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Great, Rabaab! Welcome to the challenge.
Updated post 50. Since I started in March, I am now caught up in months to finish out one month at a time for the rest of the year.
UpdatedPost #78Completed:Read your Favorite Delivery System, Favorite Series, You Against the Elements, Favorite Color, Favorite Job, Minerals
Month 6: September
Your Kingdom: Mineral
Month 7: October
A nickname
MMaggie for Hire
OOne Night in Scotland
MMidnight Crystal
MThe Mistress Diaries
YDark Moon(Rebecca York)
UpdatedPost #78Completed:Read your Favorite Delivery System, Favorite Series, You Against the Elements, Favorite Color, Favorite Job, Minerals
Month 6: September
Your Kingdom: Mineral
Month 7: October
A nickname
MMaggie for Hire
OOne Night in Scotland
MMidnight Crystal
MThe Mistress Diaries
YDark Moon(Rebecca York)
NOTHING BUT READING CHALLENGES: All About You, Part Deux! DONE!Spell out Favourite Sport: H-O-C-K-E-Y
September 1 – 31, 2012
Neat, Angie. I ♥ hockey, too! Mini congrats. ☺
Trying to get back into challenges after several months away. Months Completed: 1,3, & 6
For October: Month 10:MINERAL
2/7
M: Mort by Terry Pratchett
I:
N: Nick from Sins of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
E: Envy byAnna Godbersen
R: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
A:
L: Lover Reborn byJ.R. Ward
Month 6: Birth OrderREAD: 6/6
☀S: The Scorpio Races - Maggie Stiefvater 10/2
☀E: Fifty Shades Darker - E.L. James 10/5
☀C: The Demon King - Cinda Williams hima 10/25
☀O: Outside In - Maria Snyder 10/12
☀N: Drink Deep - Chloe Neill 10/28
☀D: Down the Darkest Road - Tami Hoag 10/25
Month 5: Favorite Challenge from Part 1 (Month #11 - 4 new authors)
READ: 6/6
☀1. Tiger's Curse - Colleen Houck 9/3
☀2. The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey 9/12
☀3. Heartland: A Novel - David Wiltse 9/16
☀4. Dragon in Chains - Daniel Fox 9/17
☀5. Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese 9/20
☀6. Secret of the Mummy - Bjorn Street 9/22
MONTH 4: Favorite Subject
11/11 COMPLETE
☀M ~ Moonburn - Alisa Sheckley 8/31
☀A ~ Ascension - Sable Grace 8/4
☀T ~ The Time Weaver - Shana Abe 8/6
☀H ~ Host - Faith Hunter 8/8
☀E ~ Eyes Of Crow - Jeri Smith-Ready 8/13
☀M ~ (Kinsey Millhone) - V is for Vengeance - Sue Grafton 8/22
☀A ~ Ascension - Felicity Heaton 8/29
☀T ~ Thursday's Child - Sandra Brown 8/30
☀I ~ I Don't Want to Kill You - Dan Wells 8/27
☀C ~ The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett 8/21
☀S ~ Susan Squires - One With the Darkness 8/22
MONTH 3: Favorite Sport
8/8 COMPLETE
☀B: Beach Road - James Patterson 7/27
☀A: Addison Fox - Baby It's Cold Outside 7/3
☀S: Maria Snyder - Inside Out
☀E: E.L. James - Fifty Shades of Grey 7/6
☀B: Blood Lines - Tanya Huff 7/24
☀A: Arnaldur Indridason - Voices
☀L: Lord of Sin - Susan Krinard 7/25
☀L: Libba Bray - Going Bovine 7/7
MONTH 2: Favorite Delivery System
12/12 COMPLETE (in July)
☀D: Dark Light - Randy Wayne White 6/23
☀E: Eona - Alison Goodman 6/29
☀A: Ascension - Caris Roane 6/9
☀D: Death Masks - Jim Butcher 6/21
☀T: Tiger Paw - Charles Cornell 6/7
☀R: J.D. Robb - New York to Dallas 6/17
☀E: Ru Emerson - Xena:The Huntress And The Sphinx 6/30
☀E: Ellen Conner - Nightfall 6/30
☀B: Bum Steer - Nancy Pickard 6/5
☀O: (Jake Oberlin) - Corpse Pose - Diana Killian 7/6
