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R O M A N C E . R E A D E R S . R E A D I N G . C H A L L E N G E S [In-Progress]
♥ 2017 A-Z Authors (21 of 26 completed): GR group thread • Entry below
♥ 2017 A-Z Book Titles (19 of 26 completed: GR group thread • Entry below
♥ 2017 A-Z Female Characters (? of 26 completed): GR group thread • Entry below
♥ 2017 A-Z Male Characters (? of 26 completed): GR group thread • Entry below
♥ 2016-2017 Stacking the Series (? of ? completed): GR group thread • Entry below

B O O K W O R M . B I T C H E S :: R e a l . B i t c h e s . R e a d . B o o k s [In-Progress]
⌘ 2016 Word Play Challenge
⌘ 2016 Take a Bite Out of Those Chunksters
⌘ 2016 It's All In the Title Challenge
⌘ Classics Scavenger Hunt Challenge

N O T H I N G . B U T . R E A D I N G . C H A L L E N G E S [In-Progress]
◉ Remembering David Bowie: A Reading Challenge
◉ Stuck In a Rut Challenge
◉ The Twelve Towers Challenge
◉ The Harry Potter Sorting Hat Reading Challenge

Others to Consider:

B O O K S . R E A D . I N . 2 0 1 7


⭐ bolded = favorites of 2017 (rereads are NOT included)
✔ = reviewed
✪ = ARC (Advanced Reading Copy)
# = reread

✪ 1. Lord Sebastian's Secret by Jane Ashford (December 2016 - January 2017 *DNF*)
✪ ✔ 1. Seduced in Secret by Shiloh Walker (January) ③½ review
✪ ✔ 2. Ready Set Rogue by Manda Collins (January 1-2) ③½ review
✔ 3. I Wish You Were Mine by Lauren Layne (January 2-3) ④ review
4. Forever Betrothed, Never the Bride by Christi Caldwell (Nov 11 - Jan 6) ②
5. Never Courted, Suddenly Wed by Christi Caldwell (January 6-6) ③
6. Rock Courtship by Nalini Singh (January 6-6) ④
# ✔ 7. The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt (January 7-7) ④½ review
⭐ 8. The Duchess War by Courtney Milan (January 7-8) ④
# ✔ 9. The Leopard Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt (January 8-8) ④½ review
10. Shameless by Gina L. Maxwell (January 9-9) ④
# ✔ 11. Slightly Married by Mary Balogh (January 10-10) ④ review
✪ 12. Thrust by Sybil Bartel (January 10-10) ④
✪ ✔ 13. Wicked in His Arms by Stacy Reid (January 9-11) ② review
⭐ 14. The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan (January 12-12) ④½
# ✔ 15. The Love Match by Lily Maxton (January 13-13) ④½ review
# ✔ 16. Her Notorious Viscount by Jenna Petersen (January 13-13) ③½ review
✪ ✔ 17. Falling for the Best Man by Amanda Ashby (January 13-15) ③ review
# ✔ 18. That Scandalous Evening by Christina Dodd (January 20-22) ④ review
✪ ✔ 19. Playing the Player by Amy Andrews (January 16-28) ②½ review
✪ 20. Planned Seduction by Jess Dee (January 29-29) ④
# ✔ 21. Willing Victim by Cara McKenna (February 2-2) ④ review
22. I Will: A Christmas Novella by Lisa Kleypas (February 2-2) ③½
✔ 23. Asking for It by Lilah Pace (February 4-4) ④½ review
✪ ✔ 24. To Lure a Proper Lady by Ashlyn Macnmara (February 4-8) ③ review
⭐ ✪ ✔ 25. If the Duke Demands by Anna Harrington (February 9-9) ④ review
✔ 26. The Seduction of Lord Stone by Anna Campbell (February 10-11) ③½ review
27. Love in the Light by Laura Kaye (February 12-12) ④
# ✔ 28. Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt (February 15-17) ④½ review
# 29. Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas (February 22-22) ④
⭐ ✔ 30. Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas (February 22-22) ④½ review
✔ 31. The Wicked Wallflower by Maya Rodale (February 24-25) ③ review
⭐ ✪ ✔ 32. A Lady's Code of Misconduct by Meredith Duran (February 26-26) ④½ review
# 33. Worth Any Price by Lisa Kleypas (March 7-7) ④
# ✔ 34. Thunder & Roses by Mary Jo Putney (March 14-14) ⑤ review
35. Tremaine's True Love by Grace Burrowes (March 15-17) ③½ - ④
36. A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean (March 18-18) ④
⭐ 37. The Scoundrel's Honor by Christi Caldwell (March 19-19) ④½
38. It Takes a Scandal by Caroline Linden (March 25-25) ③½
39. Make Me by Beth Kery (March 25-25) ④
# ✔ 40. The Rake by Mary Jo Putney (March 26-27) ⑤+ review
✔ 41. Almost A Spinster by Jenna Petersen (March 14-27) unrated (anthology)
⭐ 42. Seducing Cinderella by Gina L. Maxwell (March 28-28) ④½
43. Brutal Game by Cara McKenna (March 29-30) ③½-④
✔ 44. The CEO by Victoria Purman (April 1-1) ③ review
45. The Secret of My Seduction by Caroline Linden (April 1-1) ④
# ✔ 46. Married By Morning by Lisa Kleypas (April 11-11) ④½ review
# 47. Red Roses Mean Love by Jacquie D'Alessandro (April 13-13) ③½-④
# 48. Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas (April 27-27) ④½
49. An Unexpected Gentleman by Alissa Johnson (May 15-16) ③½
✔ 50. Practically Wicked by Alissa Johnson (May 17-20) ③½ review

