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Kathy, enjoy your trip!!!! I've never been to Europe.

I'm leaving this morning for a few days away with my daughter and I know we'll have fun, but I sure wish I were going somewhere exotic!

UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: "Kathy, enjoy your trip!!!! I've never been to Europe.

I'm leaving this morning for a few days away with my daughter and I know we'll have fun, but I sure wish I were going somewhere exotic!"

Exotic . . .sigh. I haven't seen exotic is years!! We are taking kids to the beach in October, probably. So not exotic with a squabble of children along but it's better than nothing.

Where are you going?

We're just driving to St. George Utah and using that as our "home base" and then going through Zion National Park. Nothing major, just a chance to get away for a few days.

UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: "We're just driving to St. George Utah and using that as our "home base" and then going through Zion National Park. Nothing major, just a chance to get away for a few days."

That sounds fun! We want to take family vacation up to Yellowstone one year. I'm waiting on the girls to get older. At 12, 10, and 7 I'm not exactly up to a plane ride NOR a car trip with them for that lenght of time. Somebody might come back strangled. ;-)

Oh, I LOVED Yellowstone! What an amazing trip that was. I hope you get to do it!!

We will. A friend of the hubby's took his honeymoon there and said it was awesome! My goal is to travel to all of the 50 states at least once. My gparents used to take a 3 week trip every summer and drive from here (GA) to Vegas and back in an RV. I'd like to do something like that. again, when the kids are older!

I don't travel very well anymore, and this is going to be quite a test of my... endurance? Stamina? We'll see how it goes!

When my kids were 2, 5 and 16 we loaded up the family and drove from California to Louisiana. THAT was a nightmare! LOL

You girls are talking about my neck of the woods. Yellowstone IS awesome and so is the surrounding areas. Cody, Jackson, Devil's tower, etc. etc. Wyoming is such an amazing state. We just found out near Sheridan there is Polo, who would have thought? So we are going next weekend, can't wait. You can drive your car up to the grass and have a picnic and watch a polo match. I love watching horses run.

UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: "I don't travel very well anymore, and this is going to be quite a test of my... endurance? Stamina? We'll see how it goes!

When my kids were 2, 5 and 16 we loaded up the family and drove from Cali..."


Wow! LOL! The farthest we've traveled with the children has been 6 hours. If we can't drive it in less than 6 hours with a car full of children, we don't go. They are getting older and easier some days. Very few days. One day a week maybe.

Katherine, that was one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. Amazing!

Katherine wrote: "You girls are talking about my neck of the woods. Yellowstone IS awesome and so is the surrounding areas. Cody, Jackson, Devil's tower, etc. etc. Wyoming is such an amazing state. We just found..."

LOL!! I can see me dragging my redneck DH to a polo match! LOL!! Fun, fun.

Mandy, it was quite a challenge to drive that far. My husband is a "talker" and wouldn't stop explaining to my 2 year old why he needed to try harder to plan ahead and pee in the restaurants or rest stops. 2 years old. Anyway, I was driving along and he'd been going on for a good 10 minutes and I looked up in the rear view mirror ready to tell him to shut up already, just in time to see my 2 year old slap him across the face. LOLOLOL I know it wasn't nice, but I laughed and laughed because damnit, I was ready to do the same thing.

LOL!! My husband is a talker too. Drives me BATTY! He does the same thing to all of us. . .in his mind he's just "looking after" his girls and I appreciate the sentiment, but it's enough to make me zone out.

I've begun noticing the same look on our oldest daughter's face. LOL!

Dhes that is funny. What did your husband do?

We go to California once a year and my DH is so cheap we never stop. So 17 hours we drive with 2 boys (now 12 and 7) and sometimes my daughter. It's a long drive but they are really good.

UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: "Oh, I LOVED Yellowstone! What an amazing trip that was. I hope you get to do it!!"

Yellowstone is one of my favorite places...I visited for the third time last month and had a lot of fun with my niece and nephew who had never been before. :)

UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: "I don't travel very well anymore, and this is going to be quite a test of my... endurance? Stamina? We'll see how it goes!

When my kids were 2, 5 and 16 we loaded up the family and drove from Cali..."

To an extent I think I can relate. When my daughter was 6 and I was 10 weeks pregnant with my son we (hubby included) drove from California to Texas where we spent a week with family and then drove from Texas to Virginia.

I'm in! I actually already do this challenge every month for another group, so it'll be like hitting two birds with one stone. (...also, that's a really horrible analogy, now that I've typed it out. Why would you throw stones at birds? I'd think shooting them would be more efficient. Maybe it should be 'like hitting two birds with one bullet'.)

Not sure what the origin or story behind the bird cliche is but its not the only one that sounds cruel. I started to sing Rock A Bye Baby to my daughter and as I came to the end I stopped and thought how horrible and found something else to sing to her.

I was just singing that to myself and it is kind of ick, about a baby falling out a tree! Ring a Roses is a bit like that aswell, isn't it a euphemism for people dying from the black death?

I think you're right about Ring of Roses.

OK, I'm in if that's OK. I've started a couple of these already but I need to finish them so this might give me the incentive. I know I squeaked in the third E but looking at my to read list this is my on ones I want to get to.

EDIT- I have replaced my "R" book now and I'm all ready to go.

