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Yes! Another year of “All About You, Part Deux!� Choose one of these a month and work your way through the year. As before, because this challenge is all about you, you can choose the order, you can trade out one monthly challenge for one you create. Have fun!

1. A nickname you go by - or want to go by! You know...Bunny, Snookums, Babe.
    Spell-It-Out.

2. Read four books where the protagonist has your current job, your dream job,
    or even your avocation.

3. Again, your favorite color. Only this time choose four books where your favorite color
    appears somewhere on the cover, with at least one the predominate cover color.

4. Read four books from your favorite series. They can either all be from different series
    or the same one.

5. Make of your dream car. If you don't drive, then use your favorite form of transportation.
    If you want to find your mode of transportation on the covers of four books, go for it.
    Otherwise, Spell-It-Out.

6. Birth Order. Were you born first, or sixth? Spell-It-Out.

7. Whether you love to play it or watch it, what is your favorite sport? Baseball, football,
    hockey, the Olympics? Find four books on the topic, or Spell-It-Out.

8. Your best subject in school. Math, science, French, Home Ec? Find four books on the topic,
    or the protagonist teaches or takes it. Or use the Spell-It-Out option.

9. You against the elements. Read four books total, one each with “earth, wind, fire, water�
    in the title, or has a depiction of them on the cover, or is the subject of the book.

10. Your Kingdom: animal, vegetable or mineral? Decide on a kingdom, then choose something
ÌýÌýÌýÌý  from within that kingdom. Example: elephant, zucchini, quartz. Read only three books
ÌýÌýÌýÌý  this month. Or, you guessed it, Spell-It-Out.

11. Read your favorite media delivery system: Kindle, NOOK, Kobe, iPad, e-book, audiobook,
ÌýÌýÌýÌý  audio, iPod, paperback, paper, dead-tree version, etc. Spell-It-Out.

12. Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1� .

Spell-It-Out: Use book or series titles, or authors� first or last names to spell your word(s). You can ignore or use the definite or indefinite articles (a, an, the, etc.).

Example
P. Patricia Briggs = Iron Kissed
O. Osborne, Maggie = The Promise of Jenny Jones
O. On the Edge, by Ilona Andrews
H. The Hathaways, #1 Mine Till Midnight, by Lisa Kleypas

Reserved.

I'm going to do this one but I need to finish the All About You challenge first as I have another three months to finish.

I will definitely be joining this challenge!

I will be joining this challenge!

All About You, Part Deux

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Month 1 - Nickname - "NEEN" Spell-It-Out �

N - Nothing More To Lose by Kathryn Shay 02/16/12 ★★★★ �
E - Exclusively Yours by Shannon Shay 02/07/12 ★★★★ �
E - Bound by Blood by Cynthia Eden 02/14/12 ★★★★ �
N - Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper 03/03/12 ★★★★ �



Month 2 - Read four books where the protagonist has your dream job, "WRITER" �

1. Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 03/09/12 ★★★★ �
2. Blown Away by Sharon Sala ★★★★ �
3. Dark Side of the Moon by Sherrilyn Kenyon 03/12/12 ★★★★ �
4. Wait Until Midnight by Amanda Quick 03/11/12 ★★� �



Month 3 Favorite Color - "BLUE" �

1. Cold Pursuit by Carla Neggers 02/10/12 ★★★★ �
2. The Ocean Between Us by Susan Wiggs 03/05/12 ★★★★ �
3. Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon 02/26/12 ★★★★ �
4. Alibi Man by Tami Hoag 02/21/12 ★★★★ �



Month 4 - Read four books from your favorite �
series "WILL TRENT" by Karin Slaughter

1. Fallen 02/11/12 ★★★★ �
2. Broken 02/25/12 ★★★★ �
3. Undone 03/24/12 ★★★★� �
4. Blindsighted 04/09/12 ★★★★� �



Month 5 - Your Dream Car "CAMARO" �

C - Bound in Sin by Cynthia Eden 02/14/12 ★★★★ �
A - A Good Woman by Danielle Steel 03/02/22 ★★★★ �
M - Rhythms of Grace by Marilynn Griffth 02/14/12 ★★★★ �
A - All The Pretty Girls by J.T. Ellison 02/20/12 ★★★★ �
R - Rivals in the Tudor Court by D.L. Bogdon 02/04/12 ★★★★ �
O - Before I fall by Lauren Oliver 02/13/12 ★★★★ �



