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✔ 1. Forever Yours (The Forever Series, #1) by Cheryl Holt (Jan 12-12) ②½ review
✔ 2. Beauty and the Blacksmith (Spindle Cove, #3.5) by Tessa Dare (Jan 16-16) ④ review
✔ 3. Duke of Midnight (Maiden Lane, #6) by Elizabeth Hoyt (Jan 23-24) ③½ review
4. A Maiden Lane Christmas Special (Maiden Lane, #6.5) by Elizabeth Hoyt (Jan 24-24) ③
5. This Wicked Gift (Carhart, #0.5) by Courtney Milan (Feb 2-2) ④½
⭐ ✔ 6. The Lady Who Loved Him (Brethren, #2) by Christi Caldwell (Feb 9-10) ④½ review
7. To Tempt a Scoundrel (The Heart of a Duke, #15) by Christi Caldwell (Feb 10-11) ④
8. Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie (Feb 7-13) ③-③½
9. The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2) by Agatha Christie (Feb 13-15) ③½
✔ 10. One Winter w/ a Baron (Heart of a Duke, #12) by Christi Caldwell (Feb 14-15) ② review
✔ 11. At the Lightning Field by Laura Raicovich (Jan 31-Feb 15) ④ review
⭐ ✔ 12. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (Feb 15-16) ④½ review
✔ 13. Sparkling Cyanide (Colonel Race, #4) by Agatha Christie (Feb 17-17) ④ review
14. The Truth About Cads and Dukes (Rescued from Ruin, #2) by Elisa Braden (Feb 18-18) ④
15. A Love So Dark (Dark Regency, #4) by Chasity Bowlin (Feb 18-18) ③
16. Unclaimed (Turner, #2) by Courtney Milan (Feb 18-18) ④
⭐ ✔ 17. Unraveled (Turner, #3) by Courtney Milan (Feb 18-19) ④½ review
✔ 18. Twelve Nights as His Mistress (Rescued Ruin, #5.5) by Elisa Braden (Feb 19) ④ review
⭐ 19. The Devil Is a Marquess (Rescued from Ruin, #4) by Elisa Braden (Feb 19-20) ④-④½
20. Triangle at Rhodes: A Hercule Poirot Short Story by Agatha Christie (Feb 20-20) ③½
⭐ ✔ 21. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (Feb 19-21) ④½ review
✔ 22. Anything but a Gentleman (Rescued Ruin, #7) by Elisa Braden (Feb 20-21) ② review
✔ 23. Only Beloved (The Survivors' Club) by Mary Balogh (Feb 21-22) ③½ review
✔ 24. The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke, #1) by Tessa Dare (Feb 23-23) ③ review
✔ 25. A Night to Surrender (Spindle Cove, #1) by Tessa Dare (Feb 21-23) ② review
⭐ ✔ 26. A Week to Be Wicked (Spindle Cove, #2) by Tessa Dare (Feb 24-25) ⑤ review
⭐ ✔ 27. A Lady by Midnight (Spindle Cove, #3) by Tessa Dare (Feb 25-26) ④ review
✔ 28. Lord Garson’s Bride (Dashing Widows, #7) by Anna Campbell (Feb 28-28) ③ review
⭐ 29. The Trouble w/ True Love (Dear Lady Truelove, #2) by Laura Lee Guhrke (2/28-3/1) ④
✔ 30. The Courtship (Windham, #0.5) by Grace Burrowes (Mar 2-2) ④ review
31. The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife (Parker Pyne) by Agatha Christie (Mar 7-7) ④
32. Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple, #13) by Agatha Christie (Mar 6-8) ③½
✔ 33. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Mar 8-8) ④ review
✔ 34. The Daring Duke (The 1797 Club, #1) by Jess Michaels (Mar 4-9) ② review
# ✔ 35. The Proposition by Judith Ivory (Mar 9-11) ④-④½ review INSERT LINK
✔ 36. My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel (Dec 24, 2017-Mar 11) ④ review
✪ ✔ 37. The Silent Duke (The 1797 Club, #4) by Jess Michaels (Mar 11-12) ③½ review
38. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Jan 21-Mar 17) ④ [WRITE REVIEW]
✔ 39. In Need of a Knight (The Heart of a Duke, #0.5, The Heart of a Scandal, #0.5) by Christi Caldwell (Mar 21-21) ② review
✔ 40. A Grosvenor Square Christmas (The Sons of the Revolution, #3.5, The Stanton Family, #4.5) by Anna Campbell, Shana Galen, Vanessa Kelly, Kate Noble (Mar 22-23) ③ review
✪ ✔ 41. Marry in Scandal (Marriage of Convenience, #2) by Anne Gracie (Mar 25-25) ③½ review
✪ ✔ 42. The Bride Who Got Lucky (Cavensham Heiresses, #2) by Janna MacGregor (Mar 26-26) ③ review
✪ ✔ 43. The Luck of the Bride (The Cavensham Heiresses, #3) by Janna MacGregor (Mar 27-28) ④ review
44. Sinful Confessions (Cynfell Brothers, #1) by Samantha Holt (Mar 30-Apr 1) ③
45. Sinful Cravings (Cynfell Brothers, #4) by Samantha Holt (Apr 1-1) ④
46. The Hellion (Wicked Wallflowers, #1) by Christi Caldwell (Apr 4-6) ④
47. The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband (Rokesbys, #2) by Julia Quinn (Apr 15-16) ④
# 48. How to Marry a Marquis (Agents of the Crown, #2) by Julia Quinn (Apr 15-16) ③½
49. The Duke Identity (Game of Dukes, #1) by Grace Callaway (Apr 19-20) ④
✔ 50. Claimed (Brides of the Kindred, #1) by Evangeline Anderson (Apr 27-28) ③½ review
# ✔ 51. Scandal in Spring (Wallflowers, #4) by Lisa Kleypas (Apr 27-29) ④ review✔ 52. Hold (Hold, #1) by Claire Kent (May 2-2) ④ review
53. Fall (Hold, #3) by Claire Kent (May 2-2) ③½
✔ 54. Otherwise Engaged by Amanda Quick (May 2-5) ③¾ review
✔ 55. The Highwayman (Victorian Rebels, #1) by Kerrigan Byrne (May 5-6) ④ review
# ✔ 56. Till Next We Meet by Karen Ranney (May 7-10) ④ review
57. A Scot's Surrender (The Townsends, #3) by Lily Maxton (May 10-11) ④
⭐ ✔ 58. The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie (Mackenzies & McBrides, #1) by Jennifer Ashley (May 23-24) ⑤ review
✔ 59. Third Son's a Charm (The Survivors, #1) by Shana Galen (May 25-25) ④ review
60. Merciless (Playboys in Love, #3) by Gina L. Maxwell (May 26-26) ④
⭐ ✔ 61. Tempting Mr. Weatherstone (Wallflower Weddings, #0.5) by Vivienne Lorret (May 27-27) ④½ review
✔ 62. Daring Miss Danvers (Wallflower Weddings, #1) by Vivienne Lorret (May 27-27) ③¾ review
✪ ✔ 63. No Earls Allowed (The Survivors, #2) by Shana Galen (May 27-27) ③½ review
⭐ ✔ 64. Winning Miss Wakefield (Wallflower Weddings, #2) by Vivienne Lorret (May 28-28) ④½ review
✔ 65. Rough (Thrust, #2) by Sybil Bartel (May 28-29) ④ review
✔ 66. Callan (The Uncompromising, #5) by Sybil Bartel (May 29-29) ③¾ review
✔ 67. Bennett (The Uncompromising, #4) by Sybil Bartel (May 29-30) ③ review
✪ ✔ 68. Beautiful Wreck (Rock 'n' Ink, #3) by Kasey Lane (May 30-30) ③ review
⭐ ✔ 69. Uncommon Passion (Uncommon, #2) by Anne Calhoun (5/31-6/1) ④½ review
✔ 70. Hidden Depths by Aubrianna Hunter (June 1-1) ④ review
✔ 71. Everything Bared (Six-Alarm Sexy, #2) by Kristine Cayne (June 2-2) ③ review
