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message 1: by Tegan (last edited Aug 30, 2011 05:18PM) (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) I figured since a lot of people are busy and don’t necessarily have time to read more than one book a month, we could do a book a month challenge! I came up with two-three categories for each month (if you want to do more than one book, it can be counted as bonus!). There are also some bonus categories at the end if you can’t make any of the books fit with what choices are given! This way you read at least one book a month for the entire year! I guess it could be considered a smaller yearly challenge for the busier among us. If you have any questions, please let me know!

I changed some of the categories for each month from my original book-a-month challenge to fit more with this group! And for the other ones I'm pretty sure there'll be one that will fit! :)

September 2011 - August 2012

December:
1. The 12th Month: read a book with 12 in the title or is the 12th in a series.
2. Nobel Prize Month: read a Nobel Prize winning book or a book by a Nobel Prize winning author.
3. Happy Holidays!: read a holiday romance anthology (ex. A Season of Angels by Debbie Macomber; Midnight Kiss by Robyn Carr, Jean Brashear & Victoria Dahl)

January:
1. Janus, The God of the Doorway: read a book where the character embarks on a new relationship.
2. Three Wise Men Day: read a book where there are three main male characters.
3. National Thank You Month: read a book that has a present/gift on the cover or has to do with gift giving; or a book with “thank you� in the title.

February:
1. Valentine’s Day: read a romance novel involving Valentine’s Day.
2. Leap Year: read a book involving Leap Year or a book involving someone that time travels.
3. LGBT & Black History Month: read a book relating to either of these or read a book about acceptance.

March:
1. Women’s History Month: read a romance novel where the woman takes charge.
2. National Reading Day!: read a book about books or a book that has a book on the cover.
3. Pi Day: read a book from Susan Mallery’s Buchanan’s series.

April:
1. Diamond Month: read a romance novel involving an engagement.
2. Autism Awareness Month: read a book with an autistic character.
3. Arbor Day: read a book with a tree/plant on the cover or a book that takes place in the wild/outdoors.

May:
1. Named for a Goddess: read a book with gods/goddesses or mythical creatures.
2. Beltane: read a romance novel that involves magic (ex. Nora Roberts� Three Sisters� Island Trilogy).
3. Zombie Awareness Month: read a book about zombies.

June:
1. The Month to be Married: read a romance novel about a wedding.
2. Children’s Day: read a book involving children or that has children on the cover.
3. Rose and Moonstone: read a book with a rose or a moon on the cover.

July:
1. Dog Days: read a book with a dog on the cover or that involves a dog.
2. National Ice Cream Month: read a book with ice cream on the cover or a book that involves desserts.
3. 7th Month: read a book with 7 in the title or is the 7th in a series.

August:
1. Leo Pride: read a book involving lions, a character that is a Leo or has a green cover.
2. The Battles of Ireland: read a book that takes place in Ireland or has an Irish character.
3. International Beer Day: read a book from Victoria Dahl’s Donovan Brother’s Brewery series.

September:
1. Autumn Begins: read a book that takes place in or starts in the autumn.
2. International Day of Peace: read a romance novel where the couple argues a lot, but eventually come to terms and fall in love or fix things.
3. Patriot Day: read a book with a flag on it, a red/white/blue cover, a character in the military or involving an American historical event.

October:
1. Leif Erikson Day: read a Viking romance novel.
2. International World Teacher’s Day: read a romance novel (or other novel) where the character is a teacher or there is a student in love with a teacher (vice versa).
3. Apple Day: read a book with an apple/fruit on the cover or a red cover.

November:
1. Day of the Dead: read a scary/horror novel or a novel involving ghosts, or ghosts of past love.
2. November Day (La Samhna): read one of Nora Roberts� Irish Jewels Series.
3. National Adoption Day: read a novel about an adopted child.

Bonus:
1. Pick a book that involves a holiday that occurs in that month.
2. Pick a book from a series that you started during this challenge.
3. Pick a book with a month name in the title.
4. Pick a book with a season on the cover (ex. Snow, leaves, flowers, etc.)
5. Pick a book that was published in that month.


