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"Like a Good Neighbor, ŷ is There" ChallengeDuration: 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2017
Home, Sweet Home:
-1. Eleventh Grave in Moonlight- Darynda Jones- 1/24/17 (Yodamom reviewed)
Explore a Group:
Must-Reads:
-1. Blade Song- J.C. Daniels- 7/13/17 (based on my favorites shelf)
PNR/UF: Tails
-1. Moonshadow- Thea Harrison- 4/20/17
-2. Dragon Spawn- Eileen Wilks- 1/20/17
Rewind:
-1. Glass Sword- Victoria Aveyard- 4/10/17
-2. A Court of Mist and Fury- Sarah J. Maas- 7/20/18
Follow the Reader: Go to the book page for a book you read in the last month, read 1 book that's listed on the book-a-go-round list tagged "Readers Also Enjoyed".
Etched in Bone- Anne Bishop- 3/8/17 (from One Fell Sweep's Readers Also Enjoyed)
With a Little Help from Your Friends: Click Friends --> Popular Books and read 1 book found on this list.
The Selection- Kiera Cass- 9/18/17
With a Little More Help from Your Friends: Click Friends, click on the first letter in your screen name, click on the "# books" link for one of your friends (located under their names), read a book off of your friend's shelf (any shelf).
For You- Kristen Ashley- 3/17/17 (Simmy's books)
I � ...:
-3. Ever the Hunted- Erin Summerill- 8/9/17 (Young Adult)
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner:
Best of ...:
-1. Dead Witch Walking- Kim Harrison- 12/3/17 (#6)
-2. Kitty and the Midnight Hour- Carrie Vaughn- 1/5/17 (#22)
-3. Touched by an Alien- Gini Koch- 8/22/18 (#33)
Wave Your Fan Flag
-1. Echoes in Death- J.D. Robb- 2/8/17
-2. Bylines & Skylines- Amanda M. Lee- 1/8/17
-3. MindMage- Connie Suttle- 7/10/18
Question:Home Sweet Home has 2 books in parenthesis but only one book requirement listed. Is it supposed to be 2 books from recent updates?
It should've been 2. Thanks for the catch! I've corrected it.
I've decided not to do this one. See you all at another challenge
"Like a Good Neighbor, ŷ is There" ChallengeDuration: 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2017
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Home, Sweet Home:
1. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
2. Scorpius Rising byRebecca Zanetti 03/10/17
Explore a Group:
1. Winter by Marissa Meyer 09/07/17
Must-Reads:
1. The Drafter by Kim Harrison 15/09/17
2. Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
PNR/UF:
1. Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep 16/01/17
2.Web of Lies byJennifer Estep 21/02/17
3. Venom by Jennifer Estep 28/03/17
4. A Stone-Kissed Sea by Elizabeth Hunter 13/06/17
Rewind:
1. Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
2. A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain 07/11/17
Follow the Reader:
1. Shadows and Gold by Elizabeth Hunter 11/11/17
With a Little Help from Your Friends:
1. Mercury Striking by Rebecca Zanetti 20/09/17
With a Little More Help from Your Friends:
1. Into the Fire by Jeaniene Frost 04/03/17
I � ...:
1. Winter Halo by Keri Arthur 23/01/17
2. The Operator by Kim Harrison 22/10/17
3. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon 01/08/17
4. Crossed byAlly Condie 28/09/17
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner:
1. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare 12/01/17
Best of ...:
1. A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole 26/10.17
2. Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley 07/11/17
3. Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews01/11/17
Wave Your Fan Flag:
1. Born of Vengeance by Sherrilyn Kenyon 11/03/17
2. Dark Crime by Christine Feehan 27/02/17
3. Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs 02/04/17
"Like a Good Neighbor, ŷ is There" ChallengeDuration: 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2017
Home, Sweet Home:
1. Moving Maverick 6/7 2 Star
2. Silver Silence 6/23 5 Star
Explore a Group:
1. White Hot 11/29 5 Star
Must-Reads:
1. Infected: Prey 11/18 2 Star
2. Widdershins 9/27 4 Star
PNR/UF:
1. Silence Fallen 4/29 5 Star
2. Lure of Oblivion 11/19 3 Star
3. Into the Fire 4/15 4 Star
4. Saved by Darkness 2/23 4 Star
Rewind:
1. The Bird and the Sword 1/20 4 Star
2. It Ends with Us 3/3 3 Star
Follow the Reader:
1. Duty & Devotion 4/23 4 Star
With a Little Help from Your Friends:
1. Desperately Seeking Santa 12/5 4 Star
With a Little More Help from Your Friends:
1. Captive Prince 4/5 4 Star
I � ...:
1. Lost and Found 9/13 4 Star
2. Prince's Gambit 5/8 5 Star
3. The Trouble with Twelfth Grave 11/2 4 Star
4. Deadly Silence 4/8 5 Star
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner:
1. Marked in Flesh 7/20 4 Star
Best of ...:
1. Written in Red 5/18 5 Star
2. Among the Living 3/5 4 Star
3.Some Girls Bite 10/4 5 Star
Wave Your Fan Flag:
1. Touch of Red 9/28 5 Star
2. Spellbinder 7/18 5 Star
3. Clean Sweep 11/23 4 Star
Steph, I'm having trouble finding the Favorite Author's section for "Wave Your Fan Flag". And when I click on your example link, it tells me the page doesn't exist. Could you help me find that section so I can pick out my books? Thanks.
