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December Monthly Challenge
0/10
1. 'D' is for December: The Darkest Lie by Gena Showalter
2. Happy Birthday!:Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean
3. Geography: Gabriel's Inferno by Sylvain Reynard
4. Christmas Theme: TBD
5. Walt Disney's Birthday: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
6. Explore-A-Series: To Tame a Highland Warrior
7. Pearl Harbor Day: Envy by J.R. Ward
8. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies: A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands
9. Holiday Clean-Up: Naked Edge by Pamela Clare
10. Reader's Choice: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs











Happy Birthday:

Geography,Italy:

Christmas theme:

Walt Disney:

Explore-A-Series:

Pearl Harbor:

Fruitcakes & Pumpkin Pies:

Holiday Cleanup:

Reader's Choice:



Read - 0/10
1. 'D' is for December: Trouble in high heels – Christina Dodd
2. Happy Birthday!: Holiday bound –Beth Kary
3. Geography: Dane – Elizabeth Amber
4. Christmas Theme: Yule be mine – Jennifer Lebrecque
5. Walt Disney's Birthday: Beautiful disaster – Jamie Mcguire
6. Explore-A-Series: Lover unleashed – JR Ward
7. Pearl Harbor Day: SKIP
8. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies: The Expressologist - Kristina Springer
9. Holiday Clean-Up: First Drop of Crimson - Jeanine Frost (Random Booklist Challenge #55)
10. Reader's Choice: The heart of a killer - Jaci Burton










December Monthly Challenge 12-1 thru 12-31
7/7 Completed
1. D is for December: Davis, Cooper Bound By Nature 12-3 ****
2. Happy Birthday Brenda! (12-13): Enslaved 12-5 ****
4. Christmas Theme: Christmas word in title, or Christmas theme on cover Sleeping Angel 12-4 *****
5. Walt Disney's Birthday: YA or book made into family friendly movie Zombie Blondes 12-13 ****
6. Explore-A-Series: start a new series Black Dragon's Blood 12-9 ***
9. Holiday Clean-Up: book needed for another challenge - state challenge Hellbent (SOS December Cover Hunt Mini Challenge) 12-22 ****
10. Reader's Choice: Frost Moon 12-26 ****








Completed: 0/3 or 5
1. 'D' is for December: Don't Tell by Karen Rose
2. Happy Birthday Megan: Unearthly by Cynthia Hand or Too Hot To Touch by Louisa Edwards
5. Walt Disney's Birthday (YA book & PG-13 movie) Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
6. Explore-A-Series: Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
9. Holiday Clean-Up (Yearly Anthology Challenge): Happily Never After by Jeaniene Frost
READ:
UNREAD:







RRRC December Monthly Challenge
December 1 – December 31, 2011
7/8
2. Happy Birthday, Shannon! Archangel's Blade by Nalini Singh









1. 'D' is for December: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn
2. Happy Birthday to Me!: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
4. Christmas Theme: Small Town Christmas by Jill Shalvis
5. Walt Disney's Birthday (YA): Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver
8. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies: Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu






1. 'D' is for December:
2. Happy Birthday!:
3. Geography:
4. Christmas Theme: :
5. Walt Disney's Birthday:
6. Explore-A-Series:
7. Pearl Harbor Day:
8. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies:
9. Holiday Clean-Up:
10. Reader's Choice:

0 of 10 Complete!
1. Starts with “D”: Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl
2. Happy Birthday Nadine (25th)!: Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband by Melissa Mayhue
3. Italy: Dangerous Lover by Lisa Marie Rice (author lives in Italy)
4. Christmas Theme: Tied with a Bow by Lora Leigh et al.
5. Walt Disney's Birthday: The 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
6. Explore-A-Series: The Brazen Bride by Stephanie Laurens (continuing series)
7. Pearl Harbor Day: Bloody Right by Georgia Evans (WWII)
8. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies: Too Hot To Touch by Louisa Edwards (chef)
9. Clean-Up: Highland Hunger by Hannah Howell et al. (A-Z Female – “U”!)
10. Reader's Choice: Cattleman's Pride (Long, Tall Texans) by Diana Palmer
To Read:










Complete:


Happy Birthday:

Geography,Italy:

Christmas theme: [bookcover:A Virgin Riv..."
I read "From Here to Eternity" years ago and loved it. Have you seen the original movie with Montgomery Clift and Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr and Frank Sinatra?