Post your list monthly and I'll get you added to the participant list! You can join in whenever you want during the challenge and can change your books however you want! When you're done strike out the novel and give it a rating (1 star I hated it - 5 stars I loved it).


message 2: by Tegan (last edited Sep 21, 2011 04:01PM) (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) Reserved Complete Challenge Participant List

September
Tegan Mae
Cindy
Shellbelle
Dawn
Kelly Lynn



October
Tegan Mae
Cindy



message 3: by Tegan (last edited Sep 21, 2011 03:47PM) (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) Reserved for My List

September 2011
1/1 COMPLETE!
International Day of Peace:
Becoming Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey 9/11/11 ♥♥♥♥�

Becoming Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey


October 2011
0/1
Apple Day:
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier


message 4: by Tegan (last edited Oct 11, 2011 06:36PM) (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) Reserved for September Participants


Tegan Mae 1/1 Complete!
Cindy 4/1 +3 bonus COMPLETE!
Shellbelle 2/1 +2 bonus COMPLETE!
Dawn 1/1 Complete!
Kelly Lynn 0/1 +3 bonus



message 5: by Cindy (last edited Sep 28, 2011 05:30PM) (new)

Cindy (cynx) | 505 comments I'm in...


Ó˦WLSM Book-A-Month ChallengeÓË�
•September 2011�
4/4
(Completed!)

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ÓË�Autumn Begins: It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas 9/7/2011 ♥♥♥♥
ÓË�Patriot Day: Under Her Skin by Susan Mallery 9/28/2011 ♥♥♥♥

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4. Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas 9/18/2011 ♥♥♥♥
5.Serendipity by Carly Phillips 9/16/2011 ♥♥♥♥

It Happened One Autumn (Wallflowers, #2) by Lisa Kleypas Under Her Skin (Lone Star Sisters, #1) by Susan Mallery Devil in Winter (Wallflowers #3) by Lisa Kleypas Serendipity (Serendipity, #1) by Carly Phillips


message 6: by Tegan (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) Awesome! Glad you're joining on here too! :)


message 7: by Cindy (new)

Cindy (cynx) | 505 comments Thanks Tegan! I'm so excited, less than 2 days to go =)!


message 8: by Tegan (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) Me too!! Oh I know! It better hurry! I'm almost done with my book that I'm reading now and all the other ones I have to start are for September challenges. I don't know what I'm gonna do for one day! lol.


message 9: by Shellbelle (last edited Sep 30, 2011 12:40AM) (new)

 Shellbelle  | 1168 comments Mod
description WLSM Book-A-Month Challenge
Duration: October. 1st-31st
0/3 Completed!


October:
1. 2. Pick a book from a series that you started during this challenge: Real Men Will by Victoria Dahl
ÓË� Real Men Will (Donovan Brothers Brewery, #3) by Victoria Dahl

2. Season on the cover : Heartstrings and Diamond Rings by Jane Graves
ÓË� Heartstrings and Diamond Rings by Jane Graves

3. Apple Day: Black Ties and Lullabies by Jane Graves
ÓË� Black Ties and Lullabies by Jane Graves




description WLSM Book-A-Month Challenge
Duration: Sept. 1st-30th
3/3 Completed!


September:
1. Pick a book that was published in Sept.:Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl 9.28.11 ♥♥♥♥�
ÓË� Bad Boys Do (Donovan Brothers Brewery, #2) by Victoria Dahl

2. International Day of Peace:Rock Hard by Olivia Cunning 9.18.11 ♥♥♥♥
ÓË� Rock Hard (Sinners on Tour, #2) by Olivia Cunning

3. Patriot Day:Under Her Skin by Susan Mallery 9.14.11 ♥♥�.5
ÓË� Under Her Skin (Lone Star Sisters, #1) by Susan Mallery


message 10: by Cindy (last edited Aug 30, 2011 07:37PM) (new)

Cindy (cynx) | 505 comments Tegan, I was thinking the same thing.. not sure what to read on the last day of August lol.

Shell, I hear great things about Bones. I have yet to start that series.. maybe I should add it to my Hero Challenge?


message 11: by Tegan (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) Yay Shell! I need to meet this Bones! He's apparently a hottie. haha.