72. Loving the Secret Billionaire (Love at Last, #1) by Adriana Anders (June 2-2) ③
✪ ✔ 73. Branded (The Brody Brothers, #1) by Stacy Gail (June 2-2) DNF review
✪ ✔ 74. Real Man by A.S. Green (June 3-3) ④ review
✔ 75. Twist (House of Payne, #3) by Stacy Gail (June 3-3) ④ review
76. Hunted (Brides of the Kindred, #2) by Evangeline Anderson (June 3) ②½
⭐ ✔ 77. Steele (House of Payne, #5) by Stacy Gail (June 3-4) ④½ review
✔ 78. Sought (Brides of the Kindred, #3) by Evangeline Anderson (June 4-4) ② review
✔ 79. Max (House of Payne, #6) by Stacy Gail (June 4-4) ③¾ review
✔ 80. Found (Brides of the Kindred, #4) by Evangeline Anderson (June 4-5) ④ review
81. Revealed (Brides of the Kindred, #5) by Evangeline Anderson (June 6-9) ③
✔ 82. Pursued (Brides of the Kindred, #6) by Evangeline Anderson (June 9-10) ③¾ review
✔ 83. Exiled (Brides of the Kindred, #7 by Evangeline Anderson (June 10-12) ③ review
84. Shadowed (Brides of the Kindred, #8 by Evangeline Anderson (June 13-13) ③½
85. Chained (Brides of the Kindred, #9 by Evangeline Anderson (June 13-16) ④
86. Naughty Boss (Steamy Coffee Collection, #1) by Whitney G. (June 16-17) ③
⭐ ✔ 87. The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1) by Helen Hoang (June 17-17) ⑤+ review
⭐ 88. Wicked and the Wallflower (The Bareknuckle Bastards, #1) by Sarah MacLean (June 19-20) ④½-⑤
89. Divided (Brides of the Kindred, #10) by Evangeline Anderson (June 19-21) DNF
90. The Hating Game by Sally Thorne (June 24-30) ④
✔ 91. All Chained Up (Devil's Rock, #1) by Sophie Jordan (July 8-14) ④-④½ review
✔ 92. Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie (July 12-21) ④-④½
✔ 93. Any Duchess Will Do (Spindle Cove, #4) by Tessa Dare (March 7-July 22) DNF review
✔ 94. The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn (July 25-26) ④ review
95. A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) by Sarah J. Maas (July 17-Aug 5) ③
✪ ✔ 96. An Affair with a Spare (The Survivors, #3) by Shana Galen (May 29-Aug 6) DNF ② review
✔ 97. Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World by Jennifer Palmieri (Jul 21-Aug 6) ④ review
✔ 98. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge (Jul 26-Aug 8) ④½ review
99. Sexual Violence Against Jewish Women During the Holocaust by Sonja M. Hedgepeth and Rochelle G. Saidel, Editors (Aug 19-21) ⑤
100. What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? by Frederick Douglass (Sep 6-6) ⑤
101. Devoured (Brides of the Kindred, #11) by Evangeline Anderson (Jun 21-Oct 21) ③½# 102. The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1) by Julia Quinn (Oct 20-26) ④
103. The Duke and I: The Epilogue II by Julia Quinn (Oct 26-26) ④
✔ 104. The Laird’s Christmas Kiss (The Lairds Most Likely, #2) by Anna Campbell (Nov 1-1) DNF ② review
✔ 105. Tycoon (The Knickerbocker Club, #0.5) by Joanna Shupe (Nov 2-3) ③½ review
✔ 106. Lord Dashwood Missed Out (Spindle Cove, #4.5) by Tessa Dare (Nov 4-4) ④½ review
⭐ 107. Do You Want to Start a Scandal (Spindle Cove, #5; Castles Ever After, #4) by Tessa Dare (Nov 5-6) ④½
✔ 108. If the Rogue Fits (Must Love Rogues, #2) by Eva Devon (Nov 6-7) ③½ review
✔ 109. Enhanced (Brides of the Kindred, #12) by Evangeline Anderson (Oct 21-Nov 8) ③½ review
✔ 110. Matthew (The Circle Eight, #1) by Emma Lang (Nov 9-9) DNF ② review
✔ 111. Cursed (Brides of the Kindred, #13) by Evangeline Anderson (Nov 9-10) ③ review, but rated ½ because of how the topic of suicide is covered
✔ 112. Finding Miss McFarland (Wallflower Weddings, #3) by Vivienne Lorret (Nov 17-17) ④ review
⭐ ✔ 113. The Debutante Is Mine (Season's Original, #1) by Vivienne Lorret (Nov 17-18) ④½ review
114. A Rogue's Christmas Kiss (Must Love Rogues, #3.5) by Eva Devon (Nov 11-20) ③
✔ 115. The Frame-Up (The Golden Arrow, #1) by Meghan Scott Molin (Nov 3-25) ④ review
# 116. Marrying Winterborne (The Ravenels, #2) by Lisa Kleypas (Nov 28-29) ④-④½ review
✔ 117. Lady Claire Is All That (Keeping Up with the Cavendishes, #3) by Maya Rodale (Nov 29-29) ③-③½ review
✔ 118. Written in my Heart by Caroline Linden (Nov 30-30) ③ review
119. The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots by Calvert Watkins (ed.) (Sept-Dec) ⑤
✔ 120. Slow Burn (Lost Kings MC, #1) by Autumn Jones Lake (Dec 2-2) ④-④½ review
# 121. My Favorite Bride (Governess Brides, #7) by Christina Dodd (Dec 2-3) ④
122. The Indiscretion by Judith Ivory (Dec 10-10) ④
✔ 123. The Earl I Ruined (The Secrets of Charlotte Street, #2) by Scarlett Peckham (Dec 10-16) ④ review
✔ 124. Never Seduce a Scot (The Montgomerys and Armstrongs, #1) by Maya Banks (Dec 17-18) ④-④½ review
125. Summer Breeze (Keegan-Paxton, #3) by Catherine Anderson (Dec 20-20) ④
✔ 126. Kiss Me at Christmas (Playful Brides, #10) by Valerie Bowman (Dec 21-23) ③½ review
✪ ✔ 127. The Good, the Bad, and the Duke (The Cavensham Heiresses, #4) by Janna MacGregor (Dec 21-26) DNF ①½ review
✪ ✔ 128. Unbroken Cowboy (Gold Valley, #5) by Maisey Yates (Dec 26-27) ④ review
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412 pages (Kindle Edition) Forever Yours by Cheryl Holt
+224 pages (Kindle Edition) Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare
+360 pages (Mass Market Paperback) Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt
+7 pages (Online) A Maiden Lane Christmas Special by Elizabeth Hoyt
+123 pages (Kindle Edition) This Wicked Gift by Courtney Milan
+377 pages (Kindle Edition) The Lady Who Loved Him by Christi Caldwell
+211 pages (Kindle Edition) To Tempt a Scoundrel by Christi Caldwell
+132 pages (Kindle Edition) One Winter with a Baron by Christi Caldwell
+104 pages (Paperback) At the Lightning Field by Laura Raicovich
+293 pages (Kindle Edition) The Truth About Cads and Dukes by Elisa Braden
+296 pages (Kindle Edition) A Love So Dark by Chasity Bowlin
+422 pages (Mass Market Paperback) Unclaimed by Courtney Milan
+274 pages (Paperback) Unraveled by Courtney Milan
+121 pages (Kindle) Twelve Nights as His Mistress by Elisa Braden