☀O: (Olympia) - Geek Love - Katherine Dunn 6/15
☀K: Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey 6/14 DNF (read 306/901 pages)
MONTH 1: Kingdom = Mineral
6/6 COMPLETE
☀Z: Zombies Sold Separately - Cheyenne McCray 5/21
☀I: Inside - Brenda Novak 5/18
☀R: J.D. Robb - Treachery in Death 5/4
☀C: Covet - J.R. Ward 5/9
☀O: (Otherkin) - Sins of the Heart - Eve Silver 5/14
☀N: Chloe Neill - Friday Night Bites 5/15
UpdatedPost #78Completed
Month 1: April
Read your favorite media delivery system:
Month 2: May
Read four books from your favorite series
Month 3: June
You Against the Elements
Month 4: July
Your favorite color (Blue)
Month 5: August
Read four books where the protagonist has your current job, your dream job, or even your avocation
Month 6: September
Your Kingdom: Mineral
Month 7: October
A nickname
Month 8: November
Your best subject in school
HHeart of a Knight
IBound By Darkness(Alexandra Ivy)
SKiss of Snow(Nalini Singh)
TDangerous to Know(Tasha Alexander)
OOnly Mine
RThe Return of Black Douglas
YYou Only Love Twice
Mini congrats, Barbara★ and Leslie!!
Thanks, Lisa Kay! Way to go, Barbara!!
Month 7: Dream CarREAD: 8/8
☀C: Chalice of Roses - anthology 11/13
☀O: (Owen) - Enchanted, Inc. - Shanna Swendson 11/13
☀R: Chosen by a Horse - Susan Richards 11/10
☀V: Good Girl Seeks Bad Rider - Vonna Harper 11/1
☀E: Shadow Bound - Erin Kellison 11/1
☀T: Shatterglass - Tamora Pierce 11/2
☀T: Night Sins - Tami Hoag 11/12
☀E: Haunting Embrace - Erin Quinn 11/8
Month 6: Birth Order
READ: 6/6
☀S: The Scorpio Races - Maggie Stiefvater 10/2
☀E: Fifty Shades Darker - E.L. James 10/5
☀C: The Demon King - Cinda Williams hima 10/25
☀O: Outside In - Maria Snyder 10/12
☀N: Drink Deep - Chloe Neill 10/28
☀D: Down the Darkest Road - Tami Hoag 10/25
Month 5: Favorite Challenge from Part 1 (Month #11 - 4 new authors)
READ: 6/6
☀1. Tiger's Curse - Colleen Houck 9/3
☀2. The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey 9/12
☀3. Heartland: A Novel - David Wiltse 9/16
☀4. Dragon in Chains - Daniel Fox 9/17
☀5. Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese 9/20
☀6. Secret of the Mummy - Bjorn Street 9/22
MONTH 4: Favorite Subject
11/11 COMPLETE
☀M ~ Moonburn - Alisa Sheckley 8/31
☀A ~ Ascension - Sable Grace 8/4
☀T ~ The Time Weaver - Shana Abe 8/6
☀H ~ Host - Faith Hunter 8/8
☀E ~ Eyes Of Crow - Jeri Smith-Ready 8/13
☀M ~ (Kinsey Millhone) - V is for Vengeance - Sue Grafton 8/22
☀A ~ Ascension - Felicity Heaton 8/29
☀T ~ Thursday's Child - Sandra Brown 8/30
☀I ~ I Don't Want to Kill You - Dan Wells 8/27
☀C ~ The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett 8/21
☀S ~ Susan Squires - One With the Darkness 8/22
MONTH 3: Favorite Sport
8/8 COMPLETE
☀B: Beach Road - James Patterson 7/27
☀A: Addison Fox - Baby It's Cold Outside 7/3
☀S: Maria Snyder - Inside Out
☀E: E.L. James - Fifty Shades of Grey 7/6
☀B: Blood Lines - Tanya Huff 7/24
☀A: Arnaldur Indridason - Voices
☀L: Lord of Sin - Susan Krinard 7/25
☀L: Libba Bray - Going Bovine 7/7
MONTH 2: Favorite Delivery System
12/12 COMPLETE (in July)
☀D: Dark Light - Randy Wayne White 6/23
☀E: Eona - Alison Goodman 6/29
☀A: Ascension - Caris Roane 6/9
☀D: Death Masks - Jim Butcher 6/21
☀T: Tiger Paw - Charles Cornell 6/7
☀R: J.D. Robb - New York to Dallas 6/17
☀E: Ru Emerson - Xena:The Huntress And The Sphinx 6/30
☀E: Ellen Conner - Nightfall 6/30
