Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Addicts discussion

January is the start of a new year and I'd like to use that as the theme for the challenge this month. It's all about new! I mean new to you, it does not matter when the book was published as long as it's new to you!

Finding your new:------
1. Author
2. Series
3. Character/Creature (eg Warlock, Dragon etc)
4. Location (I'll leave this open to interpretation - place/world/time?)
5. Chose one of genre (or sub-genre), publisher or free choice NEW.

Levels
Easy - 3 books - 1 each from categories 1,2 & 1 from 1 to 5
Medium - 5 books - 1 from each of categories 1 to 5 (see note***)
Hard - 10 books - 2 from each from categories 1 & 2, 1 each from categories 3 to 5, plus 3 more.

***You can substitute one of 3,4 or 5 for a second new author.

The how to......

***Unless you are using the challenge widget - Please update your original post (see the participants list for easy finding) as you go along, you can post a finished post at the end too!!!***

Please post the level you want to attempt and come back to that post to update us all, you can do a finished post later too! The participants thread has a link to everyone's initial post.

We're keeping it simple here, use your judgement and given the nature of our group keep mostly in the PNR/UF genres, your interpretation of it that is :-) (max 1 out of 3 from others though please!)

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Okay I'm going for easy as I never seems to manage anything else!

0 of 3 Completed

1. Author
2. Series
3. Genre

Jenny, don't you mean January 2014? :)

I'm in! I hope to reach easy, but I'm going to aim for hard! I'll update this post with my choices as we go along. :)

I'm going for Medium:

Completed: 5/5 Completed 1/11

Finding your new:------
1. Author: Cidney Swanson 1/7 Chameleon
2. Series: Rippler: Book One in the Ripple Series 1/5
3. Character/Creature: (eg Warlock, Dragon etc) Werewolves: Forever 1/4
4. Location: France & Rome - Unfurl 1/10
5. Genre/free choice new: Odd and the Frost Giants 1/11

I am going for Hard (9/10)


1. Author: Lauren Hawkeye~ Darkest Desire of the Vampire: Wicked in Moonlight\Vampire Island (Harlequin Nocturne #161)by Rhyannon Byrd (Goodreads Author), Lauren Hawkeye (Goodreads Author)
2. Series: Midnight's Surrender (Dark Warriors #8.5)by Donna Grant
3. Character/Creature: An Allorian(alien)~Last Kiss Goodnight (Otherworld Assassin #1)by Gena Showalter
4. Location:New Mexico~ Taming the Demon (Harlequin Nocturne #160)by Doranna Durgin
5. Chose one of genre (or sub-genre), publisher or free choice NEW.New Author~ Dead Beautiful (Dead Beautiful #1)by Yvonne Woon

1. Author: Werewolf menage Pack justice by Michelle Fox
2. Series: Evangeline (A Dark Faerie Tale, #0.5)by Alexia Purdy
3. Character/Creature:Dove Shape-Shifter~ Mistress of the Solstice by Anna Kashina
4. Location: Year 2064~Sherry's Wolf (After the Crash #3.5)by Maddy Barone
5. Chose one of genre (or sub-genre), publisher or free choice NEW.

Jenny B wrote: "January is the start of a new year and I'd like to use that as the theme for the challenge this month. It's all about new! I mean new to you, it does not matter when the book was published as long ..."

Where is the widget? I cannot find it.

Just a curiosity question. Has anyone noticed the title of the challenge is January 2013 Challenge. It is now 2014.

Im reading a James Rollins book, Subteranean just now and am well impressed.

Completed #7 Medium 1/11

Paranormal Addicts & Newbies - Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy
January 2013 Challenge ~ New Year, New Reads!
Duration: 1/1/2014 - 1/31/2014

Progress: 7 out of 10 (Hard - 10 books - 2 from each from categories 1 & 2, 1 each from categories 3 to 5, plus 3 more.)

Finding your new:
Author:
1. Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life by Melissa Joan Hart - ***** - 1/10/2014
2. Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way by Ruth Reichl - **** - 1/12/2014
3. Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger by Beth Harbison - ***** - 1/16/2014
4. The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey - ***** - 1/23/2014



Series
5. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard - ***** - 1/14/2014



Character/Creature (eg Warlock, Dragon etc)
6. Avenger's Angel by Heather Killough-Walden - *** - 1/22/2014



Location (I'll leave this open to interpretation - place/world/time?)

Chose One of Genre (or sub-genre), Publisher or Free Choice NEW:
7. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris - **** - 1/14/2014

Argh!! I missed by 1!

January 2014 Challenge
10/10 DONE
1. New Author: Full Moon Rising --Read 1/23
2. New Series: A Hunger Like No Other --Read 1/8
3. New Creature Type: Dark Needs at Night's Edge --Read 1/16
4. New Location: No Rest for the Wicked --Read 1/9
5. Free Choice: Faking It --Read 1/14
6. New Author: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms --Read 1/18
7. New Series: I'm the Vampire, That's Why --Read 1/28
8. New Creature Type: Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night --Read 1/11
9. New Author: On Dublin Street --Read 1/29
10. New Author: Bared to You --Read 1/31

Are we doing one for February?