I know! lol. I'm gonna look and try to find something I'll fly through.


message 12: by ÓË ~¶Ù²¹·É²Ô´ÊÓË� (last edited Oct 07, 2011 07:44AM) (new)

ÓË ~¶Ù²¹·É²Ô´ÊÓË  I'm in!!!!
I'm starting with 1:

September:
International Day of Peace ~ Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery
Almost Perfect (Fool's Gold, #2) by Susan Mallery

October:
International World Teacher’s Day ~ Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
Nightshade (Nightshade, #1) by Andrea Cremer


message 13: by Tegan (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) Add you now!! :)


message 14: by Shellbelle (last edited Aug 30, 2011 09:41PM) (new)

 Shellbelle  | 1168 comments Mod
Tegan and Cindy, if you guys haven't read the Night Huntress series you are sooooooo missing out!!! Bones and Cat will fit in most of the categories for the Hero/Heroine challenges! Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1) by Jeaniene Frost is the first book, and unlike a lot of series the first book does not suck!!! Read them NOW!!! Seriously your going to wonder why it took you so long to spend some quality time with Bones!lol


message 15: by Cindy (new)

Cindy (cynx) | 505 comments Thanks Shell, I just added it to my Hero & Heroine Challenge! �


message 16: by Shellbelle (new)

 Shellbelle  | 1168 comments Mod
My list is done! (message 9)! I'm glad you decided to host the challenge here too Tegan�


message 17: by Kelly Lynn (last edited Aug 31, 2011 10:11AM) (new)

Kelly Lynn (lemonpink418) | 189 comments Ok, I'm in. Here's my September list.

I'll join the crowd and do Under Her Skin since this is the Susan Mallery board after all and I have to finish it for my Susanomics Challenge anyway!

Hot Item by Carly Phillips is set in the fall since it is football season.

And as for arguing couples, I'm open to suggestions if anyone has some!

So here is my list so far, and I'll add Carly Phillips Serendipity as a bonus since it comes out in September.


Under Her Skin (Lone Star Sisters, #1) by Susan Mallery Hot Item (Hot Zone, #3) by Carly Phillips Serendipity (Serendipity, #1) by Carly Phillips


message 18: by Cindy (new)

Cindy (cynx) | 505 comments Tegan, I changed it to 0/2 + 2 bonus. Thanks!


message 19: by Tegan (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) Shell, I know I need to read it! Ahh! lol. I'm sure once I do I'll be like "Why did this take FOREVER?!" haha. And I'll update the list with your numbers!! And I'm glad I did too, it'll be fun! :)

Kelly Lynn, I'll get you added! A book that I just read that has a good feuding couple is At the King's Command by Susan Wiggs At the King's Command (Tudor Rose, #1) by Susan Wiggs . I enjoyed it!

Cindy, I'll update your numbers!


message 20: by Shellbelle (new)

 Shellbelle  | 1168 comments Mod
I just read Lord of Scoundrels (Scoundrels, #3) by Loretta Chase and they are a perfect feuding couple! Plus Dain works for most of the Hero challenge! I'm doing a re-read of this book soon because I loved it so much, and because it works for so many challenges!


message 21: by Tegan (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) Hope everyone's enjoying their September reads so far!!


ÓË ~¶Ù²¹·É²Ô´ÊÓË  September is finished!


message 23: by Tegan (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) Yay Dawn!!


message 24: by Shellbelle (new)

 Shellbelle  | 1168 comments Mod
Update: 1/3 completed!


message 25: by Tegan (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) Update! 1/1 complete! :)


message 26: by Cindy (new)

Cindy (cynx) | 505 comments Update- 2/4 complete!


message 27: by Tegan (last edited Oct 11, 2011 06:36PM) (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) Hey everyone! It's that time again! October is quickly approaching, so get your lists ready!! Below is the guidelines! And remember there are the bonus ones if you can't make one fit! :)


October:
1. Leif Erikson Day: read a Viking romance novel.
2. International World Teacher’s Day: read a romance novel (or other novel) where the character is a teacher or there is a student in love with a teacher (vice versa).
3. Apple Day: read a book with an apple/fruit on the cover or a red cover.