+279 pages (Kindle Edition) The Devil Is a Marquess by Elisa Braden
+274 pages (Kindle Edition) Anything but a Gentleman by Elisa Braden
+381 pages (Mass Market Paperback) Only Beloved by Mary Balogh
+370 pages (Mass Market Paperback) The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
+405 pages (Kindle Edition) A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare
+356 pages (Mass Market Paperback) A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare
+389 pages (Kindle Edition) A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare
+316 pages (Kindle Edition) Lord Garson’s Bride by Anna Campbell
+373 pages (Mass Market Paperback) The Trouble with True Love by Laura Lee Guhrke
+120 pages (Kindle Edition) The Courtship by Grace Burrowes
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⌘ . 2 0 1 8 . A-Z . A U T H O R S . C H A L L E N G E . ⌘January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 | 4 of 26 Authors Read
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✔ N — Ng, Celeste: Little Fires Everywhere ④½
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♥ 2 0 1 8 . A-Z . R O M A N C E . A U T H O R S . C H A L L E N G E ♥January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 | 6 of 26 Authors Read
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✔ B — Braden, Elisa: The Truth About Cads and Dukes (Rescued from Ruin, #2) ④
✔ C — Caldwell, Christi: The Lady Who Loved Him (The Brethren, #2) ④½
✔ D — Dare, Tessa: Beauty and the Blacksmith (Spindle Cove, #3.5) ④
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✔ G — Guhrke, Laura Lee: The Trouble with True Love (Dear Lady Truelove, #2) ④
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⌘ . 2 0 1 7 . A-Z . B O O K . T I T L E . C H A L L E N G E . ⌘January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 | 7 of 26 Books Read
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✔ A — At the Lightning Field by Laura Raicovich (January 31-February 15) ④
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✔ L — Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (February 19-81) ④½
✔ M — The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (February 13-15) ③½
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✔ S — Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie (February 17-17) ④
✔ T — Triangle at Rhodes: A Hercule Poirot Short Story by Agatha Christie (Feb 20-20) ③½
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♥ 2 0 1 7 . A-Z . R O M A N C E . B O O K . T I T L E . C H A L L E N G E ♥January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 | 11 of 26 Books Read
The Rules | My Entry
✔ A — Anything but a Gentleman by Elisa Braden (February 20-21) ②
✔ B — Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare (January 16-16) ④
✔ C — The Courtship by Grace Burrowes (Mar 2-2) ④
✔ D — Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt (January 23-24) ③½
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✔ F — Forever Yours by Cheryl Holt (January 12-12) ②½
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✔ L — The Lady Who Loved Him by Christi Caldwell (February 9-10) ④½
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✔ O — One Winter with a Baron by Christi Caldwell (February 14-15) ②
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✔ T — To Tempt a Scoundrel by Christi Caldwell (February 10-11) ④
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⌘ . 2 0 1 7 . A-Z . F E M A L E . C H A R A C T E R . C H A L L E N G E . ⌘January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 | 6 of 26 Books Read
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✔ D — Dulcie Duveen in The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (Feb 13-15) ③½
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✔ I — Iris Marle in Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie (Feb 17-17) ④
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✔ K — Katey Kontent in Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (Feb 15-16) ④½
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✔ M — Mia Warren in Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (Feb 19-21) ④½
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✔ R — Renata Zerkowski in Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie (Feb 7-13) ③-③½
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✔ V — Valentine Chantry in Triangle at Rhodes by Agatha Christie (Feb 20-20) ③½
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♥ 2 0 1 7 . A-Z . F E M A L E . R O M A N C E . C H A R A C T E R . C H A L L E N G E ♥January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 | 15 of 26 Books Read
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✔ A — Abigail Henley in Forever Yours by Cheryl Holt (Jan 12-12) ②½
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✔ C — Chloe Edgerton in The Lady Who Loved Him by Christi Caldwell (Feb 9-10) ④½
✔ D — Diana Highwood in Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare (Jan 16-16) ④
✔ E — Emma Gladstone in The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare (Feb 23-23) ③
✔ F — Susanna Finch in A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare (February 21-23) ②
✔ G — Artemis Greaves in Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt (Jan 23-24) ③½
✔ H — Minerva Highwood in A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare (Feb 24-25) ⑤
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✔ J — Jane Huxley in The Truth About Cads and Dukes by Elisa Braden (Feb 18-18) ④
✔ K — Kate Taylor in A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare (Feb 25-26) ④
✔ L — Lavinia Spencer in This Wicked Gift by Courtney Milan (Feb 2-2) ④½
✔ M — Miranda Darling in Unraveled by Courtney Milan (Feb 18-19) ④½
✔ N — Jane Norris in Lord Garson’s Bride by Anna Campbell (Feb 28-Mar 1) ③
✔ O — Olympia Daventry in A Love So Dark by Chasity Bowlin (Feb 18-18) ③