S Slightly Married- Mary Balogh-completed 3 stars
E Eloisa James- Midnight Pleasures-completed 3 stars
P Paretsky, Sarah - Hardball
T Three Little Secrets- Liz Carlyle- completed 4 stars
E Elliot, George - Adam Bede
M More than a Mistress - Mary Balogh-completed 5 stars
B Ben Kane - The Silver Eagle-completed 3 stars
E L'Engle, Madeleine- A Wrinkle in Time
R Rawn, Melanie - Dragon Prince

I'm in, but there's still so much August reading to do - will wait a little longer before posting & maybe I won't make so many changes!

Ladies, I just got back home so I'm playing catch-up. If you've asked to join this challenge but your name isn't listed, please post again so I can get you added.

Thanks!

UM, my name isn't on the list. How dare you, skipping my message 28? ;)

What are you talking about, Dina? You're there. LOL (NOW you're there)

Robin wrote: "I think you're right about Ring of Roses."

Yep- I'm sure that's correct. Has anyone else read Anya Seton's Katherine? - there is a really distinctive scene in there of various people getting drunk and dancing whilst the black death rages through the castle- very gruesome.

SPELL SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE
Duration: September 1 - September 30

0/9 completed

S = Surrender by Pamela Clare
E = Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare
P = Pamela Clare's Untamed
T = Tracy Anne Warren's At the Duke's Pleasure
E = The Education of Mrs. Brimley by Donna MacMeans
M = Michelle Reid's The Ultimate Betrayal
B = Bonnie Dee & Summer Devon's The Gentleman and the Rogue
E = Suzanne Enoch's Reforming a Rake
R = Reckless Passion by Amanda Young

I'll participate too. Thanks for the great idea. I'll start on my list now.

We're glad you're joining us! :) This is a variation on a challenge offered over on the Romance Readers Reading Challenge group. If you LOVE challenges, and want to really see some great ones, check out that group :)

I've got you both added, Lisa and Melissa!

Wow, great list, Melissa! I have Elizabeth Hoyt's Prince trilogy for all 3 of my E reads. :) Are you going to do the Build Your Own Challenge challenge, too?

I'd love to participate also!

Here's my list so far will update as I go:

0/9 Complete

S: Sinful by Charlotte Featherstone
E:
P: The Passage by Justin Kronin
T:
E:
M: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
B: Black and White by Jackie Kessler & Caitlin Kittredge
E:
R: Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells

My list :
4/9

S = Street Game (GhostWalkers #8) - Christine Feehan
E = Erin McCarthy - The Pregnancy Test (NY Girlfriends #1) + NY Girlfriends #2
P = Patricia Briggs - Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega #1) + Alpha & Omega #2
T = To Catch an Heiress (Ex-spies #1) - Julia Quinn + Ex-spies #2
E = Elizabeth Lane - The Borrowed Bride + His Substitute Bride, The Horseman's Bride
M = Morgan, Alexis - Dark Protector (Paladins of Darkness #1)
B = Brent Weeks - The Way of Shadows (Night Angel #1) + Night Angel #2, #3
E = Emily Brontë - Wuthering Heights
R = the Road - Cormac McCarthy

You're in KK! Glad to have you with us :)

Hi,

I am in! I am working on a September list for Romance Readers Reading challenge group. Would I be able to use the same list here? This is my first challenge in this group.

Welcome, Hina! YES! You can use the same list from ANY challenge group you're participating in.

Cool!! I will post my list up soon.

0/9 Completed

S - A Gentleman's Honor By Stephanie Laurens.
E - To Beguile a Beast By Elizabeth Hoyt.
P - At the Bride Hunt Ball By Olivia Parker.
T - To Seduce A Sinner By Elizabeth Hoyt.
E - Two for the Dough By Janet Evanovich.
M - The Manning Grooms By Debbie MaComber.
B - The Bride By Julie Garwood.
E - An Affair Before Christmas By Eloisa James.
R - The Rogue and the Rival By Maya Rodale.

Oh, Hina - I really liked At The Bride Hunt Ball and The Bride! Great list!

Thanks! I have had the Bride for so long and somehow I have not been able to read it this past month.

I thought I'd list some LK books that would fit. I was thinking of editing my list slightly. Unfortunately I really need to change my R (there are no r titles!) as I'm going to be travelling for 10 days in September and I don't think I'll get through 2 classics in the month.

They cover S P T M B

Nice list, Mshj - just for your information, the books don't have to be LK books, but I think it's very amazing you've compiled the list!

UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: "Nice list, Mshj - just for your information, the books don't have to be LK books, but I think it's very amazing you've compiled the list!"

Well I was looking for "R" titles- but of course there aren't any! I might reread Regency Buck. I've already submitted a draft list but revisions are everything.

I'm thinking I'll re-read some E. Lowell to rund out the rest of my E's. I can't find anything else!

I'm trying very hard not to start my challenge early. All those books sitting on the shelf ready to go....and a long bank holiday weekend ahead.

Mshj wrote: "I'm trying very hard not to start my challenge early. All those books sitting on the shelf ready to go....and a long bank holiday weekend ahead."

Three of my books won't even be here until next week! LOL!

I'm interested.

You're on, Lacy! Welcome to the challenge :)

Thanks!