October Participant List
Tegan Mae 0/1 +1 bonus
Cindy 0/1 +2 bonus
Lindy ?
Jennifer 0/1 +2 bonus
Shellbelle 0/1 +2 bonus



message 28: by Tegan (last edited Sep 22, 2011 09:28AM) (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) October 2011

Leif Erikson Day:
Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning Beyond the Highland Mist (Highlander, #1) by Karen Marie Moning

Apple Day: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (red cover) Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier


message 29: by Cindy (last edited Oct 18, 2011 07:03PM) (new)

Cindy (cynx) | 505 comments I'm not done with September yet but here is my October list =P.


Ó˦WLSM Book-A-Month ChallengeÓË�
October 2011
3/3
(2 bonus) Completed!

Ó˦OctoberÓË�
descriptionInternational World Teacher’s Day: Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl 10/15/11 descriptiondescriptiondescriptiondescription
[image error]Apple Day: Black Ties and Lullabies by Jane Graves 10/9/11 descriptiondescriptiondescriptiondescription

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description5. Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis 10/18/11 descriptiondescriptiondescriptiondescription

Bad Boys Do (Donovan Brothers Brewery, #2) by Victoria Dahl Black Ties and Lullabies by Jane Graves Animal Attraction (Animal, #2) by Jill Shalvis


message 30: by Tegan (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) Yay!! :)


message 31: by Lindy (new)

Lindy (lindylee) | 7 comments I'll give it a try


message 32: by ~Jennifer~ (new)

~Jennifer~ (book_addiction) I'm in....working on list now.


message 33: by Tegan (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) Yay!!


message 34: by ~Jennifer~ (new)

~Jennifer~ (book_addiction) Bleh I posted it on RIME...lol I'll post it here, too.


message 35: by Tegan (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) Haha, okay!


message 36: by [deleted user] (new)

k, I just realized that this folder was here. do I just post my list from RIME? or is this different?


message 37: by Cindy (new)

Cindy (cynx) | 505 comments Update: 4/4 Completed! :)


message 38: by Tegan (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) Carolyn, this one has some different categories. Some are the same though. You'll have to look through each month. We tried to make it more towards romance novels.

Yay Cindy!! :D


message 39: by Cindy (new)

Cindy (cynx) | 505 comments Yay!! Thanks Tegan! I was rushing to finish the last book today lol..


message 40: by Shellbelle (new)

 Shellbelle  | 1168 comments Mod
description WLSM Book-A-Month Challenge
Duration: October. 1st-31st
0/3 Completed!


October:
1. 2. Pick a book from a series that you started during this challenge: Real Men Will by Victoria Dahl
ÓË� Real Men Will (Donovan Brothers Brewery, #3) by Victoria Dahl

2. Season on the cover : Heartstrings and Diamond Rings by Jane Graves
ÓË� Heartstrings and Diamond Rings by Jane Graves

3. Apple Day: Black Ties and Lullabies by Jane Graves
ÓË� Black Ties and Lullabies by Jane Graves


message 41: by Shellbelle (new)

 Shellbelle  | 1168 comments Mod
one book away from finishing my September�


message 42: by [deleted user] (new)

thnx tegan:)


message 43: by Shellbelle (new)

 Shellbelle  | 1168 comments Mod
description WLSM Book-A-Month Challenge
Duration: Sept. 1st-30th
FINISHED!!! 3/3 Completed!


September:
1. Pick a book that was published in Sept.:Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl 9.28.11 ♥♥♥♥�
ÓË� Bad Boys Do (Donovan Brothers Brewery, #2) by Victoria Dahl

2. International Day of Peace:Rock Hard by Olivia Cunning 9.18.11 ♥♥♥♥
ÓË� Rock Hard (Sinners on Tour, #2) by Olivia Cunning

3. Patriot Day:Under Her Skin by Susan Mallery 9.14.11 ♥♥�.5
ÓË� Under Her Skin (Lone Star Sisters, #1) by Susan Mallery


message 44: by Tegan (new)

Tegan (therowdylibrarian) No problem guys!! I'm back to answer any questions! :D


message 45: by [deleted user] (new)

Welcome back Tegan!!! I don't quite remember, did you move that's why no internet?


message 46: by Cindy (new)

Cindy (cynx) | 505 comments Update: 3/3 Completed! :)


message 47: by Cindy (new)

Cindy (cynx) | 505 comments When can we post our November Book-A-Month list?


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