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✔ S — Sybil Cunning in One Winter with a Baron by Christi Caldwell (Feb 14-15) ②
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✔ W — Alice Winterbourne in To Tempt a Scoundrel by Christi Caldwell (Feb 10-11) ④
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⌘ . 2 0 1 7 . A-Z . M A L E . C H A R A C T E R . C H A L L E N G E . ⌘January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 | 6 of 26 Books Read
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✔ D — Douglas Gold in Triangle at Rhodes by Agatha Christie (Feb 20-20) ③½
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✔ G — George Barton in Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie (Feb 17-17) ④
✔ H — Hercule Poirot in The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (Feb 13-15) ③½
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✔ M — Moody Richardson in Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (Feb 19-21) ④½
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✔ S — Stafford Nye in Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie (Feb 7-13) ③-③½
✔ T — Tinker Grey in Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (Feb 15-16) ④½
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♥ 2 0 1 7 . A-Z . M A L E . R O M A N C E . C H A R A C T E R . C H A L L E N G E ♥January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 | 15 of 26 Books Read
The Rules | My Entry
✔ A — Alexander Wallace in Forever Yours by Cheryl Holt (Jan 12-12) ②½
✔ B — Benedict Chatham in The Devil Is a Marquess by Elisa Braden (Feb 19-20) ④-④½
✔ C — Charles Bainbridge in Twelve Nights as His Mistress by Elisa Braden (Feb 19-19) ④
✔ D — Aaron Dawes in Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare (Jan 16-16) ④
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✔ G — George Crabbe in Only Beloved by Mary Balogh (Feb 21-22) ③½
✔ H — Harrison Lacey in The Truth About Cads and Dukes by Elisa Braden (Feb 18-18) ④
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✔ L — Leopold Dunlop in The Lady Who Loved Him by Christi Caldwell (Feb 9-10) ④½
✔ M — Maximus Batten in Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt (Jan 23-24) ③½
✔ N — Nolan Pratt in One Winter with a Baron by Christi Caldwell (Feb 14-15) ②
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✔ P — Percival Windham in The Courtship by Grace Burrowes (Mar 2-2) ④
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✔ R — Rhys Brookfield in To Tempt a Scoundrel by Christi Caldwell (Feb 10-11) ④
✔ S — Smite Turner in Unraveled by Courtney Milan (Feb 18-19) ④½
✔ T — Samuel Thorne in A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare (Feb 25-26) ④
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✔ V — Victor Bramwell in A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare (February 21-23) ②
✔ W — William White in This Wicked Gift by Courtney Milan (Feb 2-2) ④½
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♥ 2 0 1 7 . A-Z . F R I E N D S . C H A L L E N G E ♥January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 | 2 of 26 Books Read
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AH: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks; Red Rising by Pierce Brown; Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers; The World According to Garp by John Irving
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Beanbag Love: It Started With a Scandal by Julie Anne Long
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Catherine: The Price Of Desire by Jo Goodman; A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore; Crazy Hot by Tara Janzen; What Isabella Desires by Anne Mallory
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Denise: Song For Sophia by Moriah Densley
DebbieLisa: Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr.
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Erin ☕ *Proud Book Hoarder*: The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe; Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Ermione Pickwick: The Offer by Sara Portman; By Possession by Madeline Hunter
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FV Angela: The Hooker and the Hermit by L.H. Cosway & Penny Reid (*was already on my list); Space in His Heart by Roxanne St. Claire
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Gemma: What a Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe; Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh (*was already on my list)
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Heather: 84, Charing Cross Road, Game For Love, Traveling Light, Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage
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Ilze Valda: Justine; The Gilded Web, The Temporary Wife
✔ J — Joy (Cheery♡Reads): The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare (Feb 23-23) ④
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♡Karlyn P♡: Firelight by Kristen Callihan
✔ L — Lady Wesley: The Trouble with True Love * by Laura Lee Guhrke (Feb 28-Mar 1) ④
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Marts (Thinker): My Bones and My Flute: A Ghost Story in the Old-Fashioned Manner; First in Trinidad; The Machine Stops
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Not Now...Mommy's Reading: Ar'n't I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South; What I Know for Sure
Nicola: Noughts & Crosses; Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling: Just a Small-Town Girl Living in a Notions World
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OLT: The Player; Here be Dragons; The Mutinous Contemplations of Gemma Groot; Sweet Caress; Imprudent Lady
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Pamela(AllHoney): Perfect; The Texan and The Lady; The Witness
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♡ Sassy ~ Amy ♡: The Stranger in Her Bed by Janet Chapman
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. Romance Readers Reading Challenges .