No problem, Sam. I've updated the link. GR must have changed the way they label that page, so the link stopped working. You can find your "favorite authors" list by going to your home/profile page. Look at the lists on the right side - to include: your friends, people who are you following you, then you'll see "Sam's Favorite Authors", which is a clickable link to your favorite authors page, as shown in my example. I would imagine you'd have to have favorited authors for this to show up ... do you know if you've done that? Let me know if you haven't and I'll help ya with that. :)
"Like a Good Neighbor, ŷ is There" ChallengeDuration: 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2017
Home, Sweet Home:
1. Sky of Red Poppies (rec by Cindi) 1/3/17
2. 21 Dares (rated by Raechel) 1/10/17
Explore a Group:
1. Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America's Deadliest Serial Murderer from Obsessed With True Crime 2/2/17
Must-Reads:
1. Hunter, Hunted (Urban Fantasy shelf) 4/8/17
2. Gil's All Fright Diner (Science Fiction shelf) 3/1/17
PNR/UF:
1. Web of Lies 2/20/17
2. Venom 3/10/17
3. Frostbitten 3/16/17
4. Waking the Witch 5/2/17
Rewind:
1. Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War #191 2/9/17
2. The Butterfly Garden #36 5/17/17
Follow the Reader:
1. A Grave Magic from Hunter, Hunted 9/15/17
With a Little Help from Your Friends:
1. The Handmaid's Tale 6/1/17
With a Little More Help from Your Friends:
1. The Park Service 9/29/17 (Heather)
I � ...:
1. The Seventh Bride *Dark Fantasy 6/26/17
2. The Vines *Dark Fantasy 7/18/17
3. Trickery *Paranormal Romance 9/12/17
4. Magic Hunter *Paranormal Romance 10/9/17
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner:
1. Red Queen 2015 Debut Author 9/22/17
Best of ...
1. Dead Witch Walking 10/23/17
2. Spider's Bite 1/8/17
3. Infected: Prey 10/17/17
Wave Your Fan Flag:
1. Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi John Scalzi 2/23/17
2. The Brentford Chainstore Massacre Robert Rankin 4/13/17
3. Pines Blake Crouch 5/20/17
Now that the link works, I was able to find it and I haven't marked any favorite authors. Can I just use three of my most read authors? Or do you want me to go ahead and mark them as favorites first?
Good. No, you don't have to favorite authors just for this challenge - only if you'd wanted to do so. You're welcome to use three of your most-read. :)
I'd like to have a go at this one, as I'd really like to discover some new things to read (not that my TBR isn't big enough already)."Like a Good Neighbor, ŷ is There" Challenge
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No such thing as too many books TBR ;)
Like a Good Neighbor, ŷ is There
January -December 2017
MY Good Neighbor Challenge
✔Home, Sweet Home
�Blood Bound - Rachel Vincent ~ K-Terror rated it - 12.26 ★★★★
�The Player and the Pixie - L.H. Cosway ~ Krista rated it - 02.17 ★★★★
✔Explore a Group
�Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews ~ Group - Nothing But Reading Challenges - 03.07 ★★★★
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�Master of the Mountain - Cherise Sinclair ~ based on Favorite Shelf - 12.30 ★★★★
�Second Chance Summer - Jill Shalvis ~ based on 2015 Challenges Shelf - 11.21 ★★★★
✔PNR/UF - Heads
�No Rest for the Wicked - Kresley Cole ~ page 18 on UF list - 03.31 ★★★★
�Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night - Kresley Cole ~ page 20 on UF list - 05.02 ★★★★
�Twice Bitten - Chloe Neill ~ page 2 on UF list - 01.11 ★★★★
�Hard Bitten - Chloe Neill ~ page 2 on UF list - 05.07 ★★★★
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�Big Rock - Lauren Blakely ~ #161 - 01.30 ★★★★�
�Royally Screwed - Emma Chase ~ #185 - 11.02 ★★★★
✔Follow the Reader
�Striking Distance - Pamela Clare ~ based on Darkest Before Dawn by Maya Banks - 11.12 ★★★★�
✔With a Little Help from Your Friends
�Alex - Sawyer Bennett - 10.04 ★★★★
✔With a Little More Help from Your Friends
�Loving a Lost Lord - Mary Jo Putney ~ Laura's Shelf - 04.16 ★★★★
✔I � ...