Month 6 - Birth Order Spell-It-Out "EIGHTH" �

E - Love by Secrets by Debra Elizabeth 02/16/12 ★★★★ �
I - In Too Deep by Kathryn Shay 02/17/12 ★★� �
G - Genuine Lies by Nora Roberts ★★★✔
H - Hush by Kate White 03/03/12 ★★★✔
T - The Crown of Anavrea by Rachel Rossano 02/16/12 ★★� �
H - Half Black Soul by H.D. Gordon 02/03/12 ★★★★ �



Month 7 - Find four books on the topic "FOOTBALL" �


1. A Perfect Play by Jaci Burton 04/02/12 ★★★★ �
2. Game for Love by Bella Andre 04/13/12 ★★★★ �
3. Game of Seduction by Bella Andre 05/04/12 ★★★★ �
4. Game for Anything by Bella Andre 04/14/12 ★★★★ �



Month 8 - Your best subject in school "MATH" �

M - Everyone Loves a Hero by Marie Force 02/24/12 ★★� �
A - Lynda's Lace by Lacey ALEXANDER 03/01/12/ ★★� �
T - Once Upon a Winter's Eve by Tessa Dare 02/16/12 ★★★★ �
H - To Wake the Shadows by Hannah Kollef 03/05/12 ★★★★� �



Month 9 - Read four books one each with “Earth, Wind, Fire, Water��

1. Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts 03/22/12 ★★� �
2. Ashes in the Wind by J.J. Massa 03/29/12 ★★� �
3. Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah 03/25/12 ★★★★ �
4. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 03/07/12 ★★� �



Month 10 - Your Kingdom: "Animal" Read only three books, spell-it-out TIGER �

T - Taming the Highlander by Terri Brisbin 04/15/12 ★★★★ �
I - Snowbound by Larissa Ione 04/18/12 ★★★★ �
G - Guns and Roses by Caroline McGill 04/04/12 ★★� �
E - an Embarassment of Mangoes by Ann Vanderhoof 04/01/12 ★★★★ �
R - Riding the Storm by Sydney Croft 04/17/12 ★★ �






Month 11 - Read your favorite media delivery system: "Kindle" Spell-It-Out �

K - Count to Ten by Karen Rose 02/22/12 ★★★★ �
I - Blood Memory by Greg Iles 02/29/12 ★★★★★✔
N - Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks 03/13/12 ★★★✔
D - Down the Darkest Road by Tami Hoag 02/08/12 ★★★★ �
L - Larkspur by H.H. Laura 02/08/12 ★★★★ �
E - Embrace by Cherte Colyer 02/19/12 ★★★★ �



Month 12 - Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1� - Month 6 January-2012
3 Books in Your Favorite Genre: Paranormal Romance �

1. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning 04/08/12 ★★★★ �
2. Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay 05/08/12 ★★★★ �
3. Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning 05/08/12 ★★� �

Welcome to the challenge, Barbara, Erin, & Naynay!!!

Love your format, Naynay. Looks so neat.

I'll attempt this one. I don't have the best track record with monthly challenges so...here it goes.

Nickname My family and my Jamaican friends call me Sash. My American friends call me Sashana. I guess the nickname never grew on them.

S:
A:
S:
H:

LOL! Welcome to the challenge, Sashana!

Mhhh, I won't start this month. The letters aren't adding up for my nickname. Hopefully next month...

Just like Part 1, you can start with any month, Sashana. � Oh, I forgot, you're OCD.

Awesome challenge

OMG, you people have totally sucked me in on this challenge stuff! ARRGGGHHH!!! Ok, I'm in.