♥ S T A C K I N G . T H E . S E R I E S . C H A L L E N G E ♥
January 1, 2016 - *carried over through and expanded in 2018* | Level: 3 of 5 Completed
The Rules | My Entry
Isaac Bell Series by Clive CusslerBook 1. The Chase
Book 2. The Wrecker
Book 3. The Spy
Book 4. The Race
Book 5. The Thief
Book 6. The Striker
Book 7. The Bootlegger
Book 8. The Assassin
Book 9. The Gangster
Dune Chronicles Series
by Frank HerbertBook 1. Dune
Book 2. Dune Messiah
Book 3. Children of Dune
Book 4. God Emperor of Dune
Book 5. Heretics of Dune
Book 6. Chapterhouse: Dune
Book 7. Hunters of Dune
Book 8. Sandworms of Dune
Spindle Cove Series by Tessa Dare✔ Book 1. A Night to Surrender (February 21-23, 2018) ②
✔ Book 2. A Week to Be Wicked (February 24-25, 2018) ⑤
✔ Book 3. A Lady by Midnight (February 25-26, 2018) ④
Book 4. Any Duchess Will Do
Book 5. Do You Want to Start a Scandal
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Brothers Sinister Series by Courtney Milan✔ Book 1. The Duchess War (January 7-8, 2017) ④
✔ Book 2. The Heiress Effect (January 12-12, 2017) ④½
✔ Book 3. The Countess Conspiracy (July 8-8, 2017) ④½
✔ Book 4. The Suffragette Scandal (July 9-9, 2017) ④
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Turner Series by Courtney Milan✔ Book 1. Unveiled (December 3-3, 2016) ④¾
✔ Book 2. Unclaimed (February 18-18, 2018) ④
✔ Book 3. Unraveled (February 18-19, 2018) ④¾
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Breconridge Brothers Series by Isabella Bradford✔ Book 1. A Wicked Pursuit (February 10-10, 2016) ③½
Book 2. A Sinful Deception
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Sinful Brides Series by Christi Caldwell✔ Book 1. The Rogue's Wager (November 10-11, 2016) ④½
. Romance Readers Reading Challenges .
♥ S T A C K I N G . T H E . S E R I E S . C H A L L E N G E ♥
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 | Level: 0 of 8 Completed
The Rules | My Entry
The Heart of a Duke Series by Christi Caldwell(Selection of the following)
Book 2. More Than a Duke
Book 3. The Love of a Rogue
Book 4. Loved by a Duke
Book 5. To Love a Lord
Book 6. The Heart of a Scoundrel
Book 7. To Wed His Christmas Lady
Book 8. To Trust a Rogue
Book 9. The Lure of a Rake
Book 10. To Woo a Widow
Book 11. To Redeem a Rake
Windham Series by Grace Burrowes
(Selection of the following)
✔ Book 0.5. The Courtship (March 2-2, 2018) ④
Book 0.6. The Duke and His Duchess
Book 1. The Heir
Book 2. The Soldier
Book 3. The Virtuoso
Book 4. Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish
Book 5. Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal
Book 6. Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight
Book 7. Lady Eve's Indiscretion
Book 8. Lady Jenny's Christmas Portrait
Book 8.5. Morgan and Archer
Book 8.6. Jonathan and Amy
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Hope Series
by Jaci BurtonBook 1. Hope Flames
Book 2. Hope Ignites
Book 3. Hope Burns
Book 4. Love After All
Book 5. Make Me Stay
Book 6. Don't Let Go
Book 7. Love Me Again
Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries Series by Angie FoxBook 1. Southern Spirits
Book 2. The Skeleton in the Closet
Book 3. The Haunted Heist
Book 4. Deader Homes and Gardens
Book 5. Sweet Tea and Spirits
Book 6. Murder on the Sugarland Express
Highland Grooms Series by Julia LondonBook 1. Wild Wicked Scot
Book 2. Sinful Scottish Laird
Book 3. Hard-Hearted Highlander
Book 4. Devil in Tartan
Book 5. Tempting the Laird
The 1797 Club Series by Jess MichaelsBook 1. The Daring Duke
Book 2. Her Favorite Duke
Book 3. The Broken Duke
Book 4. The Silent Duke
?or Scandalous Brides Series by Suzanne Enoch
Destiny Series by Beverly JenkinsBook 1. Destiny's Embrace
Book 2. Destiny's Surrender
Book 3. Destiny's Captive
Burning Cove Series by Amanda QuickBook 1. The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Book 2. The Other Lady Vanishes
A Black Swan Historical Romance Series by Carolyn BrownBook 1. Pushin' Up Daisies
. Nothing But Reading Challenges .
◉ T H E . T W E L V E . T O W E R S . C H A L L E N G E ◉
No Specified Duration (Started January 21, 2016) | Level: Undecided | 30 of 78 Books Read
The Rules | My Entry
THE 12th TOWER | 12 Books Acquired Since Start Date
[ ] 1. Sinful Confessions by Samantha Holt (purchased Jan 23, 2016)
✔ 2. Tremaine's True Love by Grace Burrowes (pur June 20, 2016) — (Mar 2017) ③½-④
[ ] 3. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker (purchased Sep 28, 2016)
[ ] 4. The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds by Selina Siak Chin Yoke (purchased Oct 2, 2016)
[ ] 5. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott (purchased Nov 2, 2016)
[ ] 6. The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells (purchased Nov 2, 2016)
✔ 7. Midnight Wish by Lily Maxton (pur. Nov 16, 2016) — (Dec 2016) ②
[ ] 8. How To Bed A Baron by Christy English (purchased Nov 16, 2016)
[ ] 9. How to Wed a Warrior by Christy English (purchased Nov 16, 2016)
[ ] 10. A Study in Seduction by Nina Rowan (purchased Nov 19, 2016)
✔ 11. I Wish You Were Mine by Lauren Layne (pur. Nov 20, 2016) — (Jan 2017) ④
[ ] 12. A Lady Never Lies by Juliana Gray (purchased Nov 26, 2016)
THE 11th TOWER | 11 Books Never Found Time to Get Around To / That Have Been On My Shelves the Longest (Pre-Selected)
[ ] 1. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein (first book ever added to Goodreads on July 30, 2008)
[ ] 2. The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil (#1 on my TBR list for ~5 years)
[ ] 3. 1776 by David McCullough (added Aug 8, 2008)
[ ] 4. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (added Aug 8, 2008)
[ ] 5. Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell (added Aug 8, 2008)
[ ] 6. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (added Aug 8, 2008)
[ ] 7. The Prophet by Khalil Gibran (added Aug 8, 2008)
[ ] 8. The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (added Aug 8, 2008)
[ ] 9. I'll Take You There by Joyce Carol Oates (added Aug 11, 2008)
[ ] 10. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown (added Aug 11, 2008)