[ CONTINUED, 2 of 3 ]

⭐ 51. To Catch A Spinster by Megan Bryce (May 27-28) ④
52. The Forbidden Duke by Darcy Burke (May 28-28) ①½
53. Winning the Wallflower by Eloisa James (May ?-31) ③
⭐ 54. Talk Sweetly to Me by Courtney Milan (June 3-3) ④
⭐ ✪ ✔ 55. Wild & Sweet by Rhenna Morgan (June early-24) ④ review
✔ 56. Tempted by a Lady's Smile by Christi Caldwell (June 25-25) ④ review
✪ ✔ 57. The Bad Luck Bride by Janna MacGregor (March 13-June 27 *DNF*) ① review
✔ 58. Fakers by Meg Collett (July) ②½ review
✪ ✔ 59. Falling for the Hometown Girl by Shelli Stevens (July 1-1) ③ review
✔ # 60. Holding the Dream by Nora Roberts (July 2-2) ④½ review
⭐ ✔ 61. HardBall by C.D. Reiss (July 3-4) ④½ review
⭐ ✔ 62. The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan (July 8-8) ④½ review
✔ 63. The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan (July 9-9) ④ review
✔ 64. Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare (July 7-11) ④ review
✪ ✔ 65. Second Chance Girl by Susan Mallery (July 13-13) ④ review
⭐ 66. The Scandalous, Dissolute, No-Good Mr. Wright by Tessa Dare (July 13-13) ④½
67. Tell Me You Crave Me by Joya Ryan (July 15-15) ④
68. The Marquess and I by Stacy Reid (July 15-15) ③
⭐ ✔ 69. Black Ice by Anne Stuart (July 16-16) ④½ review
⭐ 70. Tell Me Something Good by Jamie Wesley (July 16-16) ④½
✔ 71. Little Boy Lost by J.D. Trafford (July 16-17) ④ review
✪ ✔ 72. Duke with Benefits by Manda Collins (June 25-July 18) ②½ review
# ✔ 73. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (July 19-21) ④ review
✔ 74. The Autumn Balloon by Kenny Porpora (June 20, 2016 - July 22, 2017)
④ review
⭐ ✪ ✔ 75. Wild Kisses by Skye Jordan (July 18-25) ④ review
✪ ✔ 76. When the Scoundrel Sins by Anna Harrington (June 25-July 25) ② review
# 77. One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (July 21-31) ③½
78. Waiting for Nick by Nora Roberts (July 31-31) ③½
⭐ ✔ 79. Hate F*@k: The Complete Story by Ainsley Booth (July 28-August 3) ④½ review
# ✔ 80. Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts (August 3-4) ④½ review
✔ 81. Seizing Control by Kylie Hillman (August 4-4) ③½ review
✔ 82. Making Choices by Kylie Hillman (August 6-7) ④ review
83. Reaper's Property by Joanna Wylde (August) unrated
✔ 84. Captive in the Dark by C.J. Roberts (August 8-8) ③½ review
⭐ ✔ 85. Lonely Planet Swahili Phrasebook Dictionary (Summer) ④½ review
✔ # 86. One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean (September 18-18) ④ review
✔ # 87. Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt (Sept 19-20) ④-④½ review
88. Enchanting the Earl by Lily Maxton (October 20-21) ④
⭐ ✔ 89. The Rogue's Conquest by Lily Maxton (October 21-21) ④½ review
90. Seduced in the Dark by C.J. Roberts (October 21-21) ④
✔ 91. Never Say Never to an Earl by Grace Callaway (October 23-24) ③½ review
⭐ ✔ 92. Once Upon a Winter's Eve by Tessa Dare (September 23-October 23) ④ review
✪ ✔ 93. Christmas in Kilts by Bronwen Evans, Terri Brisbin, Lecia Cornwall, Lavinia Kent, and May McGoldrick (October 26-28) ③ (DNF-④) review
94. Mail Order Mystery by Robin Deeter (October 30-30) ②
✪ ✔ 95. To the Duke, with Love by Amelia Grey (October 26-31 *DNF*) ② review
⭐ ✪ ✔ 96. Someone to Hold by Mary Balogh (October 31-31) ④½ review
✔ 97. Out in the Wild by Oliver Lake (November) ⑤ review
✔ 98. A Memory of Elephants and Other Collective Nouns for Animals by Gus Berger and Oliver Lake (November) ⑤ review
⭐ ✪ ✔ 99. Someone to Wed by Mary Balogh (November 2-2) ④ review
✔ 100. How to Catch a Wild Viscount by Tessa Dare (November 9-9) ③½ review