☀B: Bum Steer - Nancy Pickard 6/5
☀O: (Jake Oberlin) - Corpse Pose - Diana Killian 7/6
☀O: (Olympia) - Geek Love - Katherine Dunn 6/15
☀K: Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey 6/14 DNF (read 306/901 pages)
MONTH 1: Kingdom = Mineral
6/6 COMPLETE
☀Z: Zombies Sold Separately - Cheyenne McCray 5/21
☀I: Inside - Brenda Novak 5/18
☀R: J.D. Robb - Treachery in Death 5/4
☀C: Covet - J.R. Ward 5/9
☀O: (Otherkin) - Sins of the Heart - Eve Silver 5/14
☀N: Chloe Neill - Friday Night Bites 5/15
Leslie wrote: "Thanks, Lisa Kay! Way to go, Barbara!!"Thanks Leslie and Lisa Kay.
Not sure if I will get to the last book before the end of the month!Month 8: November
Your best subject in school
HHeart of a Knight
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Nickname:M: Margaret George - The Memoirs of Cleopatra
A: Austenland - Shannon Hale
R: Rachel Gibson - True Love and other Disasters
V: Vicki Lewis Thompson - Urban Cowboys
I: It's All Greek to Me - Katie Macalister
N: Nothing But Trouble - Rachel Gibson
Dream Job (author)
1. Rachel Gibson - Sex, Lies and Online Dating
2. Rachel Gibson - I'm in No Mood for Love
3. Rachel Gibson - Tangled Up in You
4. Rachel Gibson - Not Another Bad Date
Favorite Color
1. Agatha Christie - Mystery of the Blue Train
2. Nora Roberts - Black Hills
3. JoAnn Ross - Out of the Blue
4. Nora Roberts - Carolina Moon
Favorite Series (1 book from each)
1. Heather Graham - Haunted
2. Katie Macalister - Zen and the Art of Vampires
3. Karen Marie Moning - The Dark Highlander
4. Susan Andersen - Getting Lucky
Dream Car
M: Michaels, Kasey - Can't Take My Eyes Off You
I: Ideal Man, The - Julie Garwood
N: Nora Roberts - Night Smoke
I: Into the Bermuda Triangle - Gian Quasar
C: Cards on the Table - Agatha Christie
O: Obsession - Karen Robards
O: One of Our Thursdays is Missing - Jasper Fforde
P: Phantom Evil - Heather Graham
E: Every Move She Makes - Beverly Barton
R: Rachel Gibson - Lola Carlyle Reveals All
Birth Order
F: Forgotten Garden, The - Kate Morton
I: I've Got Your Number - Sophie Kinsella
R: Rachel Gibson - Truly Madly Yours
S: Shannon Hale - Midnight in Austenland
T: They Came to Baghdad - Agatha Christie
Favorite Sport
B: Bill Walker - Titanic 2012
A: Ashley, Jennifer - The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie
S: Susanna Kearsley - The Winter Sea
E: Erica Spindler - Watch Me Die
B: Beachcomber - Karen Robards
A: Ann Victoria Roberts - The Master's Tale
L: Ledbetter, Suzann - Once a Thief
L: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie - Suzann Ledbetter
Best Subject in School
P: Perry, Anne - No Graves as Yet
H: Heather Graham - Ghost Moon
Y: Young, Karen - Never Tell
S: Sammi Carter - Candy Apple Dead
I: Isaacs, Susan - Past Perfect
C: Ciotta Beth - Everybody Loves Evie
S: Smith, James Wilson - The Cairn of Culpeper County
Elements
Earth: Lynn Kurland - A Garden in the Rain
Water: Michael Bockman - The Titanic Plan
Fire: Patricia Macdonald - Suspicious Origins
Air: Deanna Chase - Haunted on Bourbon Street
Kingdom
M: Murder at the Vicarage - Agatha Christie
I: Ice - Linda Howard
N: Ngaio Marsh - Hand in Glove
E: Enter a Murderer - Ngaio Marsh
R: Roberts, Nora - Cordina's Crown Jewel
A: Agatha Christie - And Then There WEre None
L: Lisa Jackson - Devious
Media Delivery System
K: Kate Atkinson - Case Histories
I: It Happened One Autumn - Lisa Kleypas