[ ] 11. The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea (added Aug 11, 2008)
THE 10th TOWER | 10 Books Randomly Selected From My Shelves (Pre-Selected using Random.org)
✔ 1. Winning the Wallflower by Eloisa James (#68) (May 2017) ③
The Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories by Truman Capote (#2555)
[ ] 2. Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong by Terry Teachout (#3231)
[ ] 3. The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman (#7524)
[ ] 4. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (#1279) 1278 over the edge of the world
[ ] 5. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler (#5092)
[ ] 6. The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier (#2453)
[ ] 7. The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene (#2745)
[ ] 8. Dreamer by Steven Harper (#6627)
[ ] 9. Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov (#3375)
[ ] 10. Forbidden by Jess Michaels (#8474)
5852 the prince of midnight
✅ THE 9th TOWER | 9 Books That Are Sequels, Series Continuations, or Spin-Offs
✔ 1. London's Perfect Scoundrel, Lessons in Love, #2 by Suzanne Enoch (Jan 2016) ⑤
✔ 2. How to Romance a Rake, Ugly Ducklings, #2 by Manda Collins (Jan 2016) ③
✔ 3. The Devil Takes a Bride, The Cabot Sisters, #2 by Julia London (Jan 2016) ⑤
✔ 4. Good Earl Gone Bad, Lords of Anarchy, #2 by Manda Collins (Jan 2016) ③½
✔ 5. The Spinster Bride, Lords and Ladies Series, #4 by Jane Goodger (Jan 2016) ③
✔ 6. Her Wicked Proposal, The Leagues of Rogues, #3 by Lauren Smith (Jan 2016) ③
✔ 7. The Art of Taming a Rake, Legendary Lovers, #4 by Nicole Jordan (Jan 2016) ②
✔ 8. The Improper Bride, Sisters of Scandal, #5 by Lily Maxton (Jan 2016) ⑤+
✔ 9. Enticing Her Unexpected Bridegroom, Lady Lancaster Garden Society, #4 by Catherine Hemmerling (Feb 2016) ②
✅ THE 8th TOWER | 8 Novellas or Short Stories (Can Be Part of an Anthology)
✔ 1. Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye (Feb 2016) ④
✔ 2. Days of Rakes and Roses by Anna Campbell (Feb 2016) ③
✔ 3. The Affair by Lily Maxton (Nov 2016) ③½
✔ 4. The Wager by Lily Maxton (Nov 2016) ④
✔ 5. The Love Match by Lily Maxton (Nov 2016) ④½
✔ 6. Unlovable by Cynthia St. Aubin (Nov 2016) ③
✔ 7. A Dress the Color of Dusk by Elizabeth Cole (Nov 2016) ②
✔ 8. A Christmas Tragedy: A Short Story by Agatha Christie (July 2016) ④
THE 7th TOWER | 7 Books That Everyone Else Seems to Have Read But Me
[ ] 1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
[ ] 2. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
[ ] 3. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
[ ] 4. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
[ ] 5. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
[ ] 6. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
[ ] 7. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
THE 6th TOWER | 6 Anticipated Releases (Post-Start Date, Pre-Selected)
✔ 1. The Study of Seduction by Sabrina Jeffries (released: Mar 22) — (Dec 2016) ④
✔ 2. Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (released: Mar 29)
✔ 3. 'Til Death Do Us Part by Amanda Quick (released: Apr 16) — (Feb 2016) ④
[ ] 4. Temptations of a Wallflower by Eva Leigh (released: Apr 26)
✔ 5. Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas (released: May 31) — (Nov 2016) ④
✔ 6. A Match Made in Mistletoe: by Anna Campbell (released: Nov 30) — (Dec 2016) ④
THE 5th TOWER | 5 Books Recommended Via Goodreads
[ ] 1. Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh (recommended by Catherine)
[ ] 2. The Soldier by Grace Burrowes (recommended by Nikki)
[ ] 3. The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey by Dawn Anahid MacKeen (recommended by Asdeghik)
[ ] 4. The Autobiography of an Execution by David R. Dow (recommended by Stacy)
[ ] 5. Seduction Wears Sapphires by Renee Bernard (recommended by Amy) (?or Squeeze Play?)
THE 4th TOWER | 4 Books Started But Never Finished
[ ] 1. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (started January 10, 2013)
[ ] 2. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester (started July 20, 2014)
[ ] 3. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg (started January 13, 2015)
[ ] 4. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo (started February 16, 2015)
✅ THE 3rd TOWER | 3 Books That Are Rereads
✔ 1. The Matchmaker by Rexanne Becnel (Feb 2016) ④
✔ 2. Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Nov 2016) ④½
✔ 3. Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas (Nov 2016) ④
✅ THE 2nd TOWER | 2 Books with Covers That Don't Fit the Storyline or That I Don't Like
✔ 1. Lord Sebastian's Secret by Jane Ashford (Nov 2016) ①
✔ 2. When Sparks Fly by Sabrina Jeffries (Dec 2016) ①
THE 1st TOWER | 1 Book That Intimidates Me
[ ] 1. War and Peace or Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
. Bookworm Bitches Challenge: Real Bitches Read Books .
⌘ U N I T E D . S T A T E S . P R E S I D E N T S . C H A L L E N G E ⌘
February 5, 2017 - *when it's finished* | 0 of 45 Books Read
The Rules | My Entry
(1) George Washington — (2) John Adams — (3) Thomas Jefferson — (4) James Madison — (5) James Monroe — (6) John Quincy Adams — (7) Andrew Jackson — (8) Martin Van Buren — (9) William Henry Harrison — (10) John Tyler — (11) James K. Polk — (12) Zachary Taylor — (13) Millard Fillmore — (14) Franklin Pierce — (15) James Buchanon — (16) Abraham Lincoln — (17) Andrew Johnson — (18) Ulysses S. Grant — (19) Rutherford B. Hayes — (20) James Garfield — (21) Chester A. Arthur — (22) Grover Cleveland — (23) Benjamin Harrison — (24) Grover Cleveland — (25) William McKinley — (26) Theodore Roosevelt — (27) William Howard Taft — (28) Woodrow Wilson — (29) Warren G. Harding — (30) Calvin Coolige — (31) Herbert Hoover — (32) Franklin D. Roosevelt — (33) Harry S. Truman — (34) Dwight D. Eisenhower — (35) John F. Kennedy — (36) Lyndon B. Johnson — (37) Richard M. Nixon — (38) Gerald R. Ford — (39) James Carter — (40) Ronald Reagan — (41) George H. W. Bush — (42) William J. Clinton — (43) George W. Bush — (44) Barack Obama — (45) Donald Trump
. Bookworm Bitches Challenge: Real Bitches Read Books .