Month 1 (February 2012) - Nickname: "NIA" Spell-It-Out

N - � Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro 2/12/12
I - � It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita - Heather B. Armstrong 2/10/12
A - � Austenland - Shannon Hale 2/3/12




Month 2 (March 2012) - Read four books from your favorite series - In Death by J.D. Robb and Lucas Davenport by John Sandford

1. � Memory in Death - J.D. Robb 3/4/12
2. � Haunted in Death - J.D. Robb 3/6/12
3. � Naked Prey - John Sandford 2/20/12
4. � Hidden Prey - John Sandford 2/23/12



Month 3 (April 2012) - Read your favorite media delivery system: "IPAD"

I - � In the Woods - Tana French 3/19/12
P- Paris In Love: A Memoir - Eloisa James
A - The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
D - The Girl Who Fell from the Sky - Heidi W. Durrow




Month 4 (May 2012) - Birth Order Spell-It-Out "FIRST"

F - Bossypants - Tina Fey
I - Inside The Kingdom: My Life In Saudi Arabia - Carmen Bin Ladin
R - History of a Pleasure Seeker - Richard Mason
S - So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading - Sara Nelson
T - Hannibal Rising - Thomas Harris

Hehehe. *evil laugh* Good luck! I see your posts in a lot of challenges already. Looking forward to see what you read for them.

LOL! Yes, it is a "snowball" effect, Lavinia. �

@Rachel and @Lisa Kay: I'm up to 4 challenges, and I think I'm going to stop there (and one of them is the Serious Readers challenge, so that's just a conglomeration of the others). This could seriously get out of hand quickly, and then the kid and the dog wouldn't get fed, the bills wouldn't get paid, etc. My son, who is sadly not yet as enthusiastic a reader as I am, is already looking at me kind of funny. Wheeee!!!

LOL! Tell him is just "a phase."

My boyfriend looks at me funny every day when he sees I am on GR. He just doesn't understand!

Do we need to finish Part 1 before starting this challenge? Just wondering, since I haven't finished Part 1 yet. =)

Since you can "you can choose the order" in Part 1 or Part 2, you can do as you desire, Aneeqah. �

Fabulous, thank you! I'll join starting March. =)

Lisa Kay, do we have one year from the date we start the challenge to complete it? So if I start March 1, 2012, I would have until March 1, 2013?

Is that the way it works?

Yes, southpaw285. However, if you are doing both parts 1 & 2 -- and mixing them up (like Aneeqah is going to do) -- then you have two years. �

There is also the use of Extension Gift Card

Okay, gotcha. I'm going to do this challenge, but I need to wait a bit. I'm already in a bind with the Sign of the Times reading challenge as I have about 8 days to complete 6 books.

I don't want to have to use my gift card thingy just yet, as I may find myself in deeper trouble down the road...and really, really need it. Lol.

Thanks for your help, Lisa Kay.

Updated Post 13 - Month 1 finished!

Lavinia wrote: "Updated Post 13 - Month 1 finished!"

Congrats, Lavinia!

Not to sound like an overachiever - because, really, I am SOOOO not - but, do we have to read the given books in a given month in order for it to count? In other words, I've finished February's task... if I get started *now* on March's task, does that defeat the purpose of the challenge?

I think you can start, Lavinia. Just try to keep your time limit to one month. So if you start today you'd have to be done by March 14th.

Congrats, Lavinia! Everything Sashana said in Post #28 is true. �

Oh, that makes perfectly good sense - thanks for the feedback, Sashana and Lisa Kay. :)

Lavinia wrote: "Oh, that makes perfectly good sense - thanks for the feedback, Sashana and Lisa Kay. :)"

No problem :)

�1. Nickname: Scoob June 2012

S-The Scent of Cherry Blossoms: A Romance from the Heart of Amish Country
C-Can't Get There from Here
O-The Other Daughter
O-Out of Control
B-Beauty Touched the Beast



�2. Read 4 books where protagonists has current job,dream job or avocation

dream job

L-E. Lockhart/The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
I-Incantation
B-Both Sides of Time
R-Meg Rosoff/How I Live Now
A-An Angel for Christmas
R-Rumble Fish
I-Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
A-Austenland
N-Nicholas Sparks/Message in a Bottle



�3. Favorite color spelled out or 4 books where color appears in cover;1 book must be predominately that color: Purple(February 2012)



�4. Read 4 books from favorite series (same/different series)March 2012



�5. Make or your dream car.