N: Nina Killham - How to Cook a Tart
D: Death in a White Tie - Ngaio Marsh
L: Leanne Banks - Some Girls Do
E: Evanovich, Janet - Love in a Nutshell
Read Your Sign
A: Agatha Christie - Destination Unknown
Q: Queen - Sharon Sala
U: Up Close and Dangerous - Linda Howard
A: Agatha Christie - Come Tell Me How You Live
R: Robertson, Michael - The Baker Street Letters
I: Immortal Highlander, The - Karen Marie Moning
U: Undressed - Stef Ann Holm
S: Sharon Sala - Diamond
DONE!!!!
I'm FINISHED!!!!!✔1. Nickname: Scoob June 2012
S-The Scent of Cherry Blossoms: A Romance from the Heart of Amish Country
C-Can't Get There from Here
O-The Other Daughter
O-Out of Control
B-Beauty Touched the Beast
✔2. Read 4 books where protagonists has current job,dream job or avocation
dream job
L-E. Lockhart/The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
I-Incantation
B-Both Sides of Time
R-Meg Rosoff/How I Live Now
A-An Angel for Christmas
R-Rumble Fish
I-Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
A-Austenland
N-Nicholas Sparks/Message in a Bottle
✔3. Favorite color spelled out or 4 books where color appears in cover;1 book must be predominately that color: Purple(February 2012)
✔4. Read 4 books from favorite series (same/different series)March 2012
✔5. Make or your dream car.
T-Tami Hoag/Straight from the Heart
A- AMY,Laura Amy Schlitz/A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama
H-Daniel Handler/Why We Broke Up
O-Octavia E. ButlerKindred
E-Elizabeth Scott/Something, Maybe
✔6. Birth Order-August 2012
T- Trapped
H- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
I-If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
R- Rennison, Louise/Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
D-Double Take
✔7. Favorite Sport. 4 books on topic/spell out-September 2012
I-It Only Looks Easy
C-Chime
E-Elixir
S-Spring Grass: Born Into New China
K-Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas: Further, Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
A-Anna Godbersen/The Luxe
T-Tiger, Tiger
I-It's Not Summer Without You
N-Nicholas Sparks/Safe Haven
G-John Grisham/The Pelican Brief
✔8. Best School Subject. 4 books on topic, protagonists takes it, teaches it or spell out
E-Emergency Room
N-Nancy Werlin/The Killer's Cousin
G-Gail Giles/Shattering Glass
L-Laini Taylor/Daughter of Smoke and Bone
I-If I Stay series, Where She Went
S-S.E. Hinton/The Outsiders
H-Amanda Hocking/Wisdom
✔9. Elements: earth,wind,fire,water (in title,depicted on cover, or subject of book)
-Water
-Earth
-Wind (book is about a storm/cover depicts damage from wind & storm)
fire✔10. Your Kingdom: read only 3 books about kingdom: Animal/Dog May 2012
D Dinky the Elf
O- One Bride Short of a Wedding
G- Glass
✔11. Favoritie media delivery system: spell it out April 2012
K- Kit's Reward
I- Impulse
N- Northanger Abbey
D- A Dog Named Christmas
L- Letting Go of Lisa
E- Ellen Foster
✔12. Favorite challenge month from Part I July 2012
Month 11: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to
1. Slumming
2. Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife
3. What Happened to Cass McBride?
4. Uglies
Whoa! ♥Robin♥! Big accomplishment, there.[image error]
I'm going to start this in January...planning now :)January 1. A nickname you go by - or want to go by! You know...Bunny, Snookums, Babe.
