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Saving my spot...Will add my books on the 31st :)Round I: 2/4
1.
DONE 21/4/20122.
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DONE 24/4/2012Round II: 2/4
1.
DONE 6/4/20122.
DONE 23/4/20123.
4.
Can I make a suggestion? Can it just be read 3 in a row of any series? I have some that I have read the first 3 but maybe not anything after that....
We'll need to double-check with Lizz, but I don't see why not, Shannon... as long as you keep it all in a row. Like 3, 4, 5? Or 11, 12, 13?
I seem to recall that in the original rules said only 2 could be the same series but I could be mistaken.
I actually have up to the 7th book in a series pending for April. Here's hoping I make it through all of them.READ: 0/7 (1 each)
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
5th:
6th:
7th:
Maybe we should just have a second challenge and call it something like, "Ducks in a Row" and do like Shannon said? Then they could be books from the same series or a mix-n-match, as long as it was at least three in a row.
hmm that's an interesting idea though I rarely read more than one book in a series at a time.
I've learned the hard way not to OD on a series. I start comparing the books and noticing the similarities.
Lisa Kay wrote: "I've learned the hard way not to OD on a series. I start comparing the books and noticing the similarities."Exactly! Even a series you love gets old when you read them back to back to back. You start noticing the formula is the same in every book and you realize it's going to end exactly as every other one. If you space them out, it's still there but not as noticeable.
Maybe we could do a "Three for Two" challenge. Then it could be for two months, involve three books, which could be from the same series or a mix-n-match, and be all in a row. There couldn't be more than two from the same series... Could be something like:#6 -
#7 -
#8 -
However it's decided, I would definitely be interested in participating in a series related challeng that involves going beyond book #3. I, too, have many series where I'm at either the second or third book, and need just the extra little push to either move beyond that or discontinue the series.
Count me in here...SP's TLC As Easy As...1-2-3! - April 2012
Duration: 04/01/12 - 04/30/12
0/3 Completed
Duration: 4/1/12 - 4/30/123/3 COMPLETED
FIRST IN A SERIES
SECOND IN A SERIES
THIRD IN A SERIES
READ
READ: 4/7 (1 each)1st:
4/4
2nd:
4/2
3rd:
4/1
4/5
4th:
5th:
4/6
6th:
7th:
It's all stuff I have to read for other challenges so not as bad as it looks.
Oh wow! I'm sure you'll get it all finished! You're knocking books out like crazy! :)
SP's TLC As Easy As...1-2-3! - April 2012
Duration: 04/01/12 - 04/30/12
1/3 Completed
✔1. Book #1: A Rogue By Any Other Name/Sarah MacLean==04.08.12****
2. Book #2:
READ: 4/5 (1 each)1st:
4/4
2nd:
4/2
4/8
3rd:
4/1
4/5
4th:
5th:
4/6
I have to bail on 6 & 7 since I just realized I do not own One With the Darkness and don't have the means to pick it up this month.
6th:
7th:
I'm in, of course.TLC - ‘As Easy As...1-2-3!’ - April
I'll see if I can do this thrice. I'll also take a page out of Dawn's book and go to
4/4
1. The Queen’s Thief, #1
✔ The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner ★★★★✩ CDs 4/6
2. Demonica, #2
✔ Desire Unchained, by Larissa Ione ★★½✩✩ C’s-CDs 4/25
3. Lucky Harbor, #3
✔ Head Over Heels, by Jill Shalvis ★★★★½ Library-PB 4/7
4. Psy-Changeling, #4
✔ Mine to Possess, by Nalini Singh ★★★★✩ audible.com 4/11
2/3
1. Devine & Friends, #1
✔ At the Bride Hunt Ball, by Olivia Parker ★★★★✩ Library e-Book 4/7
2. Happily Ever Afters, #2
When Beauty Tamed the Beast, by Eloisa James (Loupe's to iPod/Touch)
3. Psy-Changeling, #3
✔ Caressed By Ice, by Nalini Singh ★★★★✩ audible.com 4/12
2/3
1. All Souls Trilogy, #1
✔ A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness ★★★★★ CDs to iPod/Touch 4/28
2. The Hathaways, #2
Seduce Me at Sunrise, by Lisa Kleypas "re-read" via audio
3. Pink Carnation, #3
✔ The Deception of the Emerald Ring, by Lauren Willig ★★★★★ audible.com 4/18 “buddy read”
ODA = Over Drive Audio
Ist Set: 5/5 complete2nd Set: 4/5 done
1st:
4/4
4/10
4/11
2nd:
4/2
4/8
3rd:
4/1
4/5
4th:
4/10
5th:
4/6
4/13
I have to bail on 6 & 7 since I do not own One With the Darkness and don't have the means to pick it up this month.
