The Challenge Factory discussion

How It Works:

○Below there will be a list of words associated with October 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 orginal list, as well as updating a post occasioanlly.
•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!

March Words to Choose From:
Words Associated With March:
•Aquamarine•Pisces•Daffodil•Green•Leprechaun•Pot of Gold•Irish•Mardi Gras•Ides•Clover •Rainbow•Madness

Birthdays in March:
(Please note you can do the whole name, first, and or last)
•Ron Howard•Dr. Seuss•Chuck Norris•Carrie Underwood•William Shatner•Reba McEntire •Lucy Lawless•MC Hammer•Queen Latifah•Mark-Paul Gosselaar

Themes to Choose From for Hard Level:
Red Cross Month: All of your books must have red covers.
Multiple Personality Day: At least one of the characters in the books you read after have a secret identity.
Middle Name Pride day: Read books where the author uses their middle name (ie: Karen Marie Moning) on their covers.
St. Patrick’s Day: All of your books must have green covers.
Make Up your Own Holiday Day: Pick your own hard level and use it for all the books you read.

Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series.
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day: Read a book with aliens in it.
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it.
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe or by an author named Joe.
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like!

March 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
3/1 - 3/31/16
Read: 7/7 DONE!

R Rachel Gibson - What I Love About You (Truly, Idaho #3) 3/21/16 3.5stars
A Andre, Bella - The Way You Look Tonight (Sullivans #9) 3/8/16 4stars
I Inclan, Jessica Barksdale - How to Bake a Man 3/18/16 3stars
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W Wiley, Dorothy - The Beauty of Love (American Wilderness #6) 3/12/16 5stars


Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series.
More Than a Feeling (Heart of the Rockies #3) by Sara Richardson 3/28/16 4stars

Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it.
Truly Sweet (Sweet, Texas #5) by Candis Terry 3/5/16 4stars (Jake proposes to Annie)

National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like!
Serving Trouble (Second Shot #1) by Sara Jane Stone 3/9/16 4stars

March 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge

Read: 15/15

Word Associated With March - Pisces:

P Picoult - My Sister's Keeper
I [use bonus]
S Secret Daughter
C Cathy Lamb - The Last Time I Was Me
E Elin Hilderbrand - The Blue Bistro
S The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Birthdays in March:
R The Rock Orchard
O Our Endless Numbered Days
N Nesbitt - The Railway Children

H Halfway Hexed
O [use bonus]
W Webber Truly, Madly
A The Anatomist's Wife
R Rayne - Property of a Lady
D Deeply, Desperately

Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own:
National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series. Absolutely, Positively
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day: Read a book with aliens in it.
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it.
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe or by an author named Joe.
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like! Mortal Arts

March TCF Challenge - 6/6 Complete



P Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges 3/23/2016 ★★★
I Inferno 3/16/2016 ★★★
S Elizabeth Strout, My Name Is Lucy Barton 3/3/2016 ★★★★
C Alexander Chee, The Queen of the Night 3/9/16 ★★★★★
E Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl 3/14/16 ★★★★★
S Johanna Sinisalo, The Core of the Sun 3/16/2016 ★★★★★

March Challenge


READ: 7/8

✔I: If I Should Die - Allison Brennan 3/8
✔R: Revived - Cat Patrick 3/12
✔I: In Other Worlds - Sherrilyn Kenyon 3/20
✔S: Sweep in Peace - Ilona Andrews 3/13
✔H: Hallowed Circle - Linda Robertsom 3/26


Bonus:
✔National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series.
My Lady Quicksilver - Bec McMaster (#3) 3/17

Extraterrestrial Abductions Day: Read a book with aliens in it.
Wildcat - Cheryl Brooks

✔National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like!
Viking in Love - Sandra Hill 3/3

March Monthly Challenge

20/20 read

M - My Soul to Take ~ 3/4/16 ~ ★★★★★
A - Avery Cockburn ~ Playing for Keeps ~ 3/3/16 ~ ★★★
D - Dirty Laundry ~ 3/13/16 ~ ★★★★
N - Niederwald ~ 3/22/16 ~ ★★★
E - Eli Easton ~ How to Walk Like a Man ~ 3/30/16 ~ ★★★★
S - Samantha Kane ~ Cherry Pie ~ 3/6/16 ~ ★★★
S - Soul Screamers series ~ My Soul to Save ~ 3/9/16 ~ ★★★★