Duration: 1.12.2011. - 31.12.2011.
Books read: 0/3
'D' is for December (tittle begins with a 'D') ~ The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
Christmas Theme (book has word 'Christmas' in tittle) ~ A Countess by Christmas
Walt Disney's Birthday (young adult book) ~ Little Brother
Never participated before, so I am going to start small - with just three books. :)

04/04 Complete - Updated 12.30





6. Explore-A-Series: Start a new series or continue a series that you have wanted to get back to.
10. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice.




2/3 books
1. 'D' is for December: Desire In His Eyes or Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner
2. Happy Birthday!:
3. Geography:
4. Christmas Theme:
5. Walt Disney's Birthday:
6. Explore-A-Series: Samson's Lovely Mortal Dec 5
7. Pearl Harbor Day:
8. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies:
9. Holiday Clean-Up:
10. Reader's Choice: Beyond the Highland Mist Dec 9





1. 'D' is for December: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1) - J.R. Ward - COMPLETED -Dec. 14
2. Happy Birthday!: I took this from Cindy's list whose birthday is the 15th (mine is the 14th of March) - The Warlord Wants Forever (Immortals After Dark #1) - Kresley Cole - COMPLETED - Nov. 29
3. Geography: Almost Hemingway - Nanette Littlestone
4. Christmas Theme: A Christmas Carol, The Betrayal - Caden Leigh
5. Walt Disney's Birthday: War Horse - Michael Morpugo
6. Explore-A-Series: Bound by Darkness (Guardians of Eternity #8) - Alexandra Ivy - COMPLETED - Dec. 7
7. Pearl Harbor Day: Whispers in the Dark (KGI Series #4) - Maya Banks
8. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies: Sweet as Honey - Marion Frances - COMPLETED - Dec. 14
9. Holiday Clean-Up: Half A Man (War Tales #1) - Scarlet Blackwell - COMPLETED - Dec. 1
10. Reader's Choice: Yours for Eternity (Guardians of Eternity #6.5) - Alexandra Ivy & Others - COMPLETED - Dec. 5
and
Supernatural (Guardians of Eternity #7.5) - Alexandra Ivy & Others - COMPLETED - Dec. 3
Happy reading everyone!

0/10 Completed
01. 'D' is for December: Read a book that starts with 'D' or a book whose author's first or last name starts with 'D'.
02. Happy Birthday, Kristy! (Dec.6): Coraline by Neil Gaiman
03. Geography: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
04. Christmas Theme: The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore
05. Walt Disney's Birthday: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
06. Explore-A-Series: Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters #1)by Juliet Marillier
07. Pearl Harbor Day: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/13...
08. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies: Read a book that the character, the title or the cover is food related. (ie. Visions of Sugar Plums)
09. Holiday Clean-Up: Read a book that you need for another challenge. Be sure to say for which challenge. (Monthly or a Yearly Challenge)
10. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice.
*I don't know if I'll get around to reading even one of these, but whatever. Putting it out there.

Read: 0/10
1. D for December: Dragon Actually by G. A. Aiken
2. Happy Birthday Autumn: Angels' Pawn by Nalini Singh
3. Italy: Dark Symphony by Christine Feehan
4. Merry Christmas: Tied with a Bow by Lora Leigh
5. Waly Disney's Birthday: The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
6. Explore-a-series: Within the Flames by Marjorie M. Liu
7. Pearl Harbor Day: About A Dragon by G. A. Aiken
8. Pie!: Bitten by Cupid by Lynsay Sands
9. Holiday Clean Up: The Next Always by Nora Roberts
10. Reader's Choice:Lord of the Vampires (Royal House of Shadows, #1) by Gena Showalter












Progres: 0/10 done
1. 'D' is for December: Read a book that starts with 'D' -- The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
2. Happy Birthday to Kristen!: Read a book from a December birthday celebrant's GR bookshelf -- River Marked by Patricia Briggs
3. Geography: Read a book whose author, setting or character is from Italy
4. Christmas Theme: Read a book that has a "Christmas" word in its title -- Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
5. Walt Disney's Birthday: Read a young adult book or a book that has been made into a family friendly movie
6. Explore-A-Series: Start a new series or continue a series that you have wanted to get back to -- Queen of Shadows by Dianne Duvall
7. Pearl Harbor Day: Read a book that has war related theme or characters
8. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies: Read a book that the character, the title or the cover is food related -- Sweet Talk by Susan Mallery
9. Holiday Clean-Up: Read a book that you need for another challenge -- Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles this is for yearly challenge
10. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice -- 13 To Life by Shannon Delany or Lola and The Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins








Happy Reading Everyone!