Spell-It-Out.
S Sand, Lynsay - What She Wants
U Undone by Her Tender Touch by Maya Banks
E Ecstasy by Bella Andre
February 2. Read four books where the protagonist has your current job, your dream job,
or even your avocation.
Babycakes - an avocation
The Teacher's Billionaire - I'm a teacher
March 3. Read four books from your favorite series. They can either all be from different series or the same one.
Witness in Death by JD Robb
An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn
The Ideal Bride by Stephanie Laurens
Highlander Most Wanted by Maya banks
April 4. Again, your favorite color. Only this time choose four books where your favorite color
appears somewhere on the cover, with at least one the predominate cover color.
MAY 5. Make of your dream car. If you don't drive, then use your favorite form of transportation.
If you want to find your mode of transportation on the covers of four books, go for it.
Otherwise, Spell-It-Out.
M McMaster, Bec (author) Kiss of Steel
E Eloise in To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn
R Rip in Tarnished Knight by Bec McMaster
C Cathryn Cade (autor) Heart of Stone
E Elizabeth Lowell -Dangerous Refuge
D Dorothy Garlock - The Edge of Town
E Eternal Kiss of Darkness
S Sandra Hill - The Outlaw Viking
6. Birth Order. Were you born first, or sixth? Spell-It-Out.
O Olivia Gates - To TOuch A Sheikh
N Nalini Singh - Heart of Obsidian
L Laurens, Stephanie - In Pursuit of Miss Eliza Cynster
Y Yates, Maisey - A Royal World Apart
7. Whether you love to play it or watch it, what is your favorite sport? Baseball, football,
hockey, the Olympics? Find four books on the topic, or Spell-It-Out.
8. Your best subject in school. Math, science, French, Home Ec? Find four books on the topic,
or the protagonist teaches or takes it. Or use the Spell-It-Out option.
9. You against the elements. Read four books total, one each with “earth, wind, fire, water”
in the title, or has a depiction of them on the cover, or is the subject of the book.
10. Your Kingdom: animal, vegetable or mineral? Decide on a kingdom, then choose something
from within that kingdom. Example: elephant, zucchini, quartz. Read only three books
this month. Or, you guessed it, Spell-It-Out.
11. Read your favorite media delivery system: Kindle, NOOK, Kobe, iPad, e-book, audiobook,
audio, iPod, paperback, paper, dead-tree version, etc. Spell-It-Out.
12. Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1” .
Neat, Susan! Welcome to more of the challenge.
Month 8: Favorite ColorREAD: 4/4
☀ Always Look Twice - Geralyn Dawson 12/18
☀ The Year of Living Scandalously - Julia London 12/20
☀ Dark Paradise - Tami Hoag 12/31
☀ Shadows in the Darkness - Elaine Cunningham 12/26
Month 7: Dream Car
READ: 8/8
☀C: Chalice of Roses - anthology 11/13
☀O: (Owen) - Enchanted, Inc. - Shanna Swendson 11/13
☀R: Chosen by a Horse - Susan Richards 11/10
☀V: Good Girl Seeks Bad Rider - Vonna Harper 11/1
☀E: Shadow Bound - Erin Kellison 11/1
☀T: Shatterglass - Tamora Pierce 11/2
☀T: Night Sins - Tami Hoag 11/12
☀E: Haunting Embrace - Erin Quinn 11/8
Month 6: Birth Order
READ: 6/6
☀S: The Scorpio Races - Maggie Stiefvater 10/2
☀E: Fifty Shades Darker - E.L. James 10/5
☀C: The Demon King - Cinda Williams hima 10/25
☀O: Outside In - Maria Snyder 10/12
☀N: Drink Deep - Chloe Neill 10/28