6th:
7th:
Ah! I get your layout now, Barbara. **smacks forehead** Took me long enough. Congrats on one completion.
1/3 Complete:1. The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks 4/13
2/3 Complete:1. The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks 4/13
2. Hexed by Kevin Hearne 4/15
1st Set: 5/5 COMPLETE2nd Set: 5/5 COMPLETE
3rd Set: 0/5 done
1st:
4/4
4/10
4/11
2nd:
4/2
4/8
3rd:
4/1
4/5
4th:
4/10
4/15
5th:
4/6
4/13
I have to bail on 6 & 7 since I do not own One With the Darkness and don't have the means to pick it up this month.
6th:
7th:
4/17
Congrats on the finishing the first two, Barbara!
thanks. working on the third.1st Set: 5/5 COMPLETE
2nd Set: 5/5 COMPLETE
3rd Set: 4/5 done
1st:
4/4
4/10
4/11
4/21
2nd:
4/2
4/8
4/223rd:
4/1
4/5
4/204th:
4/10
4/15
4/18
5th:
4/6
4/13
I have to bail on 6 & 7 since I do not own One With the Darkness and don't have the means to pick it up this month.
6th:
7th:
4/17
thanks Lisa Kay. almost done with the third set too. I can't believe I don't own One With the Darkness...that totally screwed this up.
I'm having trouble with #2s this month. **sigh**
Here's my list of what I've read so far this month:3/3 completed
1.)
(4/14) 
(4/21)
(4/27)2.)
(4/12) 
(4/16) 
(4/19)
(4/28)3.)
(4/2) 
(4/9) 
(4/25)
Congrats, Amy! I wish I could borrow one of your #2s. ☺
Thanks Lisa Kay! Even though I already finished all of them, I will still continue til the end of the month.
What is wrong with GRs? This layout makes it incredibly difficult to figure out what I'm looking at. I had to restructure my post since it was impossible to see my layout in this new format. So....CHALLENGE COMPLETE
1st Set: 5/5 COMPLETE
1st:
4/42nd:
4/23rd:
4/1 4th:
4/105th:
4/62nd Set: 5/5 COMPLETE
1st:
4/102nd:
4/83rd:
4/54th:
4/155th:
4/133rd Set: 5/5 COMPLETE
1st:
4/112nd:
4/223rd:
4/204th:
4/185th:
4/26I have to bail on 6 & 7 since I do not own One With the Darkness and don't have the means to pick it up this month.
6th:
7th:
4/17
Barbara, I've been wondering the same thing all day!
Barbara,It has been reported from what I saw. Hopefully, this problem will be fixed soon!
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I don't know why it works, but someone on another message thread mentioned it and it worked for me here.
1-First in Series-Dark Lover by J.R. Ward (Black Dagger Brotherhood book 1)2-Second in Series-Now or Never by Michele Bardsley (Wizards of Nevermore book 2) 4-4
3-Third in Series-Forever by Maggie Stiefvater (Wolves of Mercy Falls book 3) 4-16
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(I hope you don't mind I posted this, Lizz.)
This challenge will be an ongoing monthly mini-challenge to keep us all motivated to start, (and then continue), some of the many series in our TBR.
Rules:
1) You must read one of each; a 1st, 2nd, and a 3rd book in a series.
2) Any genre of series is acceptable.
3) 'Half-step' short-stories (i.e., shorts in anthologies), do not count.
**For uniformity, the numbering on GR will be the judge of this.**
4) Rereads do count.