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My spot!TCF Monthly Challenge
Read: 4/8
L: Love and the Exorcism
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E: Eli Easton - The Stolen Suitor � ★★★★� | 2/4
Floral Design Day: Read a book with flowers on the cover.
Love and the Exorcism
National World Thinking Day: Read a book that really makes you think.
One Man Guy � ★★★★� | 2/2
Groundhog Day: Read a book that you could read over and over and over again.
The Dark Collector � ★★★★� | 2/4
Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday: Read a book from a series that you’d love to binge read.
You � ★★★★� | 2/8
this here be my spot. :-)I continue my rebel ways. Plus, I know a guy who used to tour with him and like many of his songs.
Alice Cooper ~ Feb. 4th
A: Adams, Douglas, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish 2/10/16
L: Life, the Universe and Everything 2/5/16
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R: Rayne Hall, Writing Fight Scenes 2/6/16
Progress: 14 /14 Words Associated:
B Beaton - Death of a Gossip
O Once Upon Stilettos
W - Winter Bloom
L - Little Beach Street Bakery
L - Lutz - How to Start a Fire
O Out of the Easy
V - Victoria laurie - Death Perception
E - Elizabeth George - Well-Schooled in Murder
Birthdays:
G - Graham - The Presence
R - Ruiz - The Shadow of the Wind
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B - Baumeister - The School of Essential Ingredients
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Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
February Monthly ChallengeREAD: 9/9
M: Melting the Ice - Jaci Burton 2/13
A: Bound to Darkness - Lara Adrian 2/2
R: Ecstasy Bound - Ruth Kerce 2/27
D: The Dirt on Ninth Grave - Darynda Jones 2/12
I: Iron & Velvet - Alexis Hall 2/5
G: Go Big or Go Home - Will Hobbs 2/2
R: Rapture - J.R. Ward 2/28
A: An Ice Cold Grave - Charlaine Harris 2/10
S: Shards of Hope - Nalini Singh 2/12
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
February 2016 - TCF Monthly ChallengeTitle •Author or •Series
SWEETHEART
♦S - Bend, Don't Break by Skye Callahan - 2/2
♦W - A Walk to Remember - 2/10
♦E - Mine to Keep by Cynthia Eden - 2/17
♦E - Exposure - 2/20
♦T - The Training - 2/9
♦H - His to Take - 2/22
♦E - Billionaire in the Dark by Eden Claire - 2/24
♦A - Lady Luck - 2/15
♦R - Silent Scream by Karen Rose - 2/5
♦T - Touch - 2/24
February Stats: 4/4 CompleteL The Library at Mount Char 2/9/16 ★★�
O Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats 2/21/16 ★★★★�
V [sub:series binge] Bring Up the Bodies 2/1/16 ★★★★�
E Exile 2/14/16 ★★★★
February Monthly Challenge2/1 - 2/29/16
READ: 9/9 DONE!
M: Marie Lavender - Upon Your Honor (Heiresses in Love #2) 2/7/16 4stars
A: All I Want (Animal Magnetism #7) by Jill Shalvis 2/5/16 4stars
R: Rachel Lacey - Unleashed (Love to the Rescue #1) 2/15/16 4stars
D: Driving with the Top Down by Beth Harbison 2/29/15 4stars
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Driving with the Top Down: A NovelG:
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A: Almost Home (A Mangrove Island Novel Book 7) by Neve Cottrell 2/19/16 4stars
S: Selvig, Lizbeth - The Bride Wore Starlight (Seven Brides for Seven Cowboys, #3) 2/14/16 4star
Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Floral Design Day: Read a book with flowers on the cover.
The Friends We Keep (Mischief Bay #2) by Susan Mallery 2/23/16 5starsNational World Thinking Day: Read a book that really makes you think.
Groundhog Day: Read a book that you could read over and over and over again.
Super Bowl Sunday: Read a book where football is played.
The Best Medicine (Strictly Business, #1) by Elizabeth Hayley 2/18/16 4stars (Redskins - watch on TV and at a game)Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday: Read a book from a series that you’d love to binge read.
