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A-Z Author Challenge 2011A-Piers Anthony-The E.S.P. Worm 2/27**
B-Jim Butcher-Summer Knight 2/26****
C-Stephen Chbosky-The Perks of Being a Wallflower 3/3**
D-MaryJanice Davidson-Undead and Unpopular 3/12***
E-Janet Evanovich-One for the Money 1/30****
F-Jeaniene Frost-Halfway to the Grave 2/9
G-Neil Gaiman-The Graveyard Book 2/2***
H-Justin Halpern-Sh*t My Dad Says 1/5****
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J-Brenda Joyce-Deadly Love 3/22***
K-Jayne Ann Krentz-Fired Up 1/1****
L-Harper Lee-To Kill a Mockingbird 1/24****
M-Anne McCaffrey-Crystal Singer 2/14***
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O-Emmuska Orczy-The Scarlet Pimpernel 1/11***
P-Chuck Palahniuk-Fight Club 1/13****
Q-Amanda Quick-Slightly Shady 3/4****
R-Nora Roberts-Night Shadow (Night Tales #2) 1/28****
S-Nalini Singh-Archangel's Kiss 2/8****
T-Shaun Tan-Lost and Found 4/22****
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A-Z Book Challenge - Non-RomanceA-American Gods 7/23/10****
B-Breakfast of Champions 2/11/10
C-Cat's Cradle
D-Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 7/16/10***
E-The English Patient
F-The Five People You Meet in Heaven
G-The Great Gatsby
H-Heart of Darkness 2/17/11***
I-Interworld
J-JPod A Novel
K-Kafka on the Shore
L-Lolita
M-The Metamorphosis
N-Naked Lunch The Restored Text
O-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
P-Perfume The Story of a Murderer 3/18/10
Q-The Quiet American
R-Revolutionary Road
S-Slaughterhouse-Five 7/16/10****
T-The Time Traveler's Wife
U-Uglies 6/22/10***
V-The Virgin Suicides
W-Watership Down
X-The Xenophobe's Guide to the Canadians
Y-The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
Z-Z for Zachariah
A-Z Beings ChallengeA-Angel - Archangel's Kiss 2/8****
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P-Psychic - Fired Up 1/1****
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V-Vampire - Halfway to the Grave 2/9
W-Wizard - The Color of Magic 2/4***
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A-Z Play ChallengeA - Arms and the Man 1/30
B - The Beggar's Opera
C - Caesar and Cleopatra 2/6
D - Disraeli: A Play in Four Acts
E - The Emperor Jones
F - Five Women Wearing the Same Dress 3/19
G - Ghosts
H - Heartbreak House
I - The Importance of Being Earnest
J - Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol
K - Kingdom of Earth.
L - Love's Labour's Lost
M - Man and Superman
N - Nobody Loves an Albatross.
O - Orpheus Descending
P - Pygmalion
Q - Quiet, Please.
R - The Rehearsal
S - The School for Scandal
T - The Theban Plays, Sophocles
U - Uncle Vanya 1/30
V - The Vagina Monologues
W - The Winter's Tale 3/13
X - Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung: Two Inter-Related Plays
Y - You Never Can Tell
Z - Lazarus Laughed, Eugene O'Neill
May Monthly Challenge 9/10 done.
Tied Up, Tied Down 5/9***
Heather: The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever 5/7****
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal 5/30****
He Loves Lucy 5/17***
(He Loves Lucy doesn't exactly have a recipe that calls for mayo, but it is on her sandwich in the food journal she's keeping and she mentions it in explicit detail:
"Light mayonnaise is like masturbation--it approximates the real thing but leaves you unfulfilled, ultimately leading to fantasies about diving face-first into a big-ass jar of the real stuff."
As soon as I read that I thought it would be perfect for this category.)
Cowgirl Up and Ride 5/8****
6. "Mayday mayday mayday! We're going down!": 6.3. Read a book where the h/h are involved in a plane crash (bonus points if they actually use the term "Mayday mayday mayday!")