☀D: Down the Darkest Road - Tami Hoag 10/25
Month 5: Favorite Challenge from Part 1 (Month #11 - 4 new authors)
READ: 6/6
☀1. Tiger's Curse - Colleen Houck 9/3
☀2. The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey 9/12
☀3. Heartland: A Novel - David Wiltse 9/16
☀4. Dragon in Chains - Daniel Fox 9/17
☀5. Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese 9/20
☀6. Secret of the Mummy - Bjorn Street 9/22
MONTH 4: Favorite Subject
11/11 COMPLETE
☀M ~ Moonburn - Alisa Sheckley 8/31
☀A ~ Ascension - Sable Grace 8/4
☀T ~ The Time Weaver - Shana Abe 8/6
☀H ~ Host - Faith Hunter 8/8
☀E ~ Eyes Of Crow - Jeri Smith-Ready 8/13
☀M ~ (Kinsey Millhone) - V is for Vengeance - Sue Grafton 8/22
☀A ~ Ascension - Felicity Heaton 8/29
☀T ~ Thursday's Child - Sandra Brown 8/30
☀I ~ I Don't Want to Kill You - Dan Wells 8/27
☀C ~ The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett 8/21
☀S ~ Susan Squires - One With the Darkness 8/22
MONTH 3: Favorite Sport
8/8 COMPLETE
☀B: Beach Road - James Patterson 7/27
☀A: Addison Fox - Baby It's Cold Outside 7/3
☀S: Maria Snyder - Inside Out
☀E: E.L. James - Fifty Shades of Grey 7/6
☀B: Blood Lines - Tanya Huff 7/24
☀A: Arnaldur Indridason - Voices
☀L: Lord of Sin - Susan Krinard 7/25
☀L: Libba Bray - Going Bovine 7/7
MONTH 2: Favorite Delivery System
12/12 COMPLETE (in July)
☀D: Dark Light - Randy Wayne White 6/23
☀E: Eona - Alison Goodman 6/29
☀A: Ascension - Caris Roane 6/9
☀D: Death Masks - Jim Butcher 6/21
☀T: Tiger Paw - Charles Cornell 6/7
☀R: J.D. Robb - New York to Dallas 6/17
☀E: Ru Emerson - Xena:The Huntress And The Sphinx 6/30
☀E: Ellen Conner - Nightfall 6/30
☀B: Bum Steer - Nancy Pickard 6/5
☀O: (Jake Oberlin) - Corpse Pose - Diana Killian 7/6
☀O: (Olympia) - Geek Love - Katherine Dunn 6/15
☀K: Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey 6/14 DNF (read 306/901 pages)
MONTH 1: Kingdom = Mineral
6/6 COMPLETE
☀Z: Zombies Sold Separately - Cheyenne McCray 5/21
☀I: Inside - Brenda Novak 5/18
☀R: J.D. Robb - Treachery in Death 5/4
☀C: Covet - J.R. Ward 5/9
☀O: (Otherkin) - Sins of the Heart - Eve Silver 5/14
☀N: Chloe Neill - Friday Night Bites 5/15
Continued at post #183
Lisa Kay wrote: "Whoa! ♥Robin♥! Big accomplishment, there."
Thanks LK!!!
Have fun and good luck with this one Susan...I did ☺
I will do this as well! Starting in January...All About Me Part Deux
Duration: Jan 1, 2013 to July 1, 2014
1. A nickname you go by - or want to go by! You know...Bunny, Snookums, Babe.
T-
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2. Read four books where the protagonist has your current job, your dream job, or even your avocation.
3. Again, your favorite color. Only this time choose four books where your favorite color
appears somewhere on the cover, with at least one the predominate cover color.
4. Read four books from your favorite series. They can either all be from different series
or the same one.
5. Make of your dream car. If you don't drive, then use your favorite form of transportation.
If you want to find your mode of transportation on the covers of four books, go for it.
Otherwise, Spell-It-Out.
6. Birth Order. Were you born first, or sixth? Spell-It-Out.
7. Whether you love to play it or watch it, what is your favorite sport? Baseball, football,
hockey, the Olympics? Find four books on the topic, or Spell-It-Out.