Breaking Her Rules (Beyond the Cage #1) by Jennifer Snow 2/21/16 4stars (and I'm doing it - reading all 3 in a row)
February 2016 - TCF Monthly ChallengeTitle •Author or •Series
Read 15/15
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
VALENTINE
V The Billionaire's Christmas Baby by Victoria James 2/11 ★★�
A Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews 2/18 ★★★★
L Lush Curves 2/22 ★★
E Midnight Pursuits by Elle Kennedy
N Ember's Fire by Norah Wilson 2/1 ★★�
T Too Far Gone 2/12 ★★�
I Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews 2/19 ★★★★�
N No Escape 2/27 ★★★★�
E Edge of Obsession 2/15 ★★★★
OSCARS
O Only Fear 2/13 ★★★★
S Scrumptious 2/27 ★★�
C Taking Fire by Cindy Gerard 2/4 ★★★★�
A At Wolf Ranch 2/20 ★★★★
R Bidding on Brooks by Katy Regnery 2/17 ★★★★
S Samson's Lovely Mortal 2/22 ★★★★
February Monthly ChallengeDuration: February 1 - 29, 2016
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Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Floral Design Day: Read a book with flowers on the cover.
National World Thinking Day: Read a book that really makes you think.
Super Bowl Sunday: Read a book where football is played.
TCF'S monthly challenge2/1/16-2/29/16
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Han, Jenny The Summer I turned pretty 2/17/16***
February Monthly Challenge18/18 Read
A - Abigail Roux ~ Part & Parcel ~ 2/3/16 ~ ★★�1/2
M - Mykles, Jet ~ Hell ~ 2/9/16 ~ ★★★★�
E - Emyr's Smile ~ 2/16/16 ~ ★★★★
T - THIRDS series ~ Hell & High Water ~ 2/1/16 ~ ★★★★
H - Heartsville series ~ Clique ~ 2/10/16 ~ ★★�
Y - York, Sara ~ No Fault of His Own ~ 2/27/16 ~ ★★1/2
S - Shiny Things ~ 2/12/16 ~ ★★★★
T - THIRDS series ~ Blood & Thunder ~ 2/14/16 ~ ★★★★�
D - Dirty Thirty ~ 2/10/16 ~ ★★�
R - The Ruin of Gabriel Ashleigh ~ 2/16/16 ~ ★★★★
E - Eli Easton - Fielding's Fa-La-La ~ 2/27/16 ~ ★★★★
W - The Wrong Man ~ 2/15/16 ~ ★★★★�
O - Oh, Crap! This Jock's Getting Married ~ 2/27/16 ~ ★★�
S - Society of Gentlemen series ~ A Fashionable Indulgence ~ 2/20/16 ~ ★★�1/2
C - Charlie Cochet ~ Rise & Fall ~ 2/24/16 ~ ★★★★1/2
A - Avery Cockburn ~ Play On ~ 2/25/16 ~ ★★�
R - Rack & Ruin ~ 2/22/16 ~ ★★★★
S - Shira Anthony ~ Running with the Wind ~ 2/25/16 ~ ★★★★
TCF's Monthly Challenge2/23
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Floral Design Day: Read a book with flowers on the cover.
National World Thinking Day: Read a book that really makes you think.
Groundhog Day: Read a book that you could read over and over and over again-The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon 2/3/16
Super Bowl Sunday: Read a book where football is played.
Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday: Read a book from a series that you’d love to binge read.
TCF's Monthly Challenge - FebruaryBegins: 01Feb16 / Ends: 29Feb16
9/6 completed
PISCES
P - Paula Hawkins / The Girl on the Train � � 11Feb16
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S - SEPETYS, Rutas / Between Shades of Gray � � 24Feb16
C- CAREY, Peter / Theft: A Love Story � � 01 Feb16
E - Elizabeth Berg / Dream When You're Feeling Blue � - 29Feb16
S - Stephanie Perkins / Anna and the French Kiss � - 27Feb16
BONUS/Optional tasks Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Floral Design Day: Flowers on cover -
� � 05Feb16 National World Thinking Day: Read a book that really makes you think. � The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop � � 03 Feb 16
Groundhog Day: Read a book that you could read over and over and over again - All the Light We Cannot See � � 17Feb16
Super Bowl Sunday: Read a book where football is played.
Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday: Read a book from a series that you’d love to binge read. - Hail to the Chef � � 09Feb16
I'm in. (1/6) O, One More Chance One More Chance
S. Stephen King (Dr. Sleep) Stephen King Doctor Sleep - done
C. CopraCopra: Round One
A. A is for AlibiA is for Alibi
R. I, Robot I, Robot
S. A Survival Guide: Living with Dinosaurs in the Jurassic PeriodA Survival Guide: Living with Dinosaurs in the Jurassic Period
TCF Monthly Challenge: February 2016
Duration: Feb. 1 -29th
� Word: Mardi Gras Tally: 0/9
Hard Level: ?
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Duration: Feb. 1 -29th
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TCF February Challenge 2016Word: Pisces
Read: 6/6
P-The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan - 4 stars (2/18)
I-Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle by Rosalind Miles - 4 stars (2/29)
S- Silk by Alessandro Baricco - 3 1/2 stars (2/6)
C- Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes - 5 stars (2/7)
E- Enchantment by Orson Scott Card - 3 stars (2/25)
S-The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes -3 stars (2/18)
TCF February Challenge 2016Word: Amethyst
Read: 3/8
A- A Turn of Tides - Bella Forrest (2/3)
M- Manhattan - Ronni Cooper (2/11)
E- Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell (2/29)
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H- Heartburn - Nora Ephron (2/14)
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TCF's February Challenge
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February Word: VIOLET
� V: Vengeance in Death - J.D. Robb
� I: If Only - Cherise Sinclair
� O: One Good Turn - Judith Arnold
� L: Lady of the Nile - Susan Krinard
� E: The Evasion - Adrienne Giordano
� T: Take Me to Paradise - Olivia Cunning
February Extras:
� Floral Design Day: Friends to Lovers - Christi Barth
� National World Thinking Day: TBD
� Groundhog Day: This is Who I Am - Cherise Sinclair
� Super Bowl Sunday: Undeniably You - Jewel E. Ann
� Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday:Wicked Cravings - Suzanne Wright
_TBD_
Mod
books read: 18
L Lost in Temptation2/5/16
O Opal Fire2/1/16
V Valentine Hound Dog2/15/16
E Escape Clause2/16/15
A Amethyst2/9/16
B Both Sides of Time 2/6/16
R Wicked Werewolves by Rachel M. Humphrey-D'aigle2/9/16
A Trainer of the Hounds by Dominic Arnett2/6/16
H Barbecue, Bourbon and Bullets: A HoneyBun Shop Mystery by M.E. Harmon2/4/16
A Fated Volition: The Sapphire Star Saga by A.L. Meinhold 2/20/16
M Murder al Dente2/6/16
L Love by the Letter2/11/16
I In Times Like These 2/13/16
N Never Buried2/15/16
C Charmed and Dangerous2/3/16
O One Night with a Stranger2/14/16
L Wild Justice by Liz Fielding 2/22/16
N New Moon Summer2/14/16
February 2016 TCF Monthly ChallengeDuration: February 1/16 - February 29/16
Words Associated With February:
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Birthdays in February:
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I'm in on this one!5/9 Completed
M - Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
A - All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven, ˥♥˥♥, 2/17/16
R - Rowling, J.K., Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, ˥♥˥˥�, 2/29/16
D - Diana Gabaldon, Outlander
I - I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
G - Garth Nix, Sabriel
R - Groundhog Day The Notebook
A - National World Thinking Day The Bat
S - The Secret Lives of Dresses by Erin McKean, ˥♥˥˥�, 2/7/15
Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Floral Design Day: Read a book with flowers on the cover. Luckiest Girl Alive
National World Thinking Day: Read a book that really makes you think. The Bat
Groundhog Day: Read a book that you could read over and over and over again. The Notebook
Super Bowl Sunday: Read a book where football is played.
Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday: Read a book from a series that you’d love to binge read.
15/7DONE
O Operation Zulu Redemption: Collateral Damage - Part 1 2/7
S Something's Cooking 2/3
C Cuckoo Clock Caper: A Josephine Stuart Mystery 2/3
A Andersen, Jessica Bullseye 2/7
R Rita Herron Cold Case at Carlton's Canyon 2/15
S Steinem, Gloria My Life on the Road 2/1
H Her Lone Wolf 2/15
U United We Spy 2/8
G Gone 2/14
O Operation Zulu Redemption: Hazardous Duty - Part 3 2/11
P Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek 2/10
A Annabel Monaghan A Girl Named Digit 2/10
T Time Crossed 2/8
T Taking Aim at the Sheriff 2/5
Y Yuletide Protector 2/5
15/15
Words Associated With February:7/9
M:Mexican Heat2/29˥♥˥♥
A Andrea Speed: Pretty Monsters 2/19/16 ˥♥
R:Rescue Me2/9 ˥♥˥♥
D:National World Thinking Day~Whatever the Cost2/19˥♥˥♥�
I:Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday~Necropolis2/29˥♥˥♥
G:L.B. Gregg, With This Bling2/9 ˥♥˥♥
R:
A:Amy Lane,Making Promises2/24 ˥♥˥♥
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Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Floral Design Day: Read a book with flowers on the cover.
National World Thinking Day: Read a book that really makes you think.
Groundhog Day: Read a book that you could read over and over and over again.
Super Bowl Sunday: Read a book where football is played.
Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday: Read a book from a series that you’d love to binge read.
I pick the word Pisces since I'm a Pisces. I choose the Academy Awards Theme and since Valentine's Day is this month I'll only read books with red and/or pink on the cover to make it a little harder.1/6 read
I: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai (Won 2013 Memoir & Autobiography GoodReads Choice Award and has pink in the cover)
S: Scalzi, John, author of Redshirts (Won 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel and has red on the cover)
C: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling (Won 2012 Fiction GoodReads Choice Award and has red in the cover)
E: Eco, Umberto, author of The Name of the Rose (Won 1984 PEN Translation Prize and has red on the cover)
S: Stephen King, author of Mr. Mercedes (Won 2014 Mystery & Thriller GoodReads Choice Award and has red in the cover)
TCF February Monthly Challenge February Words to Choose From:
Words Associated With February:
•Mardi Gras•Ash Wednesday•Violet•Amethyst•Pisces•Super Bowl•President’s Day� Valentine•Sweetheart•Love •Leap Year•Oscars
Birthdays in February:
(Please note you can do the whole name, first, and or last)
•Abraham Lincoln•Josh Groban•John Steinbeck•George Harrison•Drew Barrymore•Rue McClanahan •Patty Hearst•Jules Verne•Victor Hugo•Chris Farley
Themes to Choose From for Hard Level:
Leap Year: All of your books must be the fourth book in a series or the fourth book an author has published.
Academy Awards: All of your books must have won an award, could be a Pulitzer, a Hugo, a Rita or a ŷ yearly winner.
Tell a Fairy Tale day: All of your books must be fairy tales or fairy tale retellings.
Love Your Pet Day: All of your books must have pets that play major roles in the story.
Singles Awarness Day: All of your books must have characters that are unattached romantically.
Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Floral Design Day: Read a book with flowers on the cover.
National World Thinking Day: Read a book that really makes you think.
Groundhog Day: Read a book that you could read over and over and over again.
Super Bowl Sunday: Read a book where football is played.
Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday: Read a book from a series that you’d love to binge read.
