some way: for example, a military history, a biography of a world leader, or a spy novel. Example: The Translator

Required: Identify the options you chose and how your books relate to the task

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30.1 -- Cheryl TX's task:
Part A Best friend growing up was Katie. Read Noble Intentions by Katie MacAlister (GR Author). Finished 6/28
I don't see her liking this author. She hates to read, period. She "only reads books that have lots of pictures" (direct quote).
Part B, Option 3) Heaven finished 7/5

30.2 -- Sheila/Wendy UK's task: A.K.A
Invincible and Master of Desire by Sherrilyn Kenyon/Kinley MacGregor

30.3 -- DLMRose's task: If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
A. For One More Day finished 7/13
AND
B.Conversations in Sicily or The Paris Wife

30.4 -- MsOPP's task:
Option 1: Ultraviolet
Option 3: The Catcher in the Rye

30.5 -- Donna Jo's task:
A. The Man Who Ran the Moon: James E. Webb, NASA, and the Secret History of Project Apollo
AND
B. Ender in Exile

30.6 -- Delicious Dee's task: Shakespeare Under the Stars
Rolled a 2 then a 6.

First Die
2. Shakespeare's Sonnets - The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams, Vol. 1: 1909-1939
Second Die
6. The Winter's Tale -Midnight Awakening

30.7 -- Jennifer N's task:

First Book: Option 2 – Robert Harris leads to Stieg Larsson so I read The Girl Who Played with Fire

For the second book:
• Option B – Stieg Larsson led to Fred Vargas - The Chalk-Circle Man

30.8 -- Beth NC's Task: Summer Solstice

Option 1:
Dark: I Am Legend from Quality Dark Fiction list
AND
The Color of Magic from Light but Not (Too) Dumb list

30.9 -- Rosemary's task:
A. Hot Ice (USA and Madagascar)

B. The Wine Dark Sea has the word sea in it. Finished 7/12

30.10 - Coralie's task: Half and Half
Moon Tiger was from the Spring Challenge.
A. Low Red Moon
B. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother 6/28

50.1 Emily Kate's Task: Hodge-Podge

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Category H, criteria 1 & 3)

Nothing Ever Happens (category I, criteria 2) by Sue Brown, GR author finished 7/19

Love & Loyalty (Faith & Fidelity, #2 (category J, criteria already met by previous books)

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Q3 M/M GB

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Please pick from m-m-to-read

READ 18/43

1. Moderatrix Lori - Bareback 7/12, 4 stars
2. Lexi - Gaven 7/8, 4.5 stars
3. Valentina - Spoils of War 7/5, 5 stars
4. MandyM - Tommy's Blind Date 7/1, 4.5 stars
5. Dee - Change of Heart 7/12, 4 stars
6. Stacey Jo - Christmas with Danny Fit
7. Smut Bitch - Nothing Ever Happens 7/19, 3 stars
8. Nikyta - Handcuffs and Leather
9. Shanna - The Mark of an Alpha 7/19, 4 stars
10. Min - The Broken H
11. Tana - Black Gold 7/22, 4 stars
12. Kathleen - All She Wrote 7/2, 4.5 stars
13. Yvonne - Criss Cross 7/24, 4 stars
14. Katie - The Tin Star
15. Janean - 911
16. Cori - The Pharaoh's Concubine 7/2, 4.5 stars
17. Courtney - Tabloid Star
18. AshleyAlexis - Regularly Scheduled Life
19. Sarah - Schism
20. Desert Rose - Str8te Boys
21. Katie M - Hell 7/12, 4 stars
22. Cassandra - An Unnatural Worth 7/11, 2.5 stars
23. D - Thaw 7/1 4.5 stars
24. Pia - Purgatory 7/11, 2.5 stars
25. Amanda Sings - Handcuffs and Glory Holes
26. Mika - Tristan 7/7
27. Laura - Cut & Run 7/18, 5 stars
28. Dianna - Scarred
29. Snowtulip - Love & Loyalty
30. Bookaddict - Tiger Eyes
31. Glossedcurls - Fireflies 7/17, 3 stars
32. Kyreadinggirl - Angel 1089
33. ME - With This Ring
34. Lavinia - Woke Up in a Strange Place 7/16, 4 stars
35. Midia - Trinity Trespass
36. TJ - Vampire Wanted
37. natsroshan - Taller, Meaner, Darker 7/6, 2.5 stars
38. Jessica - Bound by Deception
39. Nikki - Finding Home
40. Veronica - And So Is Love 7/5, 2 stars
41. Nancy L - Get What You Need
42. Pushubuu - The Good Thief
43. Lily - Caught by Surprise

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Need a place, but still ebook needing approval:
And So Is Love 7/5
Tabloid Star
Hell
Black Gold
Caught by Surprise
The Mark of an Alpha 35,000 words according to here
Vampire Wanted 26505 words according to fictionwise
Tristan
An Unnatural Worth
Purgatory
Taller, Meaner, Darker 31002
words according to fictionwise
Trinity Trespass

Needing a place but have paperback equivalent or approved:

Bareback
Regularly Scheduled Life
The Tin Star
The Good Thief
Woke Up in a Strange Place
Nothing Ever Happens
911
Fireflies
The Broken H
Love & Loyalty
Schism
Angel 1089
Scarred
Criss Cross

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Hot Summer Days

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