⌘ N O N - F I C T I O N . A L P H A B E T . C H A L L E N G E ⌘
February 5, 2017 - *when it's finished* | 1 of 26 Books Read
The Rules | My Entry
✔ A — At the Lightning Field by Laura Raicovich (Jan 31-Feb 15) ④
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. Bookworm Bitches Challenge: Real Bitches Read Books .
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February 5, 2017 - *when it's finished* | 16 of ? Books Read
The Rules | My Entry
(I have updated the list with more recent additions and alphabetized it for myself)
Read more about the frequently challenge books here: www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentl... (is super interesting to see why the books were banned!!)
✔ 1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain — 2002, 2007, 2015
Read for school, dates unkown (unrated)
✔ 2. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank — 2013
Read for school, dates unknown (unrated)
✔ 3. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison — 2006, 2013, 2014
Read: 10th grade (unrated)
✔ 4. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley — 2010, 2011, 2014
Read: October 31, 2002 (unrated)
✔ 5. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson — 2002, 2003
Read for school, dates unknown (unrated)
✔ 6. A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer — 2013
Read: dates unknown, ③
✔ 7. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card — 2012
Read: August 18, 2002 & July 6, 2005, ④
✔ 8. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers — 2001, 2003-2004, 2013
Read: Summer 1998 (unrated)
✔ 9. Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks — 2001, 2003
Read: dates unknown, sometime between 1998-2001 (unrated)
✔ 10. His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman — 2007, 2008:
The Golden Compass | Read: dates unknown (unrated)
The Subtle Knife | Read: dates unknown (unrated)
The Amber Spyglass | Read: dates unknown (unrated)
✔ 11. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich — 2010, 2012
✔ 12. Tintin in America by Hergé (Georges Remi) — 2015
✔ 13. Tintin au Congo by Hergé (Georges Remi) — 2012
✔ 14. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee — 2009, 2011
Read: for school, dates unknown ⑤
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. Bookworm Bitches Challenge: Real Bitches Read Books .
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February 5, 2017 - *when it's finished* | __ Books Read
The Rules | My Entry
LISTOPIA: Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
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LISTOPIA: There Ought To Be a Band
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LISTOPIA: 2017: What Women Born in the 1970s Have Read So Far This Year
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LISTOPIA: Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
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LISTOPIA: SciFi & Fantasy Books with Beautiful Prose
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LISTOPIA: The Most Influential Books in History
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LISTOPIA: Amazing WWII Fiction
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LISTOPIA: Gothic, Neo-Gothic, Gothic-Lite, and Southern Gothic
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LISTOPIA: Hysterical Reads
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LISTOPIA: Southern Goodness
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LISTOPIA: Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
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LISTOPIA: Best Gothic Books of All Time
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LISTOPIA: Books That Everyone Should Read at Least Once
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LISTOPIA: Best Books Ever
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LISTOPIA: Gender in Islamic Cultures
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LISTOPIA: Women Who Dressed as Men
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LISTOPIA: Hermaphrodite & Intersex Main Characters
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LISTOPIA: Immigrant Experience Literature
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LISTOPIA: Best Biographies
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LISTOPIA: Best Feminist Books
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LISTOPIA: Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
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LISTOPIA: Jews in Literature
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LISTOPIA: Books on the Israel Palestine Conflict
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LISTOPIA: Best Steampunk Books
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LISTOPIA: Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
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LISTOPIA: Best Love Stories
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LISTOPIA:
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. My Own Challenge .
‡ L O C A T I O N, L O C A T I O N, & L O C A T I O N ‡
2016 - when it's finished | 7 of ___ Books Read
Book Setting OR Author's Nationality OR Original Publishing Country OR Book Subject
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Australia — Planned Seduction by Jess Dee (January 2017) ④
England — Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (May 2016) ④
France — The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (February 2018) ③½
Greece — Triangle at Rhodes by Agatha Christie (February 2018) ③½
India — The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Dec 2016) ③½
Mexico — Captive in the Dark by C.J. Roberts (August 2017) ③½
Wales — The Escape by Mary Balogh (November 2017) ④½
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. Bookworm Bitches Challenge: Real Bitches Read Books .
⌘ 5 0 . S T A T E . C H A L L E N G E ⌘
January 1, 2017 - *when it's finished* | 16 (+1) of 50 Books Read
The Rules | My Entry
Alabama (AL)
Alaska (AK)
✔ Arizona (AZ) — The Autumn Balloon by Kenny Porpora (June 20, 2016-July 22, 2017) ④
Arkansas (AR)
✔ California (CA) — Second Chance Girl by Susan Mallery (July 13-13) ④
Colorado (CO)
✔ Connecticut (CT) — Falling for the Best Man by Amanda Ashby (January 13-15) ③
Delaware (DE)
✔ Florida (FL) — Thrust by Sybil Bartel (January 10-10) ④
Georgia (GA)
Hawaii (HI)
✔ Idaho (ID) — Reaper's Property by Joanna Wylde (August) ?
✔ Illinois (IL) — Shameless by Gina L. Maxwell (January 9-9) ④
Indiana (IN)
Iowa (IA)
Kansas (KS)
Kentucky (KY)
Louisiana (LA)
Maine (ME)
Maryland (MD)
✔ Massachusetts (MA) — Willing Victim by Cara McKenna (February 2-2) ④
Michigan (MI)
Minnesota (MN)
Mississippi (MS)
✔ Missouri (MO) — Little Boy Lost by J.D. Trafford (July 16-17) ④
✔ Montana (MT) — Falling for the Hometown Girl by Shelli Stevens (July 1-1) ③
Nebraska (NE)
✔ Nevada (NV) — Seducing Cinderella by Gina L. Maxwell (March 28-28) ④½
New Hampshire (NH)
New Jersey (NJ)
New Mexico (NM)
✔ New York (NY) — I Wish You Were Mine by Lauren Layne (January 2-3) ④
✔ North Carolina (NC) — Tell Me You Crave Me by Joya Ryan (July 15-15) ④
North Dakota (ND)
✔ Ohio (OH) — Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (July 19-21) ④
✔ Oklahoma (OK) — Mail Order Mystery by Robin Deeter (October 30-30) ②
Oregon (OR)
Pennsylvania (PA)
Rhode Island (RI)
South Carolina (SC)
South Dakota (SD)
Tennessee (TN)
✔ Texas (TX) — Asking for It by Lilah Pace (February 4-4) ④½
Utah (UT)
Vermont (VT)
✔ Virginia (VA) — One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (July 21-31) ③½
Washington (WA)
West Virginia (WV)
Wisconsin (WI)
Wyoming (WY)
Bonus
✔ District of Columbia — Hate F*@k by Ainsley Booth (July 28-August 3) ④½
AZ
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• FL
• ID
• IL
• MA
• MO
• MT
• NV
• NY
• NC
• OH
• OK
• TX
• VA
• • • DC
. Nothing But Reading Challenges .