T-Tami Hoag/Straight from the Heart
A- AMY,Laura Amy Schlitz/A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama
H-Daniel Handler/Why We Broke Up
O-Octavia E. ButlerKindred
E-Elizabeth Scott/Something, Maybe



�6. Birth Order-August 2012

T- Trapped
H- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
I-If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
R- Rennison, Louise/Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
D-Double Take



�7. Favorite Sport. 4 books on topic/spell out-September 2012

I-It Only Looks Easy
C-Chime
E-Elixir

S-Spring Grass: Born Into New China
K-Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas: Further, Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
A-Anna Godbersen/The Luxe
T-Tiger, Tiger
I-It's Not Summer Without You
N-Nicholas Sparks/Safe Haven
G-John Grisham/The Pelican Brief



�8. Best School Subject. 4 books on topic, protagonists takes it, teaches it or spell out

E-Emergency Room
N-Nancy Werlin/The Killer's Cousin
G-Gail Giles/Shattering Glass
L-Laini Taylor/Daughter of Smoke and Bone
I-If I Stay series, Where She Went
S-S.E. Hinton/The Outsiders
H-Amanda Hocking/Wisdom



�9. Elements: earth,wind,fire,water (in title,depicted on cover, or subject of book)

-Water
-Earth
-Wind (book is about a storm/cover depicts damage from wind & storm)
fire

�10. Your Kingdom: read only 3 books about kingdom: Animal/Dog May 2012

D Dinky the Elf
O- One Bride Short of a Wedding
G- Glass



�11. Favoritie media delivery system: spell it out April 2012

K- Kit's Reward
I- Impulse
N- Northanger Abbey
D- A Dog Named Christmas
L- Letting Go of Lisa
E- Ellen Foster



�12. Favorite challenge month from Part I July 2012

Month 11: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to

1. Slumming
2. Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife
3. What Happened to Cass McBride?
4. Uglies

Updated Post 13 - Month 2 started. I know it's early, but I'll read this month's books within a month's time to keep with the spirit of the endeavor.

Dammit, Lisa. I was trying to not sign up for any challenges but you've made it too interesting. I'll start this in March. Gods help me. XD

Lavinia wrote: "OMG, you people have totally sucked me in on this challenge stuff! ARRGGGHHH!!!"

I know, right?

Great, Sans! **hee hee* Welcome to the challenge.

You. Are evil. ^_~

I am at that, Sugar Bean! **hee hee**

Updated Post 13

I finished Month 3(favorite color) and ready to start my books for March : ) which will be Month 2: avocation

For March: Month 6: Birth Order: SECOND

6/6

S: Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville Finished 3/23
E: Eugine Markham from Iron Crowned by Richelle Mead Finished 3/13
C: Blameless by Gail Carriger Finished 3/7
O: Old Nick from Room by Emma Donoghue Finished 3/5
N: Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon FInished 3/30
D: Diana Barry from Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Finished 3/31

I'm going to jump in on this challenge this month. I've kind of slowed down on my challenges, I'm determined to get back into them!

All About You Challenge- Part 2!
Month 3- Read 3-4 books with your favorite color somewhere on the cover.

BLUE
[1/4 Read]
1. Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
2. A Million Suns by Beth Revis
3. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
4. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins [Re-read]




All About You Challenge- Part 1
Month 2- Spell out your birthstone

EMERALD
[0/7 Read]
E- Elder from A Million Suns by Beth Revis
M- There Is No Dog by Meg Rosoff
E- Pretty Crooked by Elisa Ludwig
R- Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr
A-
L- Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
D- Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins [Reread]

Updated Post 13

Man-oh-man! Lavinia! Everyone is getting through the In Death but me! (Not b/c I don't want to, but b/c of commitments. ♥Roarke�!)

Lisa Kay wrote: "♥Roarke�!)"

Roarke ROCKS. (Eve rocks too, but Roarke? Whoooeeeee.)

Updated Post 13 - finished month 2!

All About You, Part Deux!: Month 1 DONE!
March 1 - 31, 2012

Spell It Out Nickname: P-E-T-A-L
"Because I'm beautiful and delicate, like a flower petal" or so I've been told.