C - Catch a Tiger by the Tail ~ 3/7/16 ~ ★★★★
H - Hawk, Jordan L. ~ Maelstrom ~ 3/16/16 ~ ★★★★★
U - Until We Meet Once More ~ 3/6/16 ~ ★★★
C - Cole McGinnis series ~ Dirty Sweets ~ 3/13/16 ~ ★★★★★
K - K.A. Merikan ~ Bare-Knuckle Love ~ 3/8/16 ~ ★★

L - Laoch Rudadh ~ 3/12/16 ~ ★★★★
U - Underwater Secrets ~ 3/29/16 ~ ★★
C - Cole McGinnis Series - Dirty Day ~ 3/13/16 ~ ★★★★★
Y - You and a Billion Blue Tiles ~ 3/16/16 ~ ★★★

Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series. My Soul to Keep ~ 3/20/16 ~ ★★★
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it. Status Update ~ 3/16/16 ~ ★★★★
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe or by an author named Joe. The Persistence of Memory ~ 3/11/16 ~ ★★★
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like! Tailor Made ~ 3/14/16 ~ ★★★★

March Monthly Challenge


Books: 7/7 -Completed March 23, 2016!

✔R:Raw Blue | Kirsty Eagar - Mar 23 - ★★★★☆
✔A:Almost Heaven | Judith McNaught - Mar 18 - ★★★★☆
✔I:Ice Blue | Anne Stuart - Mar 19 - ★★★☆☆
✔N:The Newcomer | Robyn Carr - Mar 11 - ★★★★☆
✔B:Beyond the Highland Mist | Karen Marie Moning - Mar 7 - ★★★★☆
✔O:Once and Always | Judith McNaught - Mar 12 - ★★★☆☆
✔W:The Wanderer | Robyn Carr - Mar 6 - ★★★★☆

I'm in and I'm going with PISCES (it's my birthday sign too)
March Challenge (6/6) - #9

Updated 3/20/16 - Challenge Completed!!!!


P. Pygmalion - read 3/1 Pygmalion
I. I, Robot - read 3/20 I, Robot
S. Soldier with a Backpack: Living and Dying Simultaneously - read 3/5 Soldier With a Backpack: Living and Dying Simultaneously
C. Connor, Amanda (Harley Quinn Vol 1 Hot in the City) read 3/9 & Christos Gage (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 9 New Rules) read 3/11 Harley Quinn, Vol. 1: Hot in the City Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Rules
E. Edgar Allen Poe; Terrifying Tales - read 3/12/16 Terrifying Tales
S. Steel Kiss, The - read 3/14/16 The Steel Kiss

March 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: March 1 - 31, 2016

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Words Associated With March: Irish
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Birthdays in March: Ron Howard
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O ~ Off Limits by Lauren Landish 3/7/16 *****
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Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series.
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day: Read a book with aliens in it.
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it.
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe or by an author named Joe.
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like!

TCF March Challenge 2016

Word: Aquamarine
Read: 2/10

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N- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (3/20) 5 stars
E- E.L. Doctorow Ragtime (3/23) 3 stars




Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series.
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day: Read a book with aliens in it.
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it.
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe or by an author named Joe.
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like!

TCF March Challenge 2016
0/5 read

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Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own

National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series.
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day: Read a book with aliens in it.
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it.
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe or by an author named Joe.
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like!

P A Perfect Proposal
OJonas Jonasson's The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
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D Dead Silence

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Plus be reading Green Covers!

TCF March Challenge

8/12 read

Words Associated With March:

R: Rock Chick by Kristen Ashley ♥♥♥♥ 3/16
A: Trinity Bound by Carrie Ann Ryan (Pi: book 3 in a series) ♥♥ 3/1
I: Immortal in Death by JD Robb ♥♥♥♥ 3/5
N: No Place to Run by Maya Banks♥♥♥♥ 3/25
B: Blurred Expectations by Carrie Ann Ryan ♥♥ 3/9
O: Over the Edge by Suzanne Brockmann ♥♥♥♥♥ 3/9
W: Whispers in the Dark by Maya Banks

C: A Night Away by Carrie Ann Ryan ♥♥♥ 3/9
H: Hidden Away by Maya Banks
U: Unfixable by Tessa Bailey
C: Enforcer's Redemption by Carrie Ann Ryan
K: Rock Chick Rescue by Kristen Ashley ♥♥ 3/22




Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own

National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series.
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day: Read a book with aliens in it.
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it.
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe or by an author named Joe.
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like!