[ CONTINUED, 3 of 3 ]

✔ 101. To Tame a Dragon by Megan Bryce (November 10-10) ③½ review
✔ 102. Amelia and the Viscount by Samantha Holt (November 9-13 *DNF*) ½ review
✔ 103. Once Upon a Maiden Lane by Elizabeth Hoyt (November 14-14) ④ review
✔ 104. The Arrangement by Mary Balogh (November 17-18) ④ review
⭐ ✔ 105. The Escape by Mary Balogh (November 20-21) ④½ review
✔ 106. Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh (November 21-22) ④ review
⭐ ✔ 107. Only a Promise by Mary Balogh (November 23-23) ④½ review
✔ 108. Good Earls Don't Lie by Michelle Willingham (November 26-26 *DNF*) ①½ review
109. Her Every Wish by Courtney Milan (November 28-28) ④
⭐ ✔ 110. The Secret Mistress by Mary Balogh (November 28-28) ④ review
⭐ ✔ 111. Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt ... [FILL IN WHEN GR IS WORKING]
⭐ ✔ 112. The Lady's Guard by Christi Caldwell (December 3-3) ④-④½ review
✔ 113. Hot Winter Nights, anthology of 8 authors (November 12-December 5) ② review
✔ 114. Christmas in Duke Street, anthology of 4 authors (Nov 12-Dec 5) ④ review
✔ 115. Unmasking Miss Appleby by Emily Larkin ... [FILL IN WHEN GR IS WORKING]
✔ 116. Plainsong by Kent Haruf (December 1-8) ④ review
✔ 117. Resisting Miss Merryweather by Emily Larkin (December 6-10 *DNF*) ② review
✔ 118. The Heiress's Deception by Christi Caldwell (December 12-12) ④ review
✔ 119. Beauty and the Highland Beast by Lecia Cornwall (Nov 26-Dec 12 *DNF*) ② review
✔ 120. And Then He Kissed Her by Laura Lee Guhrke (December 9-14) ④½ review


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P A R T I A L . R E A D S

HKS DPI-345M
Climate Change and Society by John Urry (Feb 13-13)
Political Theory and the Ecological Challenge by Andrew P. Dobson, Robyn Eckersely (Feb 13-13)
Environmental Politics: Stakeholders, Interests, and Policymaking by Norman Miller (Mar 2-2)

