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Quarterlies/Four Months = 13/16
NBRC Soundtrack: Stand by Me 8/10
✗RLFTCI RLFTCI Quarterly Theme: "Out With the Old" Read 4/1/11-6/30/11; Post #27; 0/3
...Failed. Totally forgot about this challenge!
✔ RLFTCI Series Catch Up - Thirds Post #61; 3/3
✔ **Repeating this challenge (Round II): Post #73; 3/3
✔ **Repeating this challenge (Round III): 3/3
✔ **Repeating this challenge (Round IV): 3/3
✔**Repeating this challenge (Round V) 3/3
✔RLFTCI Quarterly Theme Read # 4 - Happy Holidays 3/3
✔ROA It’s All In A Word Seasonal Challenge Post #2; 2/2
✔RRRC Couch Potato: Classic TV Edition.
...Post #564; Original 15/15; Bonus 10/10 GRAND TOTAL 25/25
✔ RRRC I Need A Vacation Challenge! (Quarterly) 6/5/11 – 9/5/11 Post #229; 10/10
✔RRRC ~ Willy Wonker’s Chocolate Challenge (Quarterly) ~ Post #148; 15/15
✔SOS DisneyMania Challenge Post #120; 10/10
TMF! All Things Winter 0/8 M.A.R.Z.I.P.A.N.
✔W♥LK All Things Spring Challenge Post #437; 16/16
✔W♥LK All Things Summer Challenge Post #206; 8/8
✔W♥LK All Things Autumn Challenge 23/XX
Six-Months = 1/4
NBRC ~ Southern Belles ~ Post #13; 4/14 (start: 09/01/11 to 03/01/12)
✗RRRC 2nd Reading Tournament: The Name Game Edition
...Post #136, page 3; @ 109/200 when challenge won (start 5/1/11)
---> This challenge won by Mojca on 8/22!!!
✔RRRC The 4 Elements Post #167; 16/16 (start 7/1/11)
✔RRRC Romance 101 Reading Post #499; 12/12 (start 4/7/11; end 8/29/11)
SOS Antique Reading Roadshow - Multi Level Challenge Post #101; 17/20
Eight Months
HEAC ~ 4X4 in 8 Challenge ~ 5/16
Yearliers = 17/40
GoodReads 2011 GoodReads Reading Challenge 273/250
HEAC ~ 50 States & Capitals, plus Important Cities Challenge ~ Post #14; Points = 63½/XXX
HEAC The ABC's of Your Favorite Genre: Western/Frontier
...Post #8; 14/26 (start 7/1/11)
HEAC The ABC's of Your Favorite Genre: Rom-Suspense/Mysteries w/Touch of ♥
...Post #14; 18/36 (start 7/1/11)
HEAC ~ Brides, Grooms, and Weddings the Year Around ~ 3/12 (start 10/1/11)
✔HP Lisa Kay's HP Challenges Spell C.H.I.C.K.S. 6/6 &
HP Lisa Kay's HP Challenges M.A.N.Y. M.O.R.E. H.P. C.H.I.C.K.S. 7/16
NBRC 50 States Post #93; 30/50 (start: 6/1/11)
✔NBRC Animal Alphabet Reading Post #53 & 54; 26/26 (start 3/1/11) 151 books!
NBRC: Animals and Books- Man’s Best Friends Post #10; 3/10 (start 7/1/11)
✔NBRC: Decades Challenge Post #41; 65/65
✔NBRC: The Heroine Challenge Post #89; 90/90 + 1
✔NBRC My Hero Challenge Post 126; 10/10 +2
✔NBRC Precious Jewels and Gems
...Post #29 Easy/Moderate/Difficult/Birthstone 30/30
NBRC Reading Through Europe Post #22; 9/50 (start: 6/15/11)
NBRC Read Your Name Post 28; 18/36 (start 8/7/11 - 8/6/12)
NBRC Sub Genre: Mysteries = 19/38
✔NBRC What Animal Are You? Post 147; 6/6
NBRC Decades Challenge 11-11-11 to 12-12-12
NBRC ~ Antonym Challenge ~ Undecided on #
✔RLFTCI Location, location, location! Post #4; 24/XX (start 7/1/11)
✔RLFTCI Read-The-Group: A Cover Image Search Post #6; 36/36
RLFTCI ~ Romance Subgenres ~ Post #14; 19/39
✔RRRC 2011 A-Z Authors Post #455; 26/26
✔RRRC 2011 A-Z Character Challenge (Female) Post #402; 26/26
✔**Repeating this challenge; Post #442; 26/26
✔RRRC 2011 A-Z Character Challenge (Male) Post #383; 26/26
✔RRRC 2011 A-Z Friends...Post #356; 26/26 + Bonus 14/14=GRAND TOTAL 40/40
✔RRRC 2011 Chubby Chunkster Post #249; 5/5
✔**Repeating this challenge! Round II Post #316, page 7; 5/5
✔**Repeating this challenge! Round III Lower level: 3/3
✗**Repeating this challenge! Round IV 1/3 TOTAL=14
RRRC Drinks/Cocktails Theme Post #685 (pg 10); 45/50 + bonus=2 (Start 7/15/11)
✔SOS "Challenge Addicts' R Us!" Post #134 44/36
SOS Love or Hate @ FIRST
SOS: Love or Hate at Second
✔SOS Read the Group Cover Image Challenge Post #93 23/23 (9/1/10 - 8/31/11)
SOS ~ I Spy Title Challenge ~ (start 10/14/11) 11/24
W&MRL Decending Numbers 43/78
2½ Years
RRRC Lifetime of Books 22/56
No End Date:
NBRC The Never Ending Series, Part I Authors A-M
NBRC The Never Ending Series, Part II Post #94 Authors N-W
NBRC Author Train 4/10
NBRC Disney Princess Reading Challenge 1/12

*shudder* That's a naughty word in my house.


2011
KEY
If bookcover appears = finished book.
♥ before link = means BR started!
☺ before link = planned "buddy read" with date, even if "tenative"
If just book link appears = there's been some talk, but no date set yet.
HEAC:


NBRC:


































☺ Iron Kissed - working on date
RLftCI:









✗ - Ugh! Dropped out. An Affair Before Christmas - 11/19
☺ Annie's Song - 12/19 - too sad/bittersweet for me for this time of year
Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night
RRRC:

TMF!

W♥LK:



If read, will change from book title to bookcover. I'm only listing the books I'm interested in reading.
Cozy Mystery: The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
NBRC:








RLFTCI:






To Seduce A Sinner
Surrender - already read
RRRC:





SOS:

The Iron Duke
TMF! Mine Till Midnight
W♥LK:


W&MRL:


Untamed
Lakota Love Song

Western/Frontier
✔ The Texan's Wager (Wife Lottery, #1), by Jodi Thomas ★★★★½ PB 4/12
✔ The Promise of Jenny Jones, by Maggie Osborne ★★★★★ HC 3/16
✔ Texas Destiny, by Lorraine Heath ★★★★★ 5/8
✔ Silver Lining, by Maggie Osborne ★★★★★ Kindle 12/12; “buddy read
✔ Night in Eden, by Candice Proctor ★★★★★ PB 6/8
✔ When a Texan Gambles, by Jodi Thomas ★★★★½ PB 4/17
✔ I Do, I Do, I Do, by Maggie Osborne ★★★★½ PB 4/24
✔ Kaki Warner = Heartbreak Creek ★★★★½ PB 8/11








Historical Romance
✔ Surrender, by Pamela Clare ★★★★★ & a WOW! PB 5/13
✔ Wicked Intentions, by Elizabeth Hoyt ★★★★★PB 2/26
✔ Scandalous Desires, by Elizabeth Hoyt ★★★★★ & a Wow! PB 12/28
✔ Tallie's Knight, by Anne Gracie ★★★★★ PB 1/12




Romantic Action-Adventure
✔ Winter Woman, by Jenna Kernan ★★★★★ PB 2/1
✔ Across a Moonlit Sea, by Marsha Canham ★★★★★ PB 4/22 “group/buddy read”
✔ The Princess Bride, by William Goldman ★★★★★PB 12/10 “buddy read”



Romantic Suspense
✔Die For Me, by Karen Rose ★★★★★ PB MiL audio 7/18

Fantasy
✔ Dragon Bound, by Thea Harrison ★★★★★ PB 7/22 “buddy read”
✔ A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin ★★★★★ PB 6/26 “buddy read”


Inspirational
✔ The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein ★★★★★ PB borrowed from Anita 7/8

Cozy Mystery
✔ Crocodile on the Sandbank, by Elizabeth Peters ★★★★★ PB 7/6

Contemporary Romance
✔ Duncan's Bride, by Linda Howard ★★★★★ PB 5/22
✔ Simply Irresistible, by Jill Shalvis ★★★★ ½ PB 6/25
✔ Welcome to Harmony, by Jodi Thomas★★★★½ PB 6/1
✔ The Comforts of Home, by Jodi Thomas ★★★★★ PB 12/31




It’s Magic/Magical Realism/ Steampunk
✔ Warrior, by Zoe Archer ★★★★★ PB 3/9
✔ Garden Spells, by Sarah Addison Allen ★★★★★ PB 4/7
✔ Soulless, by Gail Carriger ★★★★½ PB 5/30
✔ Heartless, by Gail Carriger ★★★★★ AD 12/19




Harlequin Presents
✔ Not For Sale, by Sandra Marton ★★★★ ½ PB 6/16

Best Audiobook - see above Post# ___
✔ Naked in Death, by J.D. Robb ★★★★★ re-read OD audio 5/11
✔ Where Dreams Begin, by Lisa Kleypas ★★★★★ Loupe’s audio to iPod/Touch 11/27; 373 pages
✔ Sugar Daddy, by Lisa Kleypas ★★★★★ OD audio 8/6
✔ Love in the Afternoon, by Lisa Kleypas ★★★★ ½ OD audio 6/30 (“re-read”)
✔ The Bride, by Julie Garwood ★★★★★ re-read MyiLibrary audio 7/30
✔ Glory in Death, by J.D. Robb ★★★★★ library CD to iPod 10/11
✔ Christmas Eve in Friday Harbor, by Lisa Kleypas ★★★★★ audible.com 10/








Fast Reads, But Exceptional
✔ The Tenderfoot Bride, by Cheryl St.John ★★★★½ PB (borrowed) 7/29
✔ Maggie's Beau, by Carolyn Davidson ★★★★½ PB 1/12
✔ The Wedding Promise, by Carolyn Davidson ★★★★★ PB 1/11



Re-reads!
✔ Smooth Talking Stranger, by Lisa Kleypas ★★★★★ HC 1/2 & 4/15
✔ Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor, by Lisa Kleypas ★★★★★ HC 1/1 & 4/12
✔ A Hunger Like No Other, by Kresley Cole - re-read ★★★★★PB 4/7
✔ More Than a Mistress, by Mary Balogh ★★★★★ PB 1/17
✔ The Secret, by Julie Garwood ★★★★★ PB 9/29 “buddy read”
✔ Heiress For Hire, by Erin McCarthy ★★★★½ PB 2/26 & 4/26






Best Novella
✔ Alpha & Omega: A Companion Novella to Cry Wolf, by Patricia Briggs ★★★★★ Nook for PC 8/12 "buddy read"

Urban Fantasy
✔ Hunting Ground, by Patricia Briggs ★★★★★ PC for Nook 8/27 “buddy read”


Made Me Laugh
✔ Fearless Fourteen, by Janet Evanovich ★★★★½ OD audio 9/16
✔ Shit My Dad Says, by Justin Halpern ★★★★½ OD audio 11/10 “buddy read”
✔ If You Ask Me: And of Course You Won't, by Betty White ★★★★★ OD audio 9/5









Quarterlies
Six-Months
NBRC ~ Southern Belles ~ Post #13; (start: 09/01/11)
Eight Months
HEAC ~ 4X4 in 8 Challenge ~
Yearliers
GoodReads Main - need link
HEAC: ~ 50 States & Capitals, plus Important Cities Challenge ~ Post #14; Points =
HEAC: The ABC's of Your Favorite Genre: Western/Frontier
...Post #8; (start 7/1/11)
HEAC: The ABC's of Your Favorite Genre: Rom-Suspense/Mysteries w/Touch of ♥
...Post #14; (start 7/1/11)
HEAC: ~ Brides, Grooms, and Weddings the Year Around ~ (start 10/1/11)
HP: Lisa Kay's HP Challenges Spell C.H.I.C.K.S. & M.A.N.Y. M.O.R.E. H.P. C.H.I.C.K.S.
NBRC: 50 States Post #93 (start: 6/1/11)
NBRC: Animals and Books - Man’s Best Friends Post #10; (start 7/1/11)
NBRC: The Heroine Challenge Post #89;
NBRC: Reading Through Europe Post #22; (start: 6/15/11)
NBRC: Read Your Name Post 28; (start 8/7/11)
NBRC: Decades Challenge 11-11-11 to 12-12-12
NBRC: ~ Antonym Challenge ~ Undecided on #
RLFTCI: Location, location, location! (start 7/1/11)
RLFTCI: ~ Romance Subgenres ~ Post #14;
RRRC: Drinks/Cocktails Theme Post #459 (pg 10); (Start 7/15/11; 11½ months)
SOS: Antique Reading Roadshow - Multi Level Challenge Post #101 (start 8/31/11)
SOS: Love or Hate @ FIRST
SOS: Love or Hate at Second
SOS: ~ I Spy Title Challenge ~ (start 10/14/11)
SOS:
The Year of the Dragon 2012 0/12 (start: January 23, 2012 - February 9, 2013)
W&MRL: Decending Numbers (start 9/4/11)
2½ Years
RRRC: Lifetime of Books
No End Date:
NBRC: Never Ending Series, Part 1
NBRC: The Never Ending Series Challenge Post #94
NBRC: Author Train
Key to Group Initials:
CM = Cozy Mysteries
HEAC = Happily Ever After Café
HP = Harlequin Presents
IAD = Immortals After Dark
NBRC = Nothing But Reading Challenges
RLftCI = Romance Lovers for the Challenge-Impaired
ROA = Romance on Audio
RRRC = Romance Readers Reading Challenges
SOS = Serious Overload of Series
TLC = The Lost Challenges
TMF! = Teresa Medeiros Fans!
W♥LK = We Love Lisa Kleypas
W&MRL = Western & Medieval Romance Lovers