15/15 ~ finished Mar 24th


Words Associated With March:
•Madness•
M~ Maelstrom by Jordan L. Hawk ~ 3/15/16 ~ 5★
A~ Astounding! by Kim Fielding ~ 3/18/16 ~ 4★
D~ Diamonds by Nash Summers ~ 3/816 ~ 4★
N~ No Place That Far by L.A. Witt & Aleksandr Voinov ~ 3/24/16 ~ 4★
E~ Exchange of Hearts by N.R. Walker ~ 3/10/16 ~ 3.5★
S~ Sight and Sinners by Susan Mac Nicol ~ 3/9/16 ~ 4★
S~ The Spy and His Boy by Lyn Gala ~ 3/7/16 ~ 3★

Birthdays in March:
•Carrie Underwood•
C~ Chasing Death Metal Dreams by Kaje Harper ~ 3/23/16 ~ 4★
A~ Always the Perfect Moment by K-lee Klein ~ 3/10/16 ~ 3.5★
R~ Red Hot: Coffin Nails MC California by K.A. Merikan ~ 3/7/16 ~ 4★
R~ Redeeming Rafe by Sloane Kennedy ~ 3/16/16 ~ 4★
I~ It's Not Yule, It's Me by Michael P. Thomas ~ 3/11/16 ~ 3.5★
E~ Erickson, Megan - Focus on Me ~ 3/19/16 ~ 4★

Bonus:
National Pi Day: Read book 3 in a series.
Full Domain by Kindle Alexander ~ 3/5/16 ~ 4★
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like!
Waiting for Clark by Annabeth Albert ~ 3/17/16 ~ 3★

March 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: March 1 - 31, 2016

M Murder and Marinara by Rosie Genova - 3/12
A I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 3/5
D The Alpine Betrayal by Mary Daheim - 3/4
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E St. Peter's Fair by Ellis Peters - 3/2
S She Came Back by Patricia Wentworth - 3/2
S Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog by Boris Akunin - 3/6

Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series.
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day: Read a book with aliens in it.
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it.
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe or by an author named Joe.
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like!
Wolf-Speaker by Tamora Pierce - 3/17

0/9:

M: The Mistake
A: All Lined Up
R: Rome
D: Driven
I: I Hunt Killers

G: The Girl of Fire and Thorns
R: Reclaiming the Sand
A: American Love Songs
S: Sixty Five Hours

March 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: March 1 - 31, 2016

Lucy Lawless

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A - Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo 3/20/16
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i'm in!

My March 2016 Monthly Challenge:
Mardi Gras :: 6/9

M: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (3/1/16) ✿✿✿✿✿
A: Aveyard, Victoria- Glass Sword(3/2/16) ✿✿✿✿✿
R: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (3/14/16) ✿✿✿✿
D: National Goof Off Day: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (3/15/16)✿✿✿
I: Porposal Day Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard (3/9/16) ✿✿✿

G: Golden Son by Pierce Brown
R:
A: Aziz Ansari, Modern Romance (3/3/16) ✿✿✿✿
S:

✿Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series.
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day: Read a book with aliens in it.
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it.
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe or by an author named Joe.
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like!