P Penitance, Jennifer Laurens MAR 3
E One For The Money, Janet Evanovich MAR 2
T Thaw, Jordan Castillo Price MAR 5
A Misty, VC Andrews MAR 8
L Absolution, Jennifer Laurens MAR 4

I am still working on the first part. Can I use some of the same books in both parts or do they need to be separate lists if I start this one now.

Separate books for these All About You, Parts I & II, challenges. However, you can use any of these books in other challenges on NBRC, Kirsten.

Start: Mar 2012
Completed: 41/? books 8/12 months

Month 1 - Nickname (not a current one, but one I had as a kid) Mar 1 - Mar 21
S Skloot, RebeccaThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 3/10/12 ♥♥�
T The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise by Julia Stuart 3/19/12 ♥♥�
U Unwanted: A Novel by Kristina Ohlsson 3/21/12 ♥♥♥♥
B Brant, Kylie Deadly Sins 3/14/12 ♥♥♥♥
L Lindsay, JeffDarkly Dreaming Dexter 3/4/12 ♥♥�
Y Yesterday'S Love by Sherryl Woods 3/8/12 ♥♥�

Month 2 - Occupation: Librarian May 1 - May 31
1. Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay 5/6/12 ♥♥�
2. Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay 5/14/12 ♥♥�
3. The Book Stops Here by Ian Sansom 5/25/12 ♥♥�
4. Mr. Dixon Disappears by Ian Sansom 5/20/12 ♥♥

Month 3 - Favorite color: Yellow Apr 15 - Apr 23
1. A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley 4/20/12 ♥♥�
2. Trail of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz 4/22/12 ♥♥♥♥
3. Dial M for Mischief by Kasey Michaels 4/ 23/12 ♥♥�
4. Be My Baby Tonight by Kasey Michaels 4/15/12 ♥♥♥♥


Month 4 - Favorite series Mar 27 - Apr 9
1. Mercy Thompson Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs 4/9/12 ♥♥♥♥
2. Raines of Wind Canyon Against the Night by Kat Martin 4/8/12 ♥♥♥♥
3. Parasol Protectorate Heartless by Gail Carriger 4/6/12 ♥♥♥♥
4. The Immortals Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce 3/28/12 ♥♥♥♥

Month 5 - Car June 1-30
H Home in Carolina by Sherryl Woods 6/9/12 4�
O Once Smitten, Twice Shy by Lori Wilde 6/1/12 3�
N Nicole Young Kill Me If You Can 6/14/12 3�
D Darkness Bound by Stella Cameron 6/7/12 3�
A Abraham Verghese Cutting for Stone 6/12/12 3�
C Clark, Marcia Guilt by Degrees: A Novel 6/2/12 4�
R Rick Riordan The Serpent's Shadow 6/20/12 3�
V Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse-Five 6/28/12 3�

Month 6 - Birth order July 1-11
F Fenske, Tawna Making Waves 7/9/12 3�
I Insurgent by Veronica Roth 7/5/12 4�
R Ross, JoAnn On Lavender Lane 7/11/12 4�
S Stroud, Jonathan The Amulet of Samarkand 7/8/12 3�
T Toni Morrison Beloved 7/7/12 3�

Month 7 - Sport Jul 12-Aug 12
S Sigurdardottir, Yrsa Ashes to Dust 7/22/12 4�
O Of Mice and Murderers by John Stockmyer 8/12/12 3�
C Chapman, Janet Spellbound Falls 7/13/12 3�
C Chamberlain, DianeThe Midwife's Confession 7/21/12 4�
E Erik Larson The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America 7/19/12 3�
R Ross, JoAnn Moonshell Beach: A Shelter Bay Novel 7/14/12 4�

Month 8 - Favorite subject Aug 13 - Aug 31
M Miller, Linda Lael Big Sky Mountain 8/19/12 4�
A Amy Tan The Joy Luck Club 8/29/12 3�
T Tina Fey Bossypants 8/24/12 3�
H Higgins, Kristan Somebody To Love 8/18/12 4�

Month 9 - Elements Sep 1 - Sep 30
Earth:
Air:
Fire:
Water: