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Sharon wrote: "FINISHED ... finally got a "Y" book!

The Favorites Challenge
Duration: January 1 � December 31, 2013

Category 1:
Favorite weather:
S U M M E R
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Congratulations Sharon. You've earned it.

I still need to read World War Z for my W book but then I'm all done :)

Man, I only have 5 to go! I don't think I'll complete it by December 31/January 1, though.

Yay, finally finished World War Z, and therefore this challenge :)

Favourite Weather: Snow

S Scarlet - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 31/05/13
N Never Let Me Go - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 02/01/12
O Of Mice and Men - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜� - 19/05/12
W World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜� - 26/12/13

Favourite Genre: YA Dystopia

1. Under the Never Sky - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 08/01/12
2. The Blemished - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜� - 16/02/13
3. The Vanished - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 10/03/13
4. Fever - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 21/03/13
5. Light - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 18/05/13

Favourite Author: J.K. Rowling

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 26/01/13
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 29/01/13
3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 11/05/13
4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 28/08/13
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 16/10/13

Favourite Holiday: Christmas

C Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 30/01/13
H Heroes - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜� - 20/09/13
R Romeo & Juliet - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜� - 21/07/13
I I Ble'r Aeth Haul y Bore ? - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 19/07/13
S Speaker for the Dead - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 27/06/13
T Telling the Bees - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜� - 29/05/13
M My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜� - 13/03/13
A The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜� - 02/02/13
S The Secret Hour - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜� - 28/07/13

Favourite Colour: Blue
five books with blue covers

1. - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 23/01/13
2. - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 12/01/13
3. - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 28/04/13
4. - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 12/05/13
5. - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜� - 22/08/13

Completed 28/28

Congratulations Lilac. Excellent work.

UPDATE

Finally updated mine! I hope we do another one in 2014!



The Favorites Challenge
Duration: January 1 � December 31, 2013
Status: 30/33

Category 1: Season/Weather

S - The Light Between Oceans, M. L. Stedman - 1/8/13 ****
P - The Peach Keeper, Sarah Addison Allen - 2/18/13 **
R - The Edge of Winter, Luanne Rice - 1/21/13 ****
I - The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey - 1/28/13 ****
N - Nine Dragons, Michael Connelly - 2/22/13 ****
G - Looking for Alaska, John Green - 4/20/13 *

R - The Reversal, Michael Connelly - 2/26/13 ****
A - The Sugar Queen, Sarah Addison Allen - 2/6/13 ***
I - If I Stay, Gayle Forman - 5/8/13 ****
N - Coraline, Neil Gaiman - 10/8/13 ***

Category 2: Mystery
Choosing to read 5

1. The Closers, Michael Connelly - 1/4/13 ***
2. Echo Park, Michael Connelly - 2/2/13 ****
3. The Overlook, Michael Connelly - 2/3/13 ***
4. The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly - 3/11/13 ***
5. The Drop, Michael Connelly - 3/29/13 ***

Category 3: Favorite Author: Tess Gerritsen
Going to read 5 Karin Slaughter books, thanks to Literature Map. Grant County Series

1. Blindsighted - 2/14/13 ***
2. Kisscut - 4/28/13 ****
3. A Faint Cold Fear - 7/22/13 ***
4. Indelible - 8/17/13 ***
5. Faithless - 10/25/13

Category 4: Favorite Holiday: Halloween
I'll choose books from horror/supernatural/paranormal/spooky categories.

1. Second Sight, Amanda Quick - 7/16/13 **** (Paranormal)
2. White Lies, Jayne Ann Krentz - 9/15/13 **** (Paranormal)
3. Jamaica Inn, Daphne DuMaurier - 10/18/13 *** (Gothic, Spooky)
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Category 5: Sport: Hockey, Detroit Red Wings
R - Zodiac Unmasked: The Identity of America's Most Elusive Serial Killers Revealed, Robert Graysmith - 8/3/13 ***
E - The End of Your Life Book Club, Will Schwalbe - 1/17/13 **
D - Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business, Dolly Parton - 1/13/13 ****
W - Winter Garden, Kristin Hannah - 1/15/13 **
I - If You Ask Me, Betty White - 5/16/13 ****
N -
G - Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn - 4/29/13 ***
S - Saving Francesca, Melina Marchetta - 4/4/13 ****

All Done!

Challenge Completed
Yearly Challenge: Favorites Challenge
Goal 41/41

Category 1:
S:The Stranger
N:Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
O:My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
W:Vicious: Wolves and Men in America
F:The Complete Fairy Tales
L:The Battle of the Labyrinth
A:The Golden Ass: The Transformations of Lucius
K:Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
E:Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
S:Dracula by Bram Stoker

Category 2:
Read 5 Historical Fiction Books
1.A Tale of Two Cities
2.Beloved
3.Highlander Most Wanted
4.The Shadowy Horses
5.Shadow of Night

Category 3
Favorite Author:
J:The Trial of Joan of Arc
K:The Brothers Karamazov

R:The Road
O:The Last Olympian
W:The Princess Bride by William Goldman
L:The Treasure of the City of Ladies
I: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
N:American Gods by Neil Gaiman
G:Gone Girl

Category 4
Favorite Holiday:
C:A Medieval Life: Cecilia Penifader of Brigstock, C. 1295-1344
H: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
R:Down London Road
I:Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier
S:Shanghai Girls
T:The Titan's Curse
M:Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages
AThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
S: Sea Swept

Category 5
Favorite Sport: My university's team! GO STATE!!
C:The Social Contract by John-Jacques Rousseau
Y:Pilgrims of the Vertical: Yosemite Rock Climbers and Nature at Risk
C:The Casual Vacancy
L:Lysistrata and Other Plays
O:American Green: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn
N: Rising Tides by Nora Roberts
E:The Way to the West: Essays on the Central Plains
S:Entwined with You by Sylvia Day

Finished!

The Favorites Yearly Challenge
Duration: 1/1/13-12/31/13
Completed: 40/40

Category 1:
Favorite weather: Spell out your favorite season and/or type of weather!

S: Some Girls Bite - Chloe Neill - 7/5/13
P: Pleasure Unbound - Larissa Ione - 10/28/13
R: Rogue Rider - Larissa Ione - 5/13/13
I: Inside - Brenda Novak - 3/16/13
N: Nauti Boy - Lora Leigh - 7/30/13
G: Getting Lucky - Susan Andersen - 2/24/13

S: Standing in the Shadows - Shannon McKenna - 2/16/13
U: Undertow - Cherry Adair - 10/1/13
N: Next of Kin - Sharon Sala - 5/19/13
S: Summer At Willow Lake - Susan Wiggs - 10/5/13
H: Club Dead - Charlaine Harris - 10/26/13
I: Ice Blue - Anne Stuart - 3/31/13
N: No Place to Run - Maya Banks - 12/28/13
E: Exclusively Yours - Shannon Stacey - 1/20/13

Category 2:
Favorite Genre: Read at least 5 books from your favorite genre.

Romantic Suspense
1. Black Ice - Anne Stuart - 2/17/13
2. Dead Wrong - Mariah Stewart - 3/10/13
3. Edge of Sight - Roxanne St. Claire - 5/27/13
4. Deadly Heat - Cynthia Eden - 6/9/13
5. Out Of Control - Shannon McKenna - 8/16/13

Category 3:
Favorite Author: Read at least 5 books by your favorite author.

Nora Roberts
1. Genuine Lies - 2/2/13
2. Brazen Virtue - 4/14/13
3. Time and Again: Time Was / Times Change - 4/21/13
4. Divine Evil - 4/28/13
5. Captivated - 8/31/13

Category 4:
Favorite Holiday: Spell out your favorite holiday.

C: Carnal Innocence - Nora Roberts - 2/14/13
H: How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire - Kerrelyn Sparks - 10/13/13
R: Rock Chick - Kristen Ashley - 7/28/13
I: Ice Storm - Anne Stuart - 6/23/13
S: Simply Irresistible - Rachel Gibson - 11/22/13
T: Tribute - Nora Roberts - 3/3/13
M: Mine to Take - Cynthia Eden - 8/22/13
A: Against the Law - Kat Martin - 5/22/13
S: Shameless - Cheryl Douglas - 7/6/13

Category 5:
Favorite Sport: Spell out your favorite sport and/or your favorite sports team.

B: Beg for Mercy - Jami Alden - 8/18/13
R: Ceremony in Death - J.D. Robb - 7/5/13
O: One Fifth Avenue - Candace Bushnell - 2/7/13
N: Naked Truth - Amy J. Fetzer - 6/9/13
C: Cold As Ice - Anne Stuart - 3/24/13
O: One Last Chance - Shelby Gates - 8/3/13
S: Smoke in Mirrors - Jayne Ann Krentz - 11/29/13