HFAS EAS-195
Hunger and Public Action by Jean Drèze, Amartya Sen (Feb 14-15)
Resilience and Recovery in Asian Disasters: Community Ties, Market Mechanisms, and Governance by Daniel Aldrich, Sothea Oum, Yasuyuki Sawada (Feb 21-22)
Famine Politics in Maoist China and the Soviet Union by Felix Wemheuer (Mar 8-8)
Radical Inequalities: China's Revolutionary Welfare State in Comparative Perspective by Nara Dillon (Apr 4-5)

HKS MLD-617M
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande (Mar 23-23)
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Mar 23-23)
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra F. Vogel (Apr 4-4)
Lincoln by David Herbert Donald (Apr 4-10?)

HKS MLD-807M
Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy by Paul Brest, Hal Harvey (Apr 3-4)

MIT 15.677
Poverty and Public Policy: An Evaluation of Social Science Research by Vincent Covello (Feb 18-18)
The Political Economy of Collective Skill Formation by Marius R. Busemeyer, Christine Trampusch (Feb 19-21)

♥ 2 0 1 7 . A-Z . A U T H O R . C H A L L E N G E ♥
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017 | 21 of 26 Authors Read

✔ A — Ashby, Amanda: Falling for the Best Man
✔ B — Balogh, Mary: Slightly Married • Someone to Hold • Someone to Wed
✔ C — Collins, Manda: Ready Set Rogue • Duke with Benefits
✔ D — Dodd, Christina: That Scandalous Evening
✔ E — Evans, Bronwen: "A Scot for Christmas" in Christmas in Kilts
✔ F — Frost, Jeaniene: Halfway to the Grave • One Foot in the Grave
✔ G — Grey, Amelia: To the Duke, With Love
✔ H — Harrington, Anna: If the Duke Demands • When the Scoundrel Sins
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✔ J — Johnson, Alissa: An Unexpected Gentleman • Practically Wicked
✔ K — Kleypas, Lisa: I Will: A Christmas Novella • Dreaming of You • Devil in Spring • Worth Any Price • Married By Morning • Marrying Winterborne
✔ L — Layne, Lauren: I Wish You Were Mine
✔ M — Milan, Courtney: The Duchess War • The Heiress Effect • Talk Sweetly to Me • The Countess Conspiracy • The Suffragette Scandal •
✔ N — Nalini Singh: Rock Courtship
✔ O — Oum, Sothea: Resilience and Recovery in Asian Disasters: Community Ties, Market Mechanisms, and Governance
✔ P — Porpora, Kenny: The Autumn Balloon
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✔ S — Singh, Nalini: Rock Courtship
✔ T — Trafford, J.D.: Little Boy Lost
*✔ U — Urry, John: Climate Change and Society
*✔ V — Vogel, Ezra F.: Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
✔ W — Wesley, Jamie: Tell Me Something Good
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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, 2017 - December 31, 2017 | 19 of 26 Books Read

✔ A — The Autumn Balloon by Kenny Porpora (June 20, 2016-July 22, 2017) ④
✔ B — Black Ice by Anne Stuart (July 16-16) ④½
✔ C — Christmas in Kilts , anthology (October 26-28) ③
✔ D — Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas (February 22-22) ④½
✔ E — Enchanting the Earl by Lily Maxton (October 20-21) ④
✔ F — Forever Betrothed, Never the Bride by Christi Caldwell (Nov 11 - Jan 6) ②
✔ G — Good Earls Don't Lie by Michelle Willingham (Nov 26-26) ①½
✔ H — The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan (January 12-12) ④½
✔ I — If the Duke Demands by Anna Harrington (February 9-9) ④
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✔ L — Little Boy Lost by J.D. Trafford (July 16-17) ④
✔ M — Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas (April 27-27) ④½
✔ N — Never Courted, Suddenly Wed by Christi Caldwell (January 6-6) ③
✔ O — Once Upon a Winter's Eve by Tessa Dare (September 23-October 27) ④
✔ P — Planned Seduction by Jess Dee (January 29-29) ④
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✔ R — Ready Set Rogue by Manda Collins (January 1-2) ③½
✔ S — Shameless by Gina L. Maxwell (January 9-9) ④
✔ T — Thrust by Sybil Bartel (January 10-10) ④
✔ U — An Unexpected Gentleman by Alissa Johnson (May 15-16) ③½
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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 ♥
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January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017 | __ of 26 Books Read
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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 to 2017* | Level: 7 of 15 Completed
The Rules | My Entry