Key to Group Initials:
CM = Cozy Mysteries
HEAC = Happily Ever After Café
HP = Harlequin Presents
IAD = Immortals After Dark
NBRC = Nothing But ..."
That key is a great idea.


KEY
If bookcover appears = finished book.
♥ before link = means BR started!
☺ before link = planned "buddy read" with date, even if "tenative"
If just book link appears = there's been some talk, but no date set yet.
NBRC:
Colorado Dawn - thread set up
Fair Game
A Texan's Luck
RLftCI: ☺ Rhapsody: Child of Blood = 1/2/12

CM = Cozy Mysteries
HEAC = Happily Ever After Café
HP = Harlequin Presents
IAD = Immortals After Dark
NBRC = Nothing But Reading Challenges
RLftCI = Romance Lovers for the Challenge-Impaired
ROA = Romance on Audio
RRRC = Romance Readers Reading Challenges
SOS = Serious Overload of Series
TLC = The Lost Challenges
TMF! = Teresa Medeiros Fans!
W♥LK = We Love Lisa Kleypas
W&MRL = Western & Medieval Romance Lovers
WYA = Who's Your Author
Books mentioned in this topic
The Comforts of Home (other topics)Simply Irresistible (other topics)
The Secret (other topics)
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor (other topics)
Silver Lining (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
William Goldman (other topics)Betty White (other topics)
Kaki Warner (other topics)
Justin Halpern (other topics)
Janet Evanovich (other topics)
More...
Duration: January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011
Monthly
✔HEAC Spell M.A.Y. D.A.Y.S. P#25; 4/4 books & 3/3 stories
✔HEAC July's "Hot"; Spell H.O.T. P#4; 3/3
✔HEAC Over in a Flash ~ Cover Hunt September ~ 3/3
✔HEAC Over in a Flash ~Cover Hunt October~ 3/2
✔HEAC Over in a Flash ~ Cover Hunt November ~ 2/2
✔HEAC Over in a Flash ~ Cover Hunt December ~ 3/2
✗NBRC - Did Not Finish Something Old, Something New, June
...Post #24; 3/6 Sunk by unavailble book; lost momentum. **sigh**
✔NBRC July's Baby You're A Firework Post #45; 10/10
✔NBRC August End of Summer Beach Blast Reading Spell S.C.U.B.A. D.I.V.E. 9/9
✔NBRC All About You - September 9/9 Moved to yearly!
✔NBRC Celebrate Featured Movie Star's Birthday ~ August 6/5
✔NBRC Celebrate Featured Movie Star's Birthday ~ September P#40; 6/5
+1 Bonus✔NBRC Celebrate Featured Movie Star's Birthday ~ October 5/5
✔NBRC Celebrate Featured Movie Star's Birthday ~ November 6/5
✔NBRC Celebrate Featured Movie Star's Birthday ~ December 5/5
✔NBRC September's Labor-of-Love Spell alternate profession V.E.T.E.R.I.N.A.R.I.A.N.; 12/12
✔NBRC October's Creature Feature Reading Challenge 6/6
✔NBRC Singing in the snow: December 4/4
✔RLftCI February 2011 – 1 Year Anniversary! Post #100; 6/6
✗RLftCI - Did Not Finish Spell M.A.R.C.H. Post #91; 9/10
✔RLftCI April 2011 – Earthly Fools Post #128; 6/6
✔RLftCI May 2011 Challenge- “It’s May, it’s May, the lusty month of May!” 6/6