Island of the Sequined Love Nun
Blue Dahlia 5/2***
The Anubis Gates 5/31****
The Gunslinger 5/11***
The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr 5/8
A-Z Word ChallengeDuration:July 1st to December 31st
A-After - A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark) 9/16***
B-Bite - Magic Bites 9/10****
C-Charm - The Charmer
D-Desire - Between the Devil and Desire 8/4****
E-Embrace - Night Embrace
F-Fire - The Girl Who Played with Fire
G-Game - The Hunger Games 7/7****
H-Hell - The Last Hellion
I-Immortal - On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality)
J-Just - Just Listen 8/11****
K-Kiss - The Darkest Kiss
L-Light - Tempt Me at Twilight
M-Miss - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
N-Night - The Darkest Night 10/14**
O-One - Someone to Love
P-Passion - The Darkest Passion
Q-Queen - Queen of the Darkness
R-Rogue - Gentle Rogue
S-Shadow - Heir to the Shadows
T-Thirst - Thirst for Love 8/13***
U-Untamed - Dark Warrior Untamed 10/3****
V-Vampire - Vampire Academy 7/2***
W-Witch - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
X- TBD - Golem in the Gears (Xanth)
Y-You - Somewhere I'll Find You
Z-Zombie - My Zombie Valentine 8/21***
Sshhh�.That’s Taboo! Reading ChallengeDuration: April 1 - October 1
Required total number of books: 10
10/10 complete
Religion and/or Spirituality
7/23****American Gods
7/7****The Master and Margarita
Politics
6/18****Ender's Game
7/16***Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Sexuality
8/17**Overlord's Vessel
9/30**Fleetblade
Both contain BDSM.
Other Controversial Topics:
4/30***The Lovely Bones
9/21****The Surgeon
Banned Books
7/19We
7/16****Slaughterhouse-Five
Pick It For Me ChallengeFebruary - Strange Brew, picked by Tosca 2/7**** My Review
March - The Host, picked by Pollyanna 3/24**** My Review
April - Blood Brothers, picked by Rachel 4/30****
May - Daughter of the Blood, picked by Annvelwis 5/27***
June - Vampire Academy, picked by N.L. 7/2***
October - Alice I Have Been, picked by Katherine 10/13****
November - The Alchemist, picked by Pollyanna 11/16****
December - Vegan Brunch, picked by Ari 12/20****
January - Sh*t My Dad Says, picked by Kerste 1/5****
February - Halfway to the Grave & Conversion, picked by Fran 2/9****, 2/17***
March - One Foot in the Grave, picked by D.G. 3/25
April - The Storyteller's Daughter, picked by moulin 4/17***.5
May - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever, picked by ~Megan~ 5/7****
Featured Authors Challenge2011
January - Charlaine Harris - Real Murders 1/29***
February - Julie Garwood - The Lion's Lady 2/27***
March - Catherine Coulter - The Maze 3/18***
April - Debbie Macomber - Fairy Tale Weddings 4/24***
May - Iris Johansen - The Face of Deception 5/29***
June - Lynsay Sands
2010
January - Nora Roberts - Remember When 1/29***
February - Linda Howard - Mackenzie's Mountain 2/19**
March - Johanna Lindsey - Love Only Once 3/6****
April - Sherrilyn Kenyon - Fantasy Lover 4/28***
May - Christine Feehan - Shadow Game 5/30***
June - Lora Leigh - Wild Card DNF
July - Janet Evanovich - To the Nines 7/31***
August - J.R. Ward - Lover Unbound 8/31***
September - Tess Gerritsen - The Surgeon 9/21****
October - Gena Showalter - The Darkest Night 10/14**
November - Patricia Briggs - Blood Bound 11/29***
December - Lisa Kleypas - Somewhere I'll Find You 12/7****Lynsay Sands
Covers, Covers, Covers ChallengeJuly 15, 2010 - January 15, 2011
People in Covers
Lonely Chick Changeless
Lonesome Dude Slaughterhouse-Five 7/16****
Kissing/Doing It Lover Unbound 8/31***
Body Parts Just Listen 8/11****
Other than People
Animal Kingdom Animal Farm
Natural World Vengeance in Death
Structures American Gods 7/23****
Objects Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood 9/8***
Just Type To the Nines 7/31***
Covers According to You
Beautiful The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 7/25****
Ugly A Hunger Like No Other 9/17***
Your Favorite Color The Graduate 9/22*
Serial Readers ChallengeJanuary 25, 2011 - January 24, 2012
1) Jack the Page Ripper (15 books): 5/15
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3/23***4/18****
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2/8****4/20***
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2) Una-book-bomber (5 books): 4/5
chick-lit
1/30**** romance
2/27***mystery
1/28**fantasy
2/4***young adult
3) Spree Series Killer (1+ book): Done
3/15***
4) Author-ican Psycho (1 book): 0/1
5) Dr. Hannibal Lecturer (1 book): 0/1
6) The Book Strangler (1+ books): 3/5
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2/9****3/254/8
7) 3rd Degree (3 books): 0/3
BONUS: Bloody Mary (1 book): Done
3/18***
Build Your Own Box Set ChallengeBox Set #1
Read the Rainbow
Blue Smoke 2/27****
Box Set #2
Bite Me
Twilight
Dark Lover 2/27****
Dead Until Dark 4/17***
Marked
Box Set #3
A Walk in the Park
A Walk to Remember
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Mansfield Park
Jurassic Park
Box Set #4
Back to the Future
Outlander
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Machine 2/2****
Fire, Burn!