LEVEL 5 | Spindle Cove Series by Tessa Dare
1. A Night to Surrender
2. A Week to Be Wicked
3. A Lady by Midnight
4. Any Duchess Will Do
5. Do You Want to Start a Scandal

✅ LEVEL 4 | Brothers Sinister Series by Courtney Milan
✔ 1. The Duchess War (January 7-8, 2017) ④
✔ 2. The Heiress Effect (January 12-12, 2017) ④½
✔ 3. The Countess Conspiracy (July 8-8, 2017) ④½
✔ 4. The Suffragette Scandal (July 9-9, 2017) ④

LEVEL 3 | Turner Series by Courtney Milan
✔ 1. Unveiled (December 3-3, 2016) ④¾
2. Unclaimed
3. Unraveled

LEVEL 2 | Breconridge Brothers Series by Isabella Bradford
✔ 1. A Wicked Pursuit (February 10-10, 2016) ③½
2. A Sinful Deception

✅ LEVEL 1 | Sinful Brides Series by Christi Caldwell
✔ 1. The Rogue's Wager (November 10-11, 2016) ④½

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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 | 5 of ___ Books Read
Book Setting OR Author's Nationality OR Original Publishing Country OR Book Subject

[ B O O K . S E T T I N G ]
Australia — Planned Seduction by Jess Dee (January 2017) ④
England — Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (May 2016) ④
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 review


[ A U T H O R ' S . N A T I O N A L I T Y ]

[ O R I G I N A L . P U B L I S H I N G . C O U N T R Y ]

[ B O O K . S U B J E C T ]


Afghanistan — Albania — Algeria — Andorra — Angola — Antigua and Barbuda — Argentina — Armenia — Aruba — Austria — Azerbaijan — Bahamas, The — Bahrain — Bangladesh — Barbados — Belarus — Belgium — Belize — Benin — Bhutan — Bolivia — Bosnia and Herzegovina — Botswana — Brazil — Brunei — Bulgaria — Burkina Faso — Burma — Burundi — Cambodia — Cameroon — Canada — Cape Verde — Central African Republic — Chad — Chile — China — Colombia — Comoros — Congo, Democratic Republic of the — Congo, Republic of the — Costa Rica — Cote d'Ivoire — Croatia — Cuba — Curacao — Cyprus — Czech Republic — Denmark — Djibouti — Dominica — Dominican Republic — East Timor (see Timor-Leste) — Ecuador — Egypt — El Salvador — Equatorial Guinea — Eritrea — Estonia — Ethiopia — Fiji — Finland — France — Gabon — Gambia, The — Georgia — Germany — Ghana — Greece — Grenada — Guatemala — Guinea — Guinea-Bissau — Guyana — Haiti — Holy See — Honduras — Hong Kong — Hungary — Iceland — Indonesia — Iran — Iraq — Ireland — Israel — Italy — Jamaica — Japan — Jordan — Kazakhstan — Kenya — Kiribati — Korea, North — Korea, South — Kosovo — Kuwait — Kyrgyzstan — Laos — Latvia — Lebanon — Lesotho — Liberia — Libya — Liechtenstein — Lithuania — Luxembourg — Macau — Macedonia — Madagascar — Malawi — Malaysia — Maldives — Mali — Malta — Marshall Islands — Mauritania — Mauritius — Micronesia — Moldova — Monaco — Mongolia — Montenegro — Morocco — Mozambique — Namibia — Nauru — Nepal — Netherlands — Netherlands Antilles — New Zealand — Nicaragua — Niger — Nigeria — North Korea — Norway — Oman — Pakistan — Palau — Palestinian Territories — Panama — Papua New Guinea — Paraguay — Peru — Philippines — Poland — Portugal — Qatar — Romania — Russia — Rwanda — Saint Kitts and Nevis — Saint Lucia — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — Samoa — San Marino — Sao Tome and Principe — Saudi Arabia — Scotland — Senegal — Serbia — Seychelles — Sierra Leone — Singapore — Sint Maarten — Slovakia — Slovenia — Solomon Islands — Somalia — South Africa — South Korea — South Sudan — Spain — Sri Lanka — Sudan — Suriname — Swaziland — Sweden — Switzerland — Syria — Taiwan — Tajikistan — Tanzania — Thailand — Timor-Leste — Togo — Tonga — Trinidad and Tobago — Tunisia — Turkey — Turkmenistan — Tuvalu — Uganda — Ukraine — United Arab Emirates — Uruguay — Uzbekistan — Vanuatu — Venezuela — Vietnam — Yemen — Zambia — Zimbabwe