✔RLftCI June 2011 : June-isims Post #102; 5/5
✔RLftCI July 2011 : Independence Post #75; 5/5
✔RLftCI August 2011 : It's hot, hot, hot! Post #4; 5/5 (start 8/1/11)
✔RLftCI "I Completed a Challenge & Didn't Even Know It" August Cover Hunt 2/2
✔RLftCI: "I Completed a Challenge & Didn't Even Know It"~Sept. Cover Hunt~ 2/2
✗RLftCI Review Ravers-September Level: "Raving Mad!"
... Unable to finish d/t lack of people posting reviews. TOTALS: 2/4 Critiques & 4/4 Reviews
✔RLftCI Something So September 6/6
✔RLftCI October Challenge: Spell D.A.R.K.+2; 6/6
✔RLftCI November: T.H.A.N.K.S. for the Characters! 6/6
✔RLftCI December 5/5
✔RRRC April, 2011 - Pick It For Me 2/1
✔RRRC December Monthly 6/6
✔SOS: Genre Juice Mini - August Post #74; 3/3
✔SOS: Genre Juice Mini - September 3/3
✔SOS: Over in a Flash >Genre Juice Mini - October 3/3
✔SOS: Genre Juice Mini - November 3/3
✔SOS Genre Juice Mini - December 3/3
✔SOS: Over in a Flash ~ Cover Hunt Mini ~ August Cover Art Post #45; 2/2
✔SOS: Over in a Flash ~ Cover Hunt Mini ~ September Cover Art 3/3
✔SOS: Over in a Flash ~ Cover Hunt Mini ~ November Cover Art 2/2
✔SOS: Over in a Flash ~ Cover Hunt Mini ~ December Cover Art 2/2
✔TLC As Easy As...1-2-3! Monthly-Mini 3/3
✔TLC ‘As Easy As...1-2-3!’- November 3/3
✔...Repeating this challenge, Round II 3/3
✔...Repeating this challenge, Round III 3/3
✔TLC Bizarre & Unique Holidays 5/5
✔TLC ‘As Easy As...1-2-3!’- December 3/3
✔...Repeating this challenge, Round II 3/3
✔...Repeating this challenge, Round III 3/3
✔TLC Scattergories: November The letter "R." 14/12 - I won points! ☺ Didn't get all the categories.
TLC Scattergories: December The letter "I." 13/12 Got all categories.
✔TMF! Spell S-E-P-T-E-M-B-E-R Month!!! (2011) Spell F.A.L.L. 4/4
✗TMF! Spell it Out O-C-T-O-B-E-R Spell B.O.O. 2/3 Finished, but weeks late!
✔TMF! Spell N-O-V-E-M-B-E-R Spell P.I.E.S. 4/4
✔TMF! Spell D-E-C-E-M-B-E-R Spell S.N.O.W. 4/4
✔TMF! Repeated challenge: F.R.U.I.T.C.A.K.E. 9/9
✔W♥LK March's Build Your Own Challenge Post #164; 13/13 S.P.R.I.N.G. F.L.O.W.E.R.S.
✔W♥LK Spell April Challenge Post #87; 5/5
✔W♥LK May's Build Your Own Challenge Post #24; 5/5 L.U.S.T.Y.
✔W♥LK June's Spell it Out! Challenge Post #160; 10/10 J.U.N.E. B.R.I.D.E.S.
✔W♥LK July's Spell It Out I.T.'S. H.O.T. H.O.T. H.O.T.! Post #73; 12/12
✔W♥LK August's Spell it Out! P.I.C.N.I.C.; Post #8; 6/6 (start 8/1/11)
✗W♥LK September Spell It Out: Spell Y.O.U.’R.E. C.U.T.E! 6/9 Spelled "U R Cute!" instead.
✗W♥LK: ~October's Build Your Own Challenge~ 3/6 See November's to finish this.
✔W♥LK: October's Spell it Out! Stutter G.G.G.H.O.S.T. 7/7
✔W♥LK: Spell It Out November J.J.J.J.J.J.J.E.L.L.O. 12/11 + 1 novella
✔W♥LK: BYOC November 3/3 FINISH up October BYOC.
✔W♥LK December's Spell It Out G.I.F.T.S. 4/5
✔WYA Trilogy Challenge/Anniversary 3/3