Box Set #5
The Song Remains the Same
Books that have inspired songs I love.
The Language of Fear - contains the short story Without You, inspiration for November Rain, by Guns N' Roses
Johnny Got His Gun - One, Metallica
Triad - Rhiannon, Fleetwood Mac
The Master and Margarita - Sympathy for the Devil, The Rolling Stones
Lolita - Don't Stand So Close To Me, The Police
The Stranger - Killing an Arab, The Cure
Box Set #6
Time to Eat
They say it's healthier to have 6 small meals a day...
Breakfast of Champions 2/11
Naked Lunch
The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul
Dinner at the End of the World 2/22****
Fit to Die - Supper Club Mystery #2 2/18***
The Snack Thief
Create Your Own Reading ChallengeChallenge Title: What are they reading?
Duration: June 18 - December 31, 2010
Number of Books: 12
Challenge Description: Read 12 books that are being read or are referenced by characters in the books that I've read.
List of Books:
1 - Claiming the Highlander, read by Amanda in Night Pleasures
2 - Six Tales of the Jazz Age, referenced by Dunstan in Fifth Business
Books into Movies ChallengeJuly 1 - December 31, 2010
1 - The English Patient
2 - The Time Traveler's Wife
3 - Jane Eyre
4 - Message in a Bottle
5 - The Great Gatsby
6 - Twilight
7 - Atonement
8 - PS, I Love You
9 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 7/25****
10- Journey to the Centre of the Earth 7/14***
Read Your Name ChallengeMarch 14 - June 14, 2010
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A-Z Author Challenge 201024/26 Complete
A-Pamela Aidan - An Assembly Such as This 1/24****
B-Patricia Briggs - Moon Called 4/14***
C-Loretta Chase - Not Quite A Lady 1/24***
D-Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 7/16***
E-Janet Evanovich - To the Nines 7/31***
F-F. Scott Fitzgerald - Six Tales of the Jazz Age 7/21****
G-Tess Gerritsen - The Surgeon 9/21****
H-S.E. Hinton - The Outsiders 7/17****
I-Christopher Isherwood - A Single Man 9/28****
J-K.W. Jeter - Infernal Devices 6/30***
K-Lisa Kleypas - Again The Magic 3/10**
L-Stieg Larsson - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 7/25****
M-Stephenie Meyer - The Host 3/24****
N-Naomi Neale - I Went to Vassar for This? 7/30**
O-Michael Ondaatje - The English Patient
P-Marie Phillips - Gods Behaving Badly 5/9***
Q-Julia Quinn - The Duke And I 5/14****
R-Nora Roberts - Remember When 1/29***
S-Patrick Süskind - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 3/18
T-Vicki Lewis Thompson - Gone With the Nerd 9/7***
U-John Updike - Gertrude and Claudius 2/25***
V-Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions 2/11
W-Scott Westerfeld - Uglies 6/22***
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Y-Richard Yates - The Easter Parade 3/23***
Z-Yevgeny Zamyatin - We 7/19
A-Z Book Challenge - Romance Only24/26 Complete
A-An Assembly Such as This 1/24
B-Blue Smoke 2/27
C-Crime Scene At Cardwell Ranch (Montana Mystique) 8/14
D-Duty and Desire 2/4
E-The English Patient
F-First Comes Marriage 3/19
G-Glory in Death 3/27
H-The Hollow 5/7
I-It Happened One Autumn 3/14
J-Just Imagine 2/24
K-Keepsake Christmas Stories 1993 1/30
L-Lord of Scoundrels 2/1
M-Mistress 1/19
N-Not Quite A Lady 1/24
O-One Night with a Spy 1/1
P-Playing With Fire 4/11
Q-Question Quest 12/12
R-Remember When 1/29
