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"Hot Days of Summer" Challenge
I would definitely like to join! 13/13
Categories to heat you up:
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Categories to cool you off:
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Week 1: Hot shots:
Week 2: Hot Bodies:
Week 3: Hot House:
Week 4: Hot shades:
Week 5: Happy Anniversary!
Week 6: Cool Drink
Week 7: Cool Breeze
Week 8: Hot Head
Week 9: Cool Treat
Week 10: Cool Pad
Week 11: Cool Dip
Week 12: Cool Shades
Week 13: Hot and Spicy
Lis wrote: "Please sign me up too if I can have a little challenge crossover!SOS "Hot Days of Summer" Challenge
Duration: 06/05/2011 to 09/03/2011
0 of 13 Completed
Week 1: Cool Breeze - [book:St..."
Sure Lis! American Vampire is totally fitting in the theme of that week. :) I figured I would miss at least a dozen words that would work for that.
Welcome, welcome, Patty and Cindy!LOL @ Cindy! Challenges are like potato chips..."No one can eat just one, noooo one caaaaaaannn......."
@ Josie: Yep! :) And may I say what awesome taste you have. ;) I love Rachel!!!And I forgot to post my book too Steph! My baby graduated from high school last night *sniffle* and I got a bit distracted. :)
I'm reading
for H5, Hot Head. (Aren't I awesome? Totally leading by example!)
Zina wrote: "I am going with for Cool treat Chilly treat words in the title or pictured on the cover"Ah, good one, Zina. I just might re-read that one for a PC/Judd fix for that category too. :)
LOL Dana! Congrats on your baby's graduation. YAY! and a (((Dana))) hug for Mom. :)I hope you enjoy that one. Can't wait for #2.
Sandra wrote: "Judithe wrote: Whittle down???? *shock* Sandra needs some more temptations...When I say 21, I mean on the Challenges R Us list. Still got some leftover from last year, I think 4 or 5 maybe.
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Ahhh....I add tracking numbers once a month, then DO NOT LOOK AT THEM. Deliberately. I might freak if the number registers in my brain. It's now the 10th. I haven't completed ANY challenges yet this month. I am NOT panicking. Really. BUT, each of my reads has fit into 4 to 8 challenges, so I don't feel soooo bad.
Erato wrote: "But, but...Judithe! I'm new...just a GR baby! I've only been on 4 months! What if I sign up for all those challenges and fail? *bites nails* I can't take this pressure! ......agghhh...weight of cha..."
Only 4 months?!?! Well, your certainly up to at least toddlerhood here in GR world! Hopefully over those terrible twos~BTW, those guys aren't still hangin' out on your lawn, are they?
I guess it's forgivable then that you ease into the challenges :D
LOL! Toddlerhood
When I start asking, "Why, Judithe, why?", you'll know that I have turned 5 right?LOL! Judithe wrote: "...I add tracking numbers once a month, then DO NOT LOOK AT THEM. Deliberately." Someone is dating Mr. D. Nial. ;) Does he send flowers?
❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "For this week i'm going to read 
for Hot shades"I'm going to find a new book to read this week cause I cant get into that book
❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "For this week i'm going to read for Hot shades"I'm going to find a new book to read this week cause I cant get into that book"
Sorry to hear about your book Lizz! Not your style? Or was it about as exciting as the DMV?
I finished
for Hot Shades and now I'm reading
for Hot Shots
for Hot Shades and now I'm reading
for Hot Shots
How was Angel Burn, Kat?
I gave it 5 stars I was completely hooked, I couldn't put it down. I can't wait for the next book to come out in October!
Quick question, are we allowed to incorporate non-PNR/UF books as well?
Erato wrote: "❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "For this week i'm going to read for Hot shades"I'm going to find a new book to read this week cause I..."
It jumped around to much for me
I finished
for Hot Shots now i'm going to read
for Hot Head (He's a red head and he's got a sexy accent)
for Hot Shots now i'm going to read
for Hot Head (He's a red head and he's got a sexy accent)
~♥ Kat ♥~ wrote: "I gave it 5 stars I was completely hooked, I couldn't put it down. I can't wait for the next book to come out in October!"Yay! I'll have to check it out.
Amanda wrote: "Quick question, are we allowed to incorporate non-PNR/UF books as well?"Good question, Amanda. One I have too.
Another one for ya, Miss Dana, are we to mark only one book a week or can we mark off add'l wks as we read books which fit a certain category?