I think I lost my post somewhere along the way...February 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: February 1 - February 29, 2016
Books Read: 14/14
***COMPLETED 2-29-2016***
February Word:
M ~ Kate Morton � The Lake House 2-3-2016 | 5*
A ~ Audrey Niffenegger � The Time Traveler's Wife 2-4-2016 | 3*
R ~ A Radical Arrangement|Jane Ashford 2-26-2016 | 2*
D ~ Diane Mott Davidson � Catering to Nobody 2-15-2016 | 2*
I ~ Initiate|Tara Maya 2-27-2016 | 1*
G ~ Grendel|John Gardner 2-10-2016 | 3*
R ~ J.D. Robb � Betrayal in Death 2-29-2016 | 3*
A ~ Amity & Sorrow|Peggy Riley 2-13-2016 4*
S ~ Stephen Chbosky � The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2-16-2016 4*
Birthday in February:
H ~ The Husband's Secret|Liane Moriarty 2-9-2016 | 4*
U ~ Unfinished Song Series Book #1 Initiate|Tara Maya 2-27-2016 | 1*
B ~ Linda Barrett � Her Long Walk Home 2-22-2016 | 3*
B ~ Behind the Seams|Betty Hechtman 2-23-2016 | 3*
Y ~ Year of Wonders|Geraldine Brooks 2-3-2016 | 3*
finished my challenge...happy reading!Words Associated With February:
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My challenge relates to a February Birthdate: Drew Barrymore4/9
B- Bradbury,Ray- Fahrenheit 451 (2/16/16) � � � �
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R- The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan (2/13/16)� � � �
R- Red Rising by Pierce Brown (2/14/16)� � � � �
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R- Richelle Mead, Soundless (2/3/16)� � � �
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February Monthly Challenge2/1/16/2/28/16
11/11
✓S Survivor In Death ˥♥˥♥
✓U Unrequited ˥♥
Purity in Death ˥♥˥♥
✓E Enigma ˥♥˥♥
✓R Rock Courtship ˥♥�
✓B Burning Alive ˥♥�
✓O Obsidian Butterfly ˥♥˥♥
✓W Wild Man ˥♥˥˥�
✓L Law Man ˥♥˥˥�
✓Superbowl Sunday: Quarterback Draw ˥♥˥♥
✓Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday: Lucky Break ˥♥˥˥�
Finished - Thanks for a great Challenge!February 2016 - TCF Monthly Challenge
Title •Author or •Series
SWEETHEART
♦S - Bend, Don't Break by Skye Callahan - 2/2
♦W - A Walk to Remember - 2/10
♦E - Mine to Keep by Cynthia Eden - 2/17
♦E - Exposure - 2/20
♦T - The Training - 2/9
♦H - His to Take - 2/22
♦E - Billionaire in the Dark by Eden Claire - 2/24
♦A - Lady Luck - 2/15
♦R - Silent Scream by Karen Rose - 2/5
♦T - Touch - 2/24
February 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge14/14
LOVE:
L: Lauren, Christina - Wicked Sexy Liar 8/2/16
O: Out of the Shallows 15/2/16
V: Vi Keeland - The Baller: A Down and Dirty Football Novel 9/2/16
E: Entwined with You 2/2/16
JOSH GROBAN:
J: Jill Shalvis - Under the Mistletoe 26/2/16
O: Otherworld #9 - Living with the Dead 18/2/16
S: Shelly Laurenston - When He Was Bad 5/2/16
H: Honoré de Balzac - Père Goriot 11/2/16
G: Gena Showalter - The Queen of Zombie Hearts 22/2/16
R: Rock Redemption 13/2/16
O: Otherworld Stories II - Tales of the Otherworld 20/2/16
B: Blood of the Demon 3/2/16
A: Animal Attraction 7/2/16
N: Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men 15/2/16
Question: In some challenges, the narrator of an audiobook can count towards the letter. Would that be OK for this challenge as well? Just checking....