March Challenge
9/15

D - Dreaming of the Bones 03/06 ★★★★★
A - All Families are Psychotic 03/02 ★★★★
F - A Front Page Affair 03/02 ★★★★
F - Fifth Grave Past the Light 03/02 ★★★★
O - Origin in Death
D - Sixth Grave on the Edge (D)arynda Jones 03/14★★★★★
I - Witch Hunt (I)an Rankin 03/16★★★
L - Taliesin Stephen (L)awhead

M - Cinder (M)arissa Meyer
A - National Goof Off Day - Spellcasting in Silk03/04 ★★★★★
D - Dark Horse (03/14) ★★★
N - Track of the Cat (N)evada Barr
E - Eighth Grave After Dark
S - Seventh Grave and No Body
S - The Crack in the Lens (S)teve Hockensmith (03/10) ★★★★★

21/21

G The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure 5/5 (3/12/16)
R The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan 5/5 (3/13/16)
E West by Sea by Michelle & EDWARD Beale 5/5 (3/20/16)
E Entranced 3/5 (3/26/16)
N The Wolven by N.A. Koziol 5/5 (3/6/16)

C The Glass Magician by Charles Holmburg 5/5 (3/1/16)
H The Paper Magician by Charles Holmburg 5/5 (3/1/16)
U The Underworld 4/5 (3/20/16)
C The Grumpy Guide to Life by Grumpy Cat 5/5 (3/2/16)
K Asleep by Krystal Wade 5/5 (3/26/16)

N Stardust by Neil Gaiman 2/5 (3/27/16)
O Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes by Cory O'Brien 4/5 (3/6/16)
R The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan 5/5 (3/12/16)
R The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan 5/5 (3/11/16)
I Illuminae 5/5 (3/30/16)
S The Promise by Jessica Sorensen 4/5 (3/21/16)

National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series. The Vision 4/5 (3/21/16)
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day: Read a book with aliens in it. - The 5th Wave 3/5 (3/17/16)
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it. The Master Magician 5/5 (3/3/16)
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe or by an author named Joe. Joe Bob the Laistrygonian giant in The Sea of Monsters 5/5 (3/10/16)
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like! - The Fallen Star 4/5 (3/19/16)

TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: March 01/16 - March 31/16

Word Associated With March:

M Minutes to Kill by Melinda Leigh 03/04/16 *****
A Adieu, Betty Crocker by Francois Gravel 03/01/16 ****
R The Red Scarf by Kate Furnivall 03/13/16 ****
D Dawn's Awakening by Lora Leigh 03/25/16 ****
I The Italian Woman by Jean Plaidy 03/23/16 ****

G Far Gone by Laura Griffin 03/02/16 ****
R Ricochet by Sandra Brown 03/18/16 ****
A Irish Eyes by Kathy Hogan Trocheck, Mary Kay Andrews 03/05/16 ***
S The Summer Cottage by Susan Kietzman 03/03/16***

Birthday in March:

R Return to Grace by Karen Harper 03/15/16 ****
E Only His by Elizabeth Lowell 03/24/16 ***
B A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams 03/10/16 ****
A Santorini by Alex M. Smith 03/25/16 ****

I'm in:

6/6

P - Penny Watson - A Taste of Heaven *** 3/5
I - The Inn at Ocean's Edge by Colleen Coble *** 3/20
S - Snyder, Maria V - Touch of Power ****3/25
C - Cold Iron **** 3/20
E - Gabe (Alternate - aliens in the book) **** 3/6
S - The Sleeping Beauty by Mercedes Lackey *** 3/1

Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series.
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day: Read a book with aliens in it.
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it.
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe or by an author named Joe.
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like!

March 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2016
Books Read: 10/10

***COMPLETED 5-1-2016***

March Word:

✔ C ~ Charlaine Harris ✒ An Apple for the Creature 3-13-2016 | 3*
✔ L ~ National "Joe" Day: Unlucky 13|James Patterson 3-8-2016 | 4*
✔ O ~ The Opposite of Everyone|Joshilyn Jackson 5-1-2016 | 4*
✔ V ~ V.E. Schwab ✒ A Darker Shade of Magic 4-4-2016 | 4*
✔ E ~Stephanie Evanovich ✒ Big Girl Panties 3-19-2016 | 4*
✔ R ~ Ransom Riggs ✒ Hollow City 3-27-2016 | 5*


Birthday in March:

✔ R ~ Pi Day #14 in Series 14th Deadly Sin|James Patterson 3-24-2016 | 4*
✔ E ~ National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like! The Handmaid's Tale|Margaret Atwood 3-18-2016 | 4*
✔ B ~ Maya Banks ✒ Forged in Steele 3-3-2016 | 3*
✔ A ~ A Spool of Blue Thread|Anne Tyler 3-2-2016 | 3*


Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series.
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day: Read a book with aliens in it.
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it.
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe or by an author named Joe.
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like!