1. 'D' is for December: TBD
2. Happy Birthday!: TBD
5. Walt Disney's Birthday: TBD
6. Explore-A-Series: TBD
10. Reader's Choice: TBD

1) D is for December-74 Seaside Avenue by Debbie Macomber
2) HB (HB to Rebecca on the 20th)-6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber
3) Geo Italy- TBD
4) Christmas Theme-Christmas Spirit by Amy Garvey
5) Walt Disney BD-Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
6) Explore a Series-8 Sandpiper Way by Debbie Macomber
7) Pearl Harbor-Mistletoe Kisses: A Soldier's Tale\ A Winter Night's Tale\ A Twelfth Night Tale by Elizabeth Rolls
8) Fruitcake & Pumpkin pies-A Twelfth Night by Diane Gaston
9) Holiday Clean up-A Winter's Night Tale by Deborah Hale
10) Rose Madder by Stephen King

• 2. Happy Birthday!: (Patricia) Virgin River by Robyn Carr
• 4. Christmas Theme: : Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas
• 5. Walt Disney's Birthday: Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
• 6. Explore-A-Series: Stealing Home by Sherryl Woods
• 10. Reader's Choice: Rosie Dunne by Cecelia Ahern






December 2011 Romance Readers
0/5
1. Starts with D: Debbie Macomber: A Good Yarn
2. Happy Birthday: Autumn:19th: Mastered By Love by Stephanie Laurens
3. Geo: Italy: The Scarletti Curse by Christine Feehan
4. Christmas theme: Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robyn Carr
5. YA book: When Santa Fell To Earth by Cornelia Funke
6. Any Series Book: Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt
7. SKIP
8. SKIP
9. Another Challenge: SRC: A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee
10. Reader's Choice: TBD

2. Happy Birthday!:Blood Trinity Sherrilyn Kenyon/Dianna Love (Happy BD Katie)
4. Christmas Theme: :The Bite Before Christmas Jeaniene Frost/Lynsay Sands
5. Walt Disney's Birthday:Awake at Dawn C.C Hunter
6. Explore-A-Series:I Am Number Four Pittacus Lore
9. Holiday Clean-Up:Juliet Immortal Stacey Jay (Paranormal Romance Monthly challenge)
10. Reader's Choice:Immortal Rider Larissa Ione







Read:










To Read:

1. 'D' is for December: Divorced, Desperate and Delicious
2. Happy Birthday!: The Highlander's Touch
3. Geography: Dangerous Lover
4. Christmas Theme: All She Wants For Christmas
6. Explore-A-Series: Chasing Perfect
7. Pearl Harbor Day: Home For A Soldier
8. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies: The Next Best Thing
10. Reader's Choice:Ghoul Interrupted









0/5 completed
1. 'D' is for December: Death Magic by Eileen Wilks
2. Happy Birthday Caroline!: Heartless by Gail Carriger
4. Christmas Theme: The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore
6. Explore-A-Series: White Night by Jim Butcher
9. Holiday Clean-Up: Glory in Death (PIFM monthly challenge)
10. Reader's Choice: Succubus Shadows by Richelle Mead







December 1 - 31, 2011












1. D is for December:

2. Happy Birthday Kristy!:

3. Geography:

5. Walt Disney's Birthday:

6. Explore-a-Series:

7. Pearl Harbor Day:

8. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies:

10. Reader's Choice:


2. Happy Birthday!: Into the Lair by Maya Banks. (Happy Birthday Lauren!!)
3. Geography: Othello by William Shakespeare.
4. Christmas Theme: : MARRIED BY CHRISTMAS by Carol Mortimer.
5. Walt Disney's Birthday: The Pearl of the Soul of the World by Meredith Ann Pierce.
6. Explore-A-Series: When the Duke Returns by Eloisa James.
7. Pearl Harbor Day: Hidden Away by Maya Banks.
8. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies: Some Like It Hot by Louisa Edwards.
9. Holiday Clean-Up (Yearly Challenge): The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
10. Reader's Choice: The Royal Pain by MaryJanice Davidson.