February TCF Monthly Challenge
M: A Venetian Affair by Dana Mitchell - � - 2/21/16
A: Love Me by Diane Alberts (Take a Chance) - ˥♥� - 2/6/16
R: The Marriage Contract by Katee Robert (The O’Malleys) - ˥♥˥˥� - 2/11/16
D: Play Me by Diane Alberts (Take a Chance) - ˥♥�.5 - 2/7/16
I: I Wish You Were Mine by Lauren Layne (Oxford) - ˥♥˥♥.5 - 2/5/16
G: Going All the Way by Cynthia Cooke - ˥♥� - 2/18/16
R: Falling for His Best Friend by Katee Robert (Out of Uniform) - ˥♥˥♥.5 - 2/22/16
A: Take Me by Diane Alberts (Take a Chance) - ˥♥� - 2/7/16
S: Perfectly Imperfect by Harper Sloan - ˥♥˥˥� - 2/13/16
P: Pucked by Helena Hunting (Pucked) - ˥♥˥♥ - 2/1/16
I: Irresistibly Yours by Lauren Layne (Oxford) - ˥♥˥♥.5 - 2/4/16
S: Fade Into You by Tracy Wolff (Shaken Dirty) - ˥♥˥♥ - 2/14/16
C: Flirting With the Competition by Kerri Carpenter - ˥♥� - 2/17/16
E:
S: Fully Ignited by Shannon Stacey (Boston Fire) - ˥♥˥♥ - 2/22/16
S: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith - ˥♥� - 2/9/16
W: Drive Me Crazy by Tracy Wolff (Shaken Dirty) - ˥♥˥♥ - 2/14/16
E: Black Widow by Jennifer Estep (Elemental Assassin) - ˥♥˥˥� - 2/20/16
E: Second Chance Christmas by Ellen Butler - ˥♥� - 2/21/16
T: Heart Recaptured by Tillie Cole (Hades Hangmen) - ˥♥� - 2/15/16
H: Hard Ever After by Laura Kaye (Hard Ink) - ˥♥˥˥� - 2/2/16
E:
A: Accidentally in Love with the Biker by Teri Anne Stanley (What Happens in Vegas) - ˥♥˥♥ - 2/16/16
R: Mercury Striking by Rebecca Zanetti (Scorpius Syndrome) - ˥♥˥♥ - 2/2/16
T: Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi (Shatter Me) - ˥♥˥♥ - 2/2/16
Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Floral Design Day: Read a book with flowers on the cover.
National World Thinking Day: Read a book that really makes you think. - One More Chance by Abbi Glines (Rosemary Beach) - ˥♥˥˥� - 2/25/16
Groundhog Day: Read a book that you could read over and over and over again. - Live Without Regret by K.L. Grayson (A Touch of Fate) - ˥♥˥˥� - 2/19/16
Super Bowl Sunday: Read a book where football is played.
Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday: Read a book from a series that you’d love to binge read. - The Offer by Karina Halle - ˥♥˥♥ - 2/11/16
18/18 ReadA - Abigail Roux ~ Part & Parcel ~ 2/3/16 ~ ★★�1/2
M - Mykles, Jet ~ Hell ~ 2/9/16 ~ ★★★★�
E - Emyr's Smile ~ 2/16/16 ~ ★★★★
T - THIRDS series ~ Hell & High Water ~ 2/1/16 ~ ★★★★
H - Heartsville series ~ Clique ~ 2/10/16 ~ ★★�
Y - York, Sara ~ No Fault of His Own ~ 2/27/16 ~ ★★1/2
S - Shiny Things ~ 2/12/16 ~ ★★★★
T - THIRDS series ~ Blood & Thunder ~ 2/14/16 ~ ★★★★�
D - Dirty Thirty ~ 2/10/16 ~ ★★�
R - The Ruin of Gabriel Ashleigh ~ 2/16/16 ~ ★★★★
E - Eli Easton - Fielding's Fa-La-La ~ 2/27/16 ~ ★★★★
W - The Wrong Man ~ 2/15/16 ~ ★★★★�
O - Oh, Crap! This Jock's Getting Married ~ 2/27/16 ~ ★★�
S - Society of Gentlemen series ~ A Fashionable Indulgence ~ 2/20/16 ~ ★★�1/2
C - Charlie Cochet ~ Rise & Fall ~ 2/24/16 ~ ★★★★1/2
A - Avery Cockburn ~ Play On ~ 2/25/16 ~ ★★�
R - Rack & Ruin ~ 2/22/16 ~ ★★★★
S - Shira Anthony ~ Running with the Wind ~ 2/25/16 ~ ★★★★
February Monthly ChallengeDuration: February 1 - 29, 2016
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Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Floral Design Day: Read a book with flowers on the cover.