March 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
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March 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
3/1 - 3/31/16
Read: 7/7

R - Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton 28 March
A - Armentrout, Jennifer L., The Power 24 March
I - Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch 29 March
N - Naomi Novak - Uprooted 31 March
B - Bound in Black by Juliette Cross 16 March
O - Substitute with bonus
W - Substitute with bonus

Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it.
Shadow Game 2 March
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe.
Dead and Kicking 5 March

March 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
3/1-3/31/16
Read: 2/5

Irish

I-Ink-Bella Roccaforte
R-The Rosie Project-Graeme Simsion
I-The One and Only Ivan-Katherine Applegate
S-Still Alice-Lisa Genova
H-Hollow City-Ransom Riggs


And Done!!

TCF's March Challenge


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March Word: MARDIS GRAS
☘ M: Made in Nashville - Mandy Baggot
☘ A: August Unknown - Pamela Fryer
☘ R: Rooted in Danger - Terry Odell
☘ D: The Deal - Elle Kennedy
☘ I: An Indian Affair - Doreen Owens Malek

☘ G: Good Girls Don't - Victoria Dahl
☘ R: Reaper's Fall - Joanna Wylde
☘ A: Ashes, Ashes, They All Fall Dead - Lena Diaz
☘ S: Sweet Water - Jeffrey Anna
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Extras:
☘ National Pi Day: Legal Briefs - N.M. Silber - 3rd in Lawyers in Love series
☘ Proposal Day: The Sassy One - Susan Mallery
☘ National “Joe” Day: No Place to Run - Maya Banks - hero's brother is named Joe
☘ National Goof Off Day: TBD
TBD

I'm going to jump in on this one. I'm going to start with one word, but I might add onto it as I go.

Completed CLOVER
C: The Crucible ♥♥♥♥ 3/11/16
L: Lisa Kleypas, author. Seduce Me at Sunrise, ♥♥♥♥, 3/7/16
O: The Outsiders ♥♥♥♥♥, 3/5/16
V: V for Vendetta ♥♥♥♥♥, 3/4/16
E: Ernest Hemingway. The Old Man and the Sea ♥♥♥♥♥ 3/11/16
R: Red Queen ♥♥♥♥♥ 3/7/16


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R: Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
D: Dubliners
I: Ink and Bone, ♥♥♥♥♥, 3/23/16

G: Gathering of Shadows, A. V.E. Schwab
R: Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture, ♥♥♥♥♥, 3/12/16
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S: Something Wicked This Way Comes, ♥♥♥, (3/26/16)

March Challenge:

5/5

I - Ignite - R.J. Lewis - 3/4
R - Ruining You - Nicole Reed - 3/10
I - Imperfectly Perfect - A. E. Woodward - 3/13
S - Sempre: Redemption - J.M. Darhower - 3/17
H - Hard Glamour - Maggie Marr - 3/22

March 2016 TCF Challenge

Duration : March 1 to March 31
Completed: 2/11

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Behold! What happens when you let an 8 year old pick your words for you because his birthday was March 1.

TCF's March Challenge
Duration: March 1, 2016- March 31, 2016
Read: 7/14

Word Associated with March

R: Richelle Mead Vampire Academy ⚜⚜⚜⚜ 3/21/16
A: National Goof Off Day Blood Orchids ⚜⚜⚜ 3/20/16
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N: The Nightingale ⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜ 3/18/16
B: Brite, Poppy Z. Liquor ⚜⚜⚜ 3/7/16
O: Ours, Deborah Man o' War: A Legend Like Lightning ⚜⚜⚜⚜ 3/14/16
W: The Woman Who Lost Her Face: How Charla Nash Survived the World's Most Infamous Chimpanzee Attack ⚜⚜ 3/24/16


Birthday in March

D: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America ⚜⚜⚜ 3/4/16
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Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own:
(view spoiler)[
National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series.
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day: Read a book with aliens in it.
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it.
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe or by an author named Joe.
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like! (hide spoiler)]