�Down London Road - Samantha Young ~ Contemporary - 12.28 ★★★★
�Rock Chick Reawakening - Kristen Ashley ~ Contemporary - 04.27 ★★★★
�The Sinner - Tess Gerritsen ~ Suspense - 10.02 ★★�
�Purity in Death - J.D. Robb ~ Suspense - 01.26 ★★★★
✔Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner
�Naked Edge - Pamela Clare ~ 2010 Nominee for Romance - 03.25 ★★★★
✔Best of ...
�A Hunger Like No Other - Kresley Cole ~ #5 on PNR list - 02.06 ★★★★
�When Darkness Comes - Alexandra Ivy ~ #22 on PNR list - 06.15 ★★★★
�A Quick Bite - Lynsay Sands ~ #23 on PNR list - 09.10 ★★★★
✔Wave Your Fan Flag
�The Thing About Love - Julie James - 09.07 ★★★★�
�One Night with You - Marie Force - 03.05 ★★�
�Treat Me - Olivia Cunning - 12.20 ★★�
"Like a Good Neighbor, ŷ is There" Challenge2016 has been a rough year for ŷ fans. In 2017, let's explore some of the many different ways we can use the site to find some good reads!
Duration: 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2017
Rules: Read 25 books. Follow the instructions for each category to pick your books. Let me know if you have any questions or trouble with the links or directions. ANY book fitting the category requirements are allowed. ANY format allowed. Re-Reads are allowed, if they fit the category requirements. Members are welcome to create their list in advance or add to the list as read.
Home, Sweet Home ~ [2 books] Read 2 books shown on your "recent updates" located on the "updates" tab of your your home page. It can be one a friend just rated, added to their shelf, commented on ... ANY book shown on your list - at ANY time.
Scrappy Little Nobody
'Salem's Lot
Explore a Group ~ [1 book] Roll the Die. (Choose 1 die, not two) On your home page, click on the "discussions" tab, count the groups shown on the "recent updates from your discussions" list until you reach the # you rolled, visit that group, scroll through their bookshelf and choose 1 book to read. If you can't find a book on their shelves you want to read, add a book (only if members are allowed to do so).
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Must-Reads ~ [2 books] Click Recommendations and choose 2 books, each from a different recommendation list.
Strange Angels
Trick of the Light
PNR/UF ~ [4 book] Flip a Coin. (Choose 1 coin, not two) If HEADS, read 4 books off either the Urban Fantasy new release list and/or the Urban Fantasy shelf. If TAILS, read 4 books off either the Paranormal Romance new release list and/or the Paranormal Romance shelf. >;) (Get it ... heads, tails... LOL!)
Sweet Peril
Destined for an Early Grave
Blood Promise
Rewind ~ [2 books] Click Explore --> Popular and read 2 books off the "Most Popular Books Published In 2016" list.
Three Dark Crowns
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Follow the Reader ~ [1 book] Go to the book page for a book you read in the last month, read 1 book that's listed on the book-a-go-round list tagged "Readers Also Enjoyed". If the book page for the book you read does not have a "Readers Also Enjoyed" list, scroll down the book page until you see "Lists with this Book". Click on that link, choose 1 book from one of the list(s) shown.
UnWholly
With a Little Help from Your Friends [1 book] ~ Click Friends --> Popular Books and read 1 book found on this list.
The Farm
With a Little More Help from Your Friends [1 book] ~ Click Friends, click on the first letter in your screen name, click on the "# books" link for one of your friends (located under their names), read a book off of your friend's shelf (any shelf).
I � ... [4 books] ~ Click Explore, choose two of the genres listed under 'My Favorite Genres', located on the right side. Click on the genre name and read 2 books off the list (2 books from each genre). You can choose a genre you haven't read in a while or one you frequently read, it's up to you.