. 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 • CA • CT • FL • ID • IL • MA • MO • MT • NV • NY • NC • OH • OK • TX • VA • • • DC

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◉ 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. 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
68 winning the wallflower

✅ 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
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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 .


⌘ 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* | 6 of 50 Books Read
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. 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 .


⌘ B A N N E D . B O O K . C H A L L E N G E ⌘
February 5, 2017 - *when it's finished* | 0 of 60 Books Read
The Rules | My Entry

1. The Adventures of Captain Underpants (series) 2002, 2004, 2005, 2012
2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2010, 2011, 2012
3. Thirteen Reasons Why 2012
4. Fifty Shades of Grey 2012
5. And Tango Makes Three 2006-2010, 2012
6. The Kite Runner 2008, 2012
7. Looking for Alaska 2012
8. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (series) 2006-2008, 2012
9. The Glass Castle 2012
10. Beloved 2006, 2012
11. ttyl (series) 2007-2009,2012
12. The Color of Earth (series) 2011
13. The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset (series) 2010,2011
14. My Mom's Having a Baby!: A Kid's Month-By-Month Guide to Pregnancy 2011
15. The World of Alice: The Agony of Alice; Alice in Rapture, Sort Of; Reluctantly Alice; All but Alice 2001-2003, 2006,2011
16. Brave New World 2010, 2011
17. What My Mother Doesn't Know2004-2005, 2010-2011
18. Gossip Girl2006, 2008, 2011
19. To Kill a Mockingbird 2009,2011
20. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2004, 2006-2009
21. Twilight (series)2009, 2010
22. Crank 2010
23. Lush 2010
24. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2010
25. Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology 2010
26. The Catcher in the Rye 2001, 2005, 2009
27. My Sister's Keeper 2009
28. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things 2006, 2009
29. The Color Purple 2007 & 2009
30. The Chocolate War 2001,2002,2004-2006, 2009
31. The Golden Compass (trilogy) 2007, 2008
32. Bless Me, Ultima 2008
33. Uncle Bobby's Wedding 2008
34. Flashcards of My Life 2008
35. Olive's Ocean 2007
36. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2002, 2007
37. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 2001, 2002 , 2004, 2007
38. It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health 2003, 005, 2007
39. The Bluest Eye 2006
40. Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories 2006
41. Forever 2005
42. Whale Talk 2005
43. Detour for Emmy 2005
44. Crazy Lady! 2005
45. It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families 2005
46. Fallen Angels 2001, 2003-2004
47. Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture 2004
48. In the Night Kitchen 2004
49. King & King by Linda deHaan
50. Of Mice and Men 2001, 2003-2004
51. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (series) 2001-2003
52. Go Ask Alice 2001, 2003
53. We All Fall Down 2003
54. King & King by Linda deHaan
55. Bridge to Terabithia 2002,2003
56. Taming the Star Runner 2002
57. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 2002
58. Julie of the Wolves 2002
59. Summer of My German Soldier 2001
60. Blood and Chocolate 2001

. Bookworm Bitches Challenge: Real Bitches Read Books .


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February 5, 2017 - *when it's finished* | __ Books Read
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congratulations :)

Aoi wrote: "congratulations :)"

Thanks!! Doesn't *completely* count though, because I decided to add in books that I read parts of for my coursework and thanks to the multiple-read-dates function, I can still easily organize them out.