Words Associated With March

Mardi Gras
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TCF's March Challenge
Duration: March 1, 2016- March 31, 2016
Books Read:17
Completed: 3/28/16


R Reap & Repent3/23/16
A Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter3/7/16
I An Irish Tale3/16/16
N A New Orleans Haunting3/27/16
B Breed of Innocence3/5/16
O Out of Time3/10/16
W Wonder 3/21/16


L Linked3/6/16
E Vampire University by V.J. Erickson3/14/16
P Possession of Souls3/13/16
R Finding Lily by Rachel Del3/27/16
E Baehrly Bitten by Elizabeth A. Reeves3/12/16
C The Savage Marquess by Marion Chesney3/21/16
H Her Dark Angel3/28/16
A A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox3/4/16
U Unexpected Gifts 3/27/16
N Nightmares 3/28/16

I'm in!

Finished my challenge...happy reading!

Word Associated With March:

M Minutes to Kill by Melinda Leigh 03/04/16 *****
A Adieu, Betty Crocker by Francois Gravel 03/01/16 ****
R The Red Scarf by Kate Furnivall 03/13/16 ****
D Dawn's Awakening by Lora Leigh 03/25/16 ****
I The Italian Woman by Jean Plaidy 03/23/16 ****

G Far Gone by Laura Griffin 03/02/16 ****
R Ricochet by Sandra Brown 03/18/16 ****
A Irish Eyes by Kathy Hogan Trocheck, Mary Kay Andrews 03/05/16 ***
S The Summer Cottage by Susan Kietzman 03/03/16***

Birthday in March:

R Return to Grace by Karen Harper 03/15/16 ****
E Only His by Elizabeth Lowell 03/24/16 ***
B A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams 03/10/16 ****
A Santorini by Alex M. Smith 03/25/16 ****

Finished on post #3!

finished msg 36

20/20 read

M - My Soul to Take ~ 3/4/16 ~ ★★★★★
A - Avery Cockburn ~ Playing for Keeps ~ 3/3/16 ~ ★★★
D - Dirty Laundry ~ 3/13/16 ~ ★★★★
N - Niederwald ~ 3/22/16 ~ ★★★
E - Eli Easton ~ How to Walk Like a Man ~ 3/30/16 ~ ★★★★
S - Samantha Kane ~ Cherry Pie ~ 3/6/16 ~ ★★★
S - Soul Screamers series ~ My Soul to Save ~ 3/9/16 ~ ★★★★

C - Catch a Tiger by the Tail ~ 3/7/16 ~ ★★★★
H - Hawk, Jordan L. ~ Maelstrom ~ 3/16/16 ~ ★★★★★
U - Until We Meet Once More ~ 3/6/16 ~ ★★★
C - Cole McGinnis series ~ Dirty Sweets ~ 3/13/16 ~ ★★★★★
K - K.A. Merikan ~ Bare-Knuckle Love ~ 3/8/16 ~ ★★

L - Laoch Rudadh ~ 3/12/16 ~ ★★★★
U - Underwater Secrets ~ 3/29/16 ~ ★★
C - Cole McGinnis Series - Dirty Day ~ 3/13/16 ~ ★★★★★
Y - You and a Billion Blue Tiles ~ 3/16/16 ~ ★★★

Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series. My Soul to Keep ~ 3/20/16 ~ ★★★
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it. Status Update ~ 3/16/16 ~ ★★★★
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe or by an author named Joe. The Persistence of Memory ~ 3/11/16 ~ ★★★
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like! Tailor Made ~ 3/14/16 ~ ★★★★

COMPLETED! See message 28.