1. 'D' is for December: Dark Legend
2. Happy Birthday Cindy!: A Daughter's Inheritance
3. Geography: Juliet Immortal
4. Christmas Theme: The Bite Before Christmas
5. Walt Disney's Birthday: Twilight
6.
7. Pearl Harbor Day: The Masque of the Black Tulip (Napoleanic War)
8. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies: Chili Con Corpses
9. Holiday Clean-Up (Read all Genres Yearly challenge): Spellweaver: A Novel of the Nine Kingdoms
10. Reader's Choice: Glory in Death
TO READ









READ


1/5
1. Starts with D: Debbie Macomber: A Good Yarn
2. Happy Birthday: Autumn:19th: Mastered By Love by Stephanie Laurens
3. Geo: Italy: The Scarletti Curse by Christine Feehan
4. Christmas theme: Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robyn Carr
5. YA book: When Santa Fell To Earth by Cornelia Funke
6. Any Series Book: Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt
7. SKIP
8. SKIP
√ 9. Another Challenge: SRC: A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee - 12.01
10. Reader's Choice: TBD

Completed: 1/8
1. 'D' is for December - Tough to Tame (Long, Tall Texans) by Diana Palmer - √ 2 Dec
2. Happy Birthday Brenda! - Fifty Shades of Grey or The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
3. Italy - skip
4. Christmas - The Match Before Christmas
5. YA (yayayaya) - The Lightning Thief
6. Series book - Faefever
7. Pearl Harbour - skip
8. Mmmmmm (stuffed with food) - Wild Raspberries
9. Housekeeping (another challenge) - Truth in the Dark (M/M Dec Comfort Challenge)
10. Me time - A Red-Tainted Silence

3. Geography: Othello by William Shakespeare.
4. Christmas Theme: : MARRIED BY CHRISTMAS by Carol Mortimer.
5. Walt Disney's Birthday: The Pearl of the Soul of the World by Meredith Ann Pierce.
6. Explore-A-Series: When the Duke Returns by Eloisa James.
7. Pearl Harbor Day: Hidden Away by Maya Banks.
8. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies: Some Like It Hot by Louisa Edwards.
9. Holiday Clean-Up (Yearly Challenge): The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
10. Reader's Choice: The Royal Pain by MaryJanice Davidson.

3. Geography: Othello by William Shakespeare.
5. Walt Disney's Birthday: The Pearl of the Soul of the World by Meredith Ann Pierce.
6. Explore-A-Series: When the Duke Returns by Eloisa James.
7. Pearl Harbor Day: Hidden Away by Maya Banks.
8. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies: Some Like It Hot by Louisa Edwards.
9. Holiday Clean-Up (Yearly Challenge): The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
10. Reader's Choice: The Royal Pain by MaryJanice Davidson.

1 out of 5
• 2. Happy Birthday!: (Patricia) Virgin River by Robyn Carr
• 4. Christmas Theme: : Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas
• 5. Walt Disney's Birthday:
• 6. Explore-A-Series: Stealing Home by Sherryl Woods
• 10. Reader's Choice: Rosie Dunne by Cecelia Ahern






1/7 Completed
01. "D" is for December: Read a book in which the title or author's first/last name begins with "D".
Darkness on Fire by Alexis Morgan
02. Happy Birthday!: (Dec 5) Happy birthday MJ!
Only Yours by Susan Mallery
03. Geography: Read a book whose author, setting or character is from Italy.
Skip
04. Christmas Theme: Read a book that has a "Christmas" word in its title (mistletoe, Christmas, holiday, Santa, reindeer, etc) or has a Christmas theme cover.
Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robyn Carr
05. Walt Disney's Birthday: Read a young adult book or a book that has been made into a family-friendly movie.
Skip
06. Explore-A-Series: Start a new series or continue a series that you have wanted to get back to.
Warsworn by Elizabeth Vaughan
07. Pearl Harbor Day: Read a book that has war-related theme or characters.
Skip
08. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies: Read a book in which a character, the title or the cover is food-related.
Sweet Spot by Susan Mallery
09. Holiday Clean-Up: Read a book that you need to finish for another challenge. Be sure to say for which challenge (Monthly, Yearly, etc)
Shifting Plains by Jean Johnson (The 4 Elements Challenge)
OR
Just in Time by Marilyn Campbell (Toy Stories Challenge)
10. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice.









2 out of 5
• 2. Happy Birthday!: (Patricia) Virgin River by Robyn Carr
• 4. Christmas Theme: :
• 5. Walt Disney's Birthday:
• 6. Explore-A-Series: Stealing Home by Sherryl Woods
• 10. Reader's Choice: Rosie Dunne by Cecelia Ahern






1. 'D' is for December: Dark Passage
2. Happy Birthday Regina!: Daughter of Smoke and Bone
5. Walt Disney's Birthday: TBD
6. Explore-A-Series: TBD



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