National World Thinking Day: Read a book that really makes you think.
Super Bowl Sunday: Read a book where football is played.
TCF Monthly Challenge � FebruaryCompleted � 32!
Words Associated with February
Lili St. Germain � Seven Sons � 2/3/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Erin McCarthy � Final Lap � 2/3/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Awakening, Erika Wilde � 2/4/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Pamela Clare � Surrender � 2/14/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Young, Samantha � Before Jamaica Lane � 2/23/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Ellis Carrington � Two Night Stand � 2/20/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Alice Clayton � Rusty Nailed � 2/9/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Ryder, Jani Kay � 2/14/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Madeleine Urban � Sticks & Stones � 2/26/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Ashley, Kristen � Walk Through Fire � 2/5/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Rice, Lisa Marie � Into the Crossfire � 2/17/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Dom Who Loved Me, Lexi Blake � 2/19/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Illyria, Selena � Into the Crossfire � 2/26/16 � ✮✮✮✰�
Gena Showalter � The Darkest Prison � 2/22/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Roxie Rivera � Nikolai � 2/8/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Alice Clayton � Screwdrivered � 2/29/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Showalter, Gena � The Darkest Pleasure � 2/7/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Birthdays in February
Rebecca Zanetti � Claimed � 2/20/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Under His Command, Kristine Cayne � 2/7/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Extreme Exposure, Pamela Clare � 2/22/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Master of the Mountain, Cherise Sinclair � 2/12/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Chantal Fernando � Dirty Ride � 2/9/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Chantal Fernando � Tracker’s End � 2/2/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Love in the Light, Laura Kaye � 2/19/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Aleo, Toni � Trying to Score � 2/15/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Night with a SEAL, Cat Johnson � 2/27/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
ACRO � Riding the Storm, Sydney Croft � 2/29/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Hard Ever After, Laura Kaye � 2/21/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Alphas Undone � Bait & Switch, Kendall Ryan � 2/13/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
N.M. Silber � The Law of Attraction � 2/11/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Super Bowl Sunday � football is played
Quarterback Draw, Jaci Burton � 2/2/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday � book from a series that you’d love to binge read
True Colors, Thea Harrison � 2/9/16 � ✮✮✮✮�
Update Message # 14 - Challenge Completed - 29Feb16TCF's Monthly Challenge - February
Begins: 01Feb16 / Ends: 29Feb16
9/6 completed
PISCES
P - Paula Hawkins / The Girl on the Train � � 11Feb16
I
S - SEPETYS, Rutas / Between Shades of Gray � � 24Feb16
C- CAREY, Peter / Theft: A Love Story � � 01 Feb16
E - Elizabeth Berg / Dream When You're Feeling Blue � - 29Feb16
S - Stephanie Perkins / Anna and the French Kiss � - 27Feb16
BONUS/Optional tasks Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Floral Design Day: Flowers on cover -
� � 05Feb16 National World Thinking Day: Read a book that really makes you think. � The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop � � 03 Feb 16
Groundhog Day: Read a book that you could read over and over and over again - All the Light We Cannot See � � 17Feb16
Super Bowl Sunday: Read a book where football is played.
Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday: Read a book from a series that you’d love to binge read. - Hail to the Chef � � 09Feb16
February 2016 - TCF Monthly ChallengeTitle •Author or •Series
Read 15/15
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
VALENTINE
V The Billionaire's Christmas Baby by Victoria James 2/11 ★★�
A Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews 2/18 ★★★★
L Lush Curves 2/22 ★★
E Midnight Pursuits by Elle Kennedy
N Ember's Fire by Norah Wilson 2/1 ★★�
T Too Far Gone 2/12 ★★�
I Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews 2/19 ★★★★�
N No Escape 2/27 ★★★★�
E Edge of Obsession 2/15 ★★★★
OSCARS
O Only Fear 2/13 ★★★★
S Scrumptious 2/27 ★★�
C Taking Fire by Cindy Gerard 2/4 ★★★★�
A At Wolf Ranch 2/20 ★★★★
R Bidding on Brooks by Katy Regnery 2/17 ★★★★
S Samson's Lovely Mortal 2/22 ★★★★
TCF's February Challenge
11 of 11 Complete
February Word: VIOLET
✔V: Vengeance in Death - J.D. Robb - 02.21 ★★★★�
✔I: If Only - Cherise Sinclair - 02.29 ★★★★�
✔O: One Day in Apple Grove - C.H. Admirand - 02.27 ★★�
✔L: Lady of the Nile - Susan Krinard - 02.03 ★★�
̧: The Evasion - Adrienne Giordano - 02.15 ★★★★
✔T: Take Me to Paradise - Olivia Cunning - 02.29 ★★★★
February Extras:
✔Floral Design Day: Friends to Lovers - Christi Barth - 02.24 ★★★★
✔National World Thinking Day: Shroud of Fog - Janice Kay Johnson - 02.14 ★★★★
✔Groundhog Day: This is Who I Am - Cherise Sinclair - 02.17 ★★★★
✔Super Bowl Sunday: Undeniably You - Jewel E. Ann - 02.09 ★★★★�
✔Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday:Wicked Cravings - Suzanne Wright - 02.07 ★★★★
The Challenge Factory
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How It Works:
○Below there will be a list of words associated with February You will choose 1 or more word from the list and choose/read books that either the •Title •Author or •Series begins with each letter!
○To Move up to the Hard Level you will choose books from the same Genre or Theme (Listed Below) for each word you read! *If you do more than one word you can use a different genre or theme for each word�
There will be a couple of Bonus Options for those who want to add a little something extra!
•Some Info to Keep In Mind�
♦You CAN do re-reads as long as they are read during challenge.
♦You CAN change you •Books & •Level of Difficulty at any time during the challenge.
♦Update your original list, as well as updating a post occasionally.
•Strike out Finished Books
•Rate your Finished Books 1-5 �'s 1 5 Being the Best!
•Add a tally of completed books to Orginal Post= 0/5 completed!
If you have questions Please ask me here, or PM me or any of the Mods!
February Words to Choose From:
Words Associated With February:
•Mardi Gras•Ash Wednesday•Violet•Amethyst•Pisces•Super Bowl•President’s Day� Valentine•Sweetheart•Love •Leap Year•Oscars
Birthdays in February:
(Please note you can do the whole name, first, and or last)
•Abraham Lincoln•Josh Groban•John Steinbeck•George Harrison•Drew Barrymore•Rue McClanahan •Patty Hearst•Jules Verne•Victor Hugo•Chris Farley
Themes to Choose From for Hard Level:
Leap Year: All of your books must be the fourth book in a series or the fourth book an author has published.
Academy Awards: All of your books must have won an award, could be a Pulitzer, a Hugo, a Rita or a ŷ yearly winner.
Tell a Fairy Tale day: All of your books must be fairy tales or fairy tale retellings.
Love Your Pet Day: All of your books must have pets that play major roles in the story.
Singles Awarness Day: All of your books must have characters that are unattached romantically.
Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Floral Design Day: Read a book with flowers on the cover.
National World Thinking Day: Read a book that really makes you think.
Groundhog Day: Read a book that you could read over and over and over again.
Super Bowl Sunday: Read a book where football is played.
Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday: Read a book from a series that you’d love to binge read.