March 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
3/1 - 3/31/16
Read: 7/7

R - Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton 28 March
A - Armentrout, Jennifer L., The Power 24 March
I - Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch 29 March
N - Naomi Novak - Uprooted 31 March
B - Bound in Black by Juliette Cross 16 March
O - Substitute with bonus
W - Substitute with bonus

Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it.
Shadow Game 2 March
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe.
Dead and Kicking 5 March

March 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
14/14

Madness:
M: Mythos Academy #1 - Touch of Frost 11/3/16
A: The Accidental Countess 1/3/16
D : The Dragon Who Loved Me 7/3/16
N: No Strings Attached 13/3/16
E: Easy Melody 3/3/16
S: Swan and the Bear 12/3/16
S: Simply Irresistible 19/3/16


Dr. Seuss:
D: Darynda Jones - Fifth Grave Past the Light 23/3/16
R: Red Queen #2 - Glass Sword 19/3/16


S: Singh, Nalini - Archangel's Storm 5/3/16
E: Elkeles, Simone - Perfect Chemistry 27/3/16
U: Under the Never Sky #2.5 - Brooke 30/3/16
S: Sarah J. Maas - Queen of Shadows 9/3/16
S: The Sweetest Thing 16/3/16

Didn't quite finish... :-( But fun as always!

TCF's March Challenge


12 of 13 Complete

March Word: MARDIS GRAS
✔M: Made in Nashville - Mandy Baggot - 03.06 ★★
✔A: August Unknown - Pamela Fryer - 03.17 ★★★
✔R: Reapers and Bastards: A Reapers MC Anthology - Joanna Wylde - 03.02 ★★★
☘ D: The Deal - Elle Kennedy
✔I: An Indian Affair - Doreen Owens Malek - 03.08 ★★★

✔G: Good Girls Don't - Victoria Dahl - 03.30 ★★★★
✔R: Reaper's Fall - Joanna Wylde - 03.12 ★★★★
✔A: Ashes, Ashes, They All Fall Dead - Lena Diaz - 03.28 ★★★
✔S: Sweet Water - Jeffrey Anna - 03.01 ★★★★
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Extras:
✔National Pi Day: Legal Briefs - N.M. Silber - 3rd in Lawyers in Love series - 03.12 ★★★★
✔Proposal Day: The Sassy One - Susan Mallery - 03.11 ★★★★
✔National “Joe” Day: No Place to Run - Maya Banks - hero's brother is Joe - 03.29 ★★★★
✔National Goof Off Day: Since the Surrender - Julie Anne Long - 03.04 ★★★★

Finished but just now posting.

March 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge
Duration: March 1 - 31, 2016

M Murder and Marinara by Rosie Genova - 3/12
A I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 3/5
D The Alpine Betrayal by Mary Daheim - 3/4
N
E St. Peter's Fair by Ellis Peters - 3/2
S She Came Back by Patricia Wentworth - 3/2
S Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog by Boris Akunin - 3/6

Can be used in place of one of your letters or on their own
National Pi Day: Read a book that is either book 3 or book 14 in a series.
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day: Read a book with aliens in it.
Proposal Day: Read a book with a proposal in it.
National “Joe” Day: Read a book with a character named Joe or by an author named Joe.
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you’d like!
Wolf-Speaker by Tamora Pierce - 3/17

TCF Monthly Challenge — March
Completed — 17!

Words Associated with March
Midnight Awakening, Lara Adrian – 3/25/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Aiken, G.A. — Dragon Actually – 3/6/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Rapture, J.R. Ward – 3/4/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Desired, Stacey Kennedy – 3/14/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Immortal, J.R. Ward – 3/9/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮

Ginger Voight — The Luck of the Irish – 3/31/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
R.L. Mathewson — Playing for Keeps – 3/12/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Ashley, Jennifer — The Duke’s Perfect Wife – 3/28/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Samantha Young — Fall from India Place – 3/18/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰



Birthdays in March
Reckoning, Jeaniene Frost – 3/31/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Exquisite Trouble, Ann Mayburn – 3/14/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Bliss, Chelle — Throttle Me – 3/31/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰
At Grave’s End, Jeaniene Frost – 3/26/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰


National Pi Day ➔ 3rd book in a series
Gabriel’s Mate, Tina Folsom – 3/29/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

Extraterrestrial Abductions Day ➔ character is an alien
The Bound Prince, Michelle M. Pillow – 3/31/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

Proposal Day ➔ features a proposal
Grabbed by Vicious, Lolita Lopez – 3/25/16 – ✮✮✮✮✰

National Goof-Off Day ➔ any book!
Coming Undone, Lauren Dane – 3/7/16 – ✮✮✮✮✮

Finally got the book from the library that I needed to completed this challenge. Updated my original post.