◉ 1 0 0 1 . B O O K S . Y O U . M U S T . R E A D . B E F O R E . Y O U . D I E ◉
January 1, 2018 - *when it's finished* | 0 of 1,001 Books Read
My Entry | On My Goodreads Challenge
(If I don't remember well enough a book that is already on the list, I will reread it)
List of the books: www.1001bookreviews.com/the-1001-book...
Goodreads Listopia list: www.goodreads.com/list/show/952.1001_...
1. The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
. My Own Challenge .
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January 1, 2018 - *when it's finished* | 0 of 2,000 books read
*If I don't remember well enough a book that is already on the list, my own rule is that I will reread it*
List of the books: www.thegreatestbooks.org
How is the list generated? "This list is generated from 114 "best of" book lists from a variety of great sources. An algorithm is used to create a master list based on how many lists a particular book appears on. Some lists count more than others. I generally trust "best of all time" lists voted by authors and experts over user-generated lists. On the lists that are actually ranked, the book that is 1st counts a lot more than the book that's 100th."
Other lists:
• Modern Library: www.modernlibrary.com/top-100
• James Clear Compilation of Lists: www.jamesclear.com/best-books
• The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/books/2003/oct/12...
. My Own Challenge .
⌘ . N P R ' S . B E S T . B O O K S . O F . 2 0 1 7 . ⌘
January 1, 2018 - *when it's finished* | 0 of 374 books read
View the full list at www.apps.npr.org/best-books-2017
They filter by the following categories (books can have more than one category/tag each though): Staff Picks • Biography & Memoir • Book Club Ideas • Comics & Graphic Novels • Cookbooks & Food • Eye-Opening Reads • Family Matters • For Art Lovers • For History Lovers • For Music Lovers • Funny Stuff • Historical Fiction • Identity & Culture • It's All Geek To Me • Kids' Books • Ladies First • Let's Talk About Sex • Love Stories • Mysteries & Thrillers • Nonfiction • Essays / Poetry / Short Stories • Rather Long • Rather Short • Realistic Fiction • Science! • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Seriously Great Writing • Tales From Around The World • The Dark Side • Young Adult
Rather Short
✔ 1. At the Lightning Field by Laura Raicovich (Jan 31-Feb 15) ④
2. Between Them: Remembering My Parents by Richard Ford
3. The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch
4. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
5. The Family Imprint: A Daughter's Portrait of Love and Loss by Nancy Borowick
6. Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right by Angela Nagle
7. River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
8. The Sarah Book by Scott McClanahan
9. Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier by Mark Frost
10. What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons
11. literally show me a healthy person by Darcie Wilder
. Crazy Challenge Connection .
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January 1, 2018 - when it's completed | Level: Option C | 8 of 162 Books Read
The Rules | My Entry
Novellas / Essay Books (1 of 9)
✔ 1. At the Lightning Field by Laura Raicovich (Jan 31-Feb 15) ④
April (0 of 9)
Books that are originally published in April, my birth month!
1. Violet by Lauren Royal
Historical Fiction — Subcategory: Romance (0 of 9)
Books that are firstly considered historical fiction and secondly considered romance (i.e. these are different than historical romances)
Every Cover of the Rainbow (1 of 9)
Red
Orange
✔ Yellow — Unclaimed by Courtney Milan (Feb 18-18) ④
Green
Blue
Purple
✔ Pink — The Trouble with True Love by Laura Lee Guhrke (Feb 28-Mar 1) ④
White
Black
The Classics (0 of 9)
Classic literature, can be fiction or nonfiction
African-American Authors (0 of 9)
Written by or about African-American authors
"Juliana" or "Phililppa" (0 of 9)
One of the names is in the title, author's name, or series' name
Seasons (0 of 9)
Book title or subtitle includes one or more seasons
Audiobook on Scribd (5 of 9)
Listened to as an audiobook on Scribd
✔ 1. Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie (Feb 7-13) ③-③½
✔ 2. The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (Feb 13-15) ③½
✔ 3. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (Feb 15-16) ④½
✔ 4. Sparkling Cyanide (Colonel Race, #4) by Agatha Christie (Feb 17-17) ④
✔ 5. Triangle at Rhodes by Agatha Christie (Feb 20-20) ③½
Available Through Kindle Unlimited (0 of 9)
Books that are already on my to-read list, but that I do not own and can access through Kindle Unlimited
Finally Finish!!! (0 of 9)
Books from my reading-on-hold shelf, i.e. that I started at some point in the past, but then put down and never finished
Collections or Compilations (0 of 9)
Anthologies, collection of letters or diaries, essay collections, etc.
Overdue NetGalley ARCs (0 of 9)
NetGalley ARCs that are long overdue for reading and reviewing
Random Picks from My Library (0 of 9)
Book that is picked randomly by my standing in front of one of my bookcases, closing my eyes, and selecting
Schoolbooks (0 of 9)
Books that are on the "additional reading" lists of a class, or read in full a book that I read excerpts from for one of my classes
Magical Realism (0 of 9)
Pretty self-explanatory ... books that fall into the category of "Magical Realism" :-)
Unrated Rereads (0 of 9)
Books that I've already read at least once, but that I never rated
Choose from:
? (0 of 9)
S H E L V E S
• To Read List for 2018 Goodreads Challenges
• My Favorite Reads of 2018
• My Reads of 2018
• January 2018
• February 2018
• March 2018
• April 2018
• May 2018
• June 2018
• July 2018
• August 2018
• September 2018
• October 2018
• November 2018
• December 2018
P A S T . C H A L L E N G E S
• My 2017 Goodreads Challenge
• My 2016 Goodreads Challenge
• My 2015 Goodreads Challenge
• My 2013 Goodreads Challenge
• My 2012 Goodreads Challenge
• My 2011 Goodreads Challenge