8. Your best subject in school. Math, science, French, Home Ec? Find four books on the topic,
or the protagonist teaches or takes it. Or use the Spell-It-Out option.
9. You against the elements. Read four books total, one each with “earth, wind, fire, water”
in the title, or has a depiction of them on the cover, or is the subject of the book.
10. Your Kingdom: animal, vegetable or mineral? Decide on a kingdom, then choose something
from within that kingdom. Example: elephant, zucchini, quartz. Read only three books
this month. Or, you guessed it, Spell-It-Out.
11. Read your favorite media delivery system: Kindle, NOOK, Kobe, iPad, e-book, audiobook,
audio, iPod, paperback, paper, dead-tree version, etc. Spell-It-Out.
12. Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1” .
Spell-It-Out: Use book or series titles, or authors’ first or last names to spell your word(s). You can ignore or use the definite or indefinite articles (a, an, the, etc.).
Wonderful, Tearsa! Welcome to the challenge.
Continued from post #179Month 12: Elementals
READ: 4/4
☀Earth: Unearthly - Cynthia Hand 4/1
☀Wind: Biting Cold - Chloe Neill (wind on cover) 4/23
☀Fire: Branded by Fire - Nalini Singh 4/27
☀Water: Dare to Die - Carolyn Hart (water on cover) 4/6
Month 11: Birth sign
READ: 9/9
☀C: A Clash of Kings - George R.R. Martin 3/25
☀A: Master of Shadows - Angela Knight 3/7
☀P: The Pleasure of Your Kiss- Teresa Medeiros 3/26
☀R: Delusion in Death - J.D. Robb 3/6
☀I: In the Shadow of Gotham - Stefanie Pintoff 3/19
☀C: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke 3/3
☀O: Driven to Ink - Karen Olson 3/24
☀R: Superstition - Karen Robards 3/31
☀N: Aunt Dimity Down Under - Nancy Atherton 3/7
Month 10: Nickname
READ: 5/5
☀H: Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness 2/11
☀O: Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card 2/13
☀N: Now or Never - Michele Bardsley 2/11
☀E: The Cold Room - J.T. Ellison 2/20
☀Y: (Yukiko) - Stormdancer - Jay Kristoff 2/13
Month 9: favorite series
READ: 4/4
☀1. Taking a Shot - Jaci Burton 1/19
☀2. Sins of the Flesh - Eve Silver 1/9
☀3. Blood Challenge - Eileen Wilks 1/6
☀4. Body of Sin - Eve Silver 1/9
January's Done!January1. A nickname you go by - or want to go by! You know...Bunny, Snookums, Babe.
Spell-It-Out.
S Sand, Lynsay - What She Wants
U Undone by Her Tender Touch by Maya Banks
E Ecstasy by Bella Andre
READ:
Lisa Kay wrote: "Not Susie-Q?"heehee, nope. No one ever calls me that. And Hubs is the only one who calls me Sue.
Welcome to the challenge, Cassie.Mini congrats, Leslie!
UpdatedPost #78Month 10: January (view spoiler)
Month 11: February
What is your favorite sport?
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OOutlander
O
TThe Tin Roof Blowdown
BBeyond the Night
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Month 12: March
Read 4 books from your favorite series
Stolen Seduction
Imitation in Death
Animal Attraction
Queen of the Darkness
Oh, Leslie, I like the way you set up your challenge with the spoiler on the finished month. Mini congrats, BTW.
Starting this challenge over since I can't remember when I participated last. For March: Month 8: Favorite Subject= SCIENCE
S: Silent Truth by Sherrilyn Kenyon
C: Clockwork Princess Cassandra Clare
I: Sin Undone by Larissa Ione
E: Eternal Rider by Larissa Ione
N: Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh
C: Boundless by Cynthia Hand
E:
LOL! Okay, Amy J. Welcome back to the challenge. ☺
March is done!!!March 3. Read four books from your favorite series. They can either all be from different series or the same one.
Witness in Death by JD Robb
An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn
The Ideal Bride by Stephanie Laurens
Highlander Most Wanted by Maya banks
How did you almost catch up with me on the In Death series? Man-oh-man! I need to get back to those.
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