Duration: 06/05/2011 to 09/03/2011 (13 weeks) Read:
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Week 1 (June 5) C1 (Cool Treat)Caressed By Ice
Week 2 (June 12)
Week 3 (June 19)
Week 4 (June 26)
Week 5 (July 3)
Week 6 (July 10)
Week 7 (July 17)
Week 8 (July 24)
Week 9 (July 31)
Week 10 (August 7)
Week 11 (August 14)
Week 12 (August 21)
Week 13 (August 28)
For week one I read
Hot house: San Francisco. I gave it 5 stars and I loved it.
*waving hand in the air for the purdy teacher*Oh, Miss Dana, gotta question.
*Sorry class, had to attend in-service. All good now!*OK,
In answer to your questions:
Amanda wrote: "Quick question, are we allowed to incorporate non-PNR/UF books as well?"
Yes, you can use one non-PNR/UF book for the challenge. You may also included one reread if needed.
Steph wrote: "Another one for ya, Miss Dana, are we to mark only one book a week or can we mark off add'l wks as we read books which fit a certain category?"
The spirit of the challenge is week by week but I forgot to put my big girl panties on when I wrote the challenge up and said that you "could read at your own pace if neccessary."
(I'll remember next time...heh-heh-heh) :)
Gotcha! Thanks, Teach! Here's an apple for ya. :)
For week 2 I read
for Cool Treat. 5 stars
Well, I read Queen of Shadows for H5-Hot Heads based on all the good things that Steph and others had to say. Happy to report, they were right and I really liked it. See Dana's Review for my two cents on the book. **I was alerted to some wacky/crappy stuff happening in the 2nd book though so I have to give my totally unwarranted advice. If you have this in your TBR, I might wait to find out what people who have already read the first, think about the second.
For week 2 i'm going to read
for Hot shots
For week 2 I'll read
for Hot Heads.Rachel is a redhead, right? I'm not making that up?
@KarenF I thank so
Cool thanks ladies! I couldn't remember for sure and that cover picture of a butt didn't really help.
LMAO Karen! @Dana, YAY! Another QoS fan! But, you're right. #2 will probably shock those that have heard the "WTH news". I'm still anxious for it and hope there's a really good reason she's going there.
@Lis, boy oh boy, that picture so suits "cool drink", yah? Mmmmm
For week 2 I'm reading: ... get back to ya, need to double check something ;)
I've shown great restraint in waiting untilt his weekend, but now I must go out and buy my copy of
which will do quite nicely for C2-Cool Drink. I love this series!
For week 2 I am going to read Soulstice by Simon Holt :D 
@Steph: What?? What news? I haven't heard anything!!! Where is she going?ETA: And lol, I've only just read the blurb for Shadowflame (you'd have thought since I've pre-ordered it I would've done that sooner) and (view spoiler)
LOL! You can read Dana's review thread which Moss & I kinda hijacked discussing the 2nd book. **Spoilers for #2** They are blocked though, so you can decide to read them or skip.Thread link: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Josie wrote: "@Steph: What?? What news? I haven't heard anything!!! Where is she going?ETA: And lol, I've only just read the blurb for Shadowflame (you'd have thought since I've pre-ordered it..."
Sorry Josie! I didn't mean to freak anyone out. I just really appreciated the info that Steph and Moss hooked me up with. Since I had already read the first one, of course I will have to read the second! :) I thought I would throw the warning out there though for others that haven't started yet.
WTH?? I just read it and I'm kind of annoyed. Why did the author do that? Very confused with where that's heading. Tsk.Thanks Dana and co for the info.
Dunno. Wish we could ask her.
❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "For week 2 i'm going to read for Hot shots"I'm done with
and I really did like this book. I will be going on with the series
Good Lizz, I've got that on the TBR list & the next one as well. :)
I've only read the 1st AG book but thought it was really funny in addition to being a good story. Is this series funny as well?
Going to jump a little ahead on my challenge reads since I'll be off line during vacation next week. For Wk 3 my "Hot Head" read is
and for Wk 4 my "Hot Shades" read will be
Hope you like QoS too. Really good stuff. :)Enjoy your vaca Lis!
I'm really slackin' this week on my HDoS challenge read. :\ Hoping to get to something before the wk's officially over. So far, nothing I've read or am reading fits. Blast!Happy Holiday, Lis! Enjoy!
I'm reading
for HOT HEAD
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Week 1: Hot Shades Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews 6/7/11
Week 2: Hot Head For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison 6/15/11
Week 3: Hot & Spicy Born to Bite by Lynsay Sands 6/22/11
Week 4: Cook Drink Vampire in Atlantis by Alyssa Day 7/3/11
Week 5: The Vampire's Bride by Gena Showalter 7/9/11
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