Horns
Gone Girl
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner [1 book] ~ Click ŷ' Book Awards and read 1 book from one of the award lists available. You are welcome to read a book off of one of the previous years' ŷ Choice Awards winners or nominees.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Best of ... [3 books] ~ Click SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia and read 3 books found on either list.
Written in Red
Witch Fire
Wave Your Fan Flag [3 books] ~ On your home page, scroll down until you see "NAME's Favorite Authors" on the right side of the page. Click on the link (example: My Favorite Authors Page). Once there, scroll through the list of your favorite authors and choose 3 different author to revisit. TIP: Clicking on the "authors of # books" link will take you to the author's book list. You may either re-read an old favorite, continue on with one of their series, or start one of their new(2you) series, but you must read 1 book from 3 different authors.
Dark Bites
Fragments
How's everyone doing on the challenge? I'm really liking this one because it's exposing me to some books that I've never heard of before.
Sarra wrote: "How's everyone doing on the challenge? I'm really liking this one because it's exposing me to some books that I've never heard of before."I love hearing that, Sarra. Glad you're enjoying it!
Yes, that's fine, Twist. :)
This was my first ever completed challenge. I found a few series that I want to continue and was exposed to a bunch of titles and authors that I hadn't heard of before. It was awesome! Thank you Steph, for letting me join!
WTG, Sarra! That’s awesome! Feel free to join any we have going around the group.
Hooray, Sarra!Well done on #1!!
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2016 has been a rough year for ŷ fans. In 2017, let's explore some of the many different ways we can use the site to find some good reads!
Duration: 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2017
Rules: Read 25 books. Follow the instructions for each category to pick your books. Let me know if you have any questions or trouble with the links or directions. ANY book fitting the category requirements are allowed. ANY format allowed. Re-Reads are allowed, if they fit the category requirements. Members are welcome to create their list in advance or add to the list as read.
Home, Sweet Home ~ [2 books] Read 2 books shown on your "recent updates" located on the "updates" tab of your your home page. It can be one a friend just rated, added to their shelf, commented on ... ANY book shown on your list - at ANY time.
Explore a Group ~ [1 book] . (Choose 1 die, not two) On your home page, click on the "discussions" tab, count the groups shown on the "recent updates from your discussions" list until you reach the # you rolled, visit that group, scroll through their bookshelf and choose 1 book to read. If you can't find a book on their shelves you want to read, add a book (only if members are allowed to do so).
Must-Reads ~ [2 books] Click Recommendations and choose 2 books, each from a different recommendation list.
PNR/UF ~ [4 book] . (Choose 1 coin, not two) If HEADS, read 4 books off either the Urban Fantasy new release list and/or the Urban Fantasy shelf. If TAILS, read 4 books off either the Paranormal Romance new release list and/or the Paranormal Romance shelf. >;) (Get it ... heads, tails... LOL!)
Rewind ~ [2 books] Click Explore --> Popular and read 2 books off the "Most Popular Books Published In 2016" list.
Follow the Reader ~ [1 book] Go to the book page for a book you read in the last month, read 1 book that's listed on the book-a-go-round list tagged "Readers Also Enjoyed". If the book page for the book you read does not have a "Readers Also Enjoyed" list, scroll down the book page until you see "Lists with this Book". Click on that link, choose 1 book from one of the list(s) shown.
With a Little Help from Your Friends [1 book] ~ Click Friends --> Popular Books and read 1 book found on this list.
With a Little More Help from Your Friends [1 book] ~ Click Friends, click on the first letter in your screen name, click on the "# books" link for one of your friends (located under their names), read a book off of your friend's shelf (any shelf).
I � ... [4 books] ~ Click Explore, choose two of the genres listed under 'My Favorite Genres', located on the right side. Click on the genre name and read 2 books off the list (2 books from each genre). You can choose a genre you haven't read in a while or one you frequently read, it's up to you.
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner [1 book] ~ Click ŷ' Book Awards and read 1 book from one of the award lists available. You are welcome to read a book off of one of the previous years' ŷ Choice Awards winners or nominees.
Best of ... [3 books] ~ Click SOS' Best of UF Series Listopia and/or SOS' Best of PNR Series Listopia and read 3 books found on either list.
Wave Your Fan Flag [3 books] ~ On your home page, scroll down until you see "NAME's Favorite Authors" on the right side of the page. Click on the link (example: My Favorite Authors Page). Once there, scroll through the list of your favorite authors and choose 3 different author to revisit. TIP: Clicking on the "authors of # books" link will take you to the author's book list. You may either re-read an old favorite, continue on with one of their series, or start one of their new(2you) series, but you must read 1 book from 3 different authors.