S-Surrender to a Wicked Spy 1/1
T-These Three Remain 2/12
U-Undead and Unwed 6/8
V-Venus in Blue Jeans 8/15
W-The Wicked Earl 2/19
X-Xone of Contention
Y-You Slay Me 2/14
Z-Zinnia 3/8
A-Z Character Challenge - Male23/26
A- Alex Moore - Anyone But You
B- Baron Cain - Just Imagine
C- Conall Maccon, Earl of Woolsey - Soulless
D- Dane Calwell, Viscount Greenleigh - Surrender to a Wicked Spy
E- Elliot Wallace, Viscount Lyngate - First Comes Marriage
F- Fitzwilliam Darcy - An Assembly Such as This
G- Gabriel Jones - Second Sight
H- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - Hamlet
I- Ian O'Shea - The Host
J- Jack Farley - Nerd in Shining Armor
K- Kilgore Trout - Breakfast of Champions
L- Lucas Trent - Amaryllis
M- Marcus Ramsay, Lord Dryden - One Night with a Spy
N- Nicholas Eden, Viscount of Montieth - Love Only Once
O- Okonkwo - Things Fall Apart
P- Ponyboy Michael Curtis - The Outsiders
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R- Roarke - In Death Series by J.D. Robb
S- Sebastian Ballister, Marquess of Dain - Lord of Scoundrels
T- Tom Paoletti - The Unsung Hero
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V- Vishous - Lover Unbound
W- Wolf Mackenzie - Mackenzie's Mountain
X- X(A/N)th - Question Quest
Y- Yakichi Sugimoto - Thirst for Love
Z- Zachary Gabriel Jones - Sizzle and Burn
A-Z Character Challenge - Female
22/26 Read
A- Aisling Grey - You Slay Me
B- Bella - Lover Awakened
C- Charlotte Hayward - Not Quite A Lady
D- Daisy Bowman - Scandal in Spring
E- Elizabeth Bennet - An Assembly Such as This
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G- Genevieve Terrence - Nerd in Shining Armor
H- Hannah Appleton - A Wallflower Christmas
I- Iphiginia Bright - Mistress
J- Julia Barrowby - One Night with a Spy
K- Kinsey Millhone - A is for Alibi
L- Laine Tavish - Remember When
M- Mary Elizabeth Potter - Mackenzie's Mountain
N- Nina Askew - Anyone But You
O- Olivia Cheltenham - Surrender to a Wicked Spy
P- Prudence Merryweather - Dangerous
Q- Quinn Black - Blood Brothers
R- Raine Tallentyre - Sizzle and Burn
S- Sookie Stackhouse - Dead Until Dark
T- Tally Youngblood - Uglies
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V- Vanessa Huxtable - First Comes Marriage
W- Wanderer/Wanda - The Host
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Z- Zinnia Spring - Zinnia
Romance Readers Reading Challenges
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Jan 26, 2010 - July 26, 2011
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1982-A is for Alibi 2/9
1983-Affair of Honor 10/20
1984-Just Imagine 2/24
1985-Love Only Once 3/6
1986-Infernal Devices 6/30
1987-Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
1988-The Alchemist 11/16
1989-Mackenzie's Mountain 2/19
1990-Good Omens 1/23/11
1991-Scandal 11/28
1992-The Thief of Always: A Fable 3/29
1993-Dangerous 2/16
1994-Dinner at the End of the World 2/22
1995-Lord of Scoundrels 2/1
1996-Amaryllis 3/7
1997-Zinnia 3/8
1998-Orchid 3/10
1999-Dark Prince 4/4
2000-Gertrude and Claudius 2/25
2001-American Gods 7/23
2002-The Lovely Bones 4/30
2003-Remember When 1/29
2004-Duty and Desire 2/4
2005-These Three Remain 2/12
2006-Mistborn: The Final Empire 4/9
2007-Fit to Die 2/18
2008-Sizzle and Burn 2/13
2009-Strange Brew 2/7
2010-My Zombie Valentine 8/21