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Hooray for Technology! E-Reader Challenge



Thanks to Kay (Brigidsmomma) for the suggestion of this challenge!

The e-reader has made reading accessible for a lot of people that were previously unable to read due to failing eyesight or inability to hold the weightier hardcovers and paperbacks. It also allows people to have thousands of books, right at their fingertips, or gives them the ability to hide what they are reading (like me! Reading romances exclusively leads to some embarrassing covers being shown!).

How It Works
◈Pick a Level
◈Pick which task group you will do, and you are allowed to pick multiple groups!
◈All books read must be e-books, but can be on any platform (Kobo, Nook, Kindle, PC, etc)!
◈There are no page minimums for the challenge!

Duration: January 1st, 2017 to January 31st, 2017

Levels:
Easy: 1-4 books
Medium: 5-8 books
Hard: 9-11 books
Dedicated: 12+ books

Tasks:
Read as many books as you can in e-book format!

Spell out the e-reader of the month: Kobo using Title, Author Name First Letter (Either first or last name, No Middle Names!), or Series Name First Letter

Pick an author and read as many of their books as you can in e-book format.

Pick a series and read as much of it as you can in e-book format.

Hooray for Technology! E-Reader Challenge
Duration: January 1st to January 31st, 2017
Level: Dedicated (12+ books)
Read: 32/32

Tasks:
Read as many books as you can in e-book format!
1. It's In His Arms by Shelly Alexander-1/1/17
2. Hard Lesson by Savannah Skye-1/1/17
3. Reaper's Fire by Joanna Wylde-1/2/17
4. Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb-1/3/17
5. New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb-1/3/17
6. Chaos in Death by J.D. Robb-1/4/17
7. Claimed by the Mate, Vol. 3 by Kate Douglas and A.C. Arthur-1/5/17
8. Mayday by Olivia Dade-1/7/17
9. Driven to Distraction by Olivia Dade-1/8/17
10. A Merciful Death by Kendra Elliot-1/12/17
11. The Perfect Match by Pat White-1/12/17
12. Heir Untamed by Danielle Bourdon-1/16/17
13. The ASD and Me Picture Book: A Visual Guide to Understanding Challenges and Strengths for Children on the Autism Spectrum by Joel Shaul-1/18/17
14. Show Time by KB Winters-1/19/17
15. Rock Addiction by Nalini Singh-1/21/17
16. Waiting for Wednesday by Mari Carr-1/22/17
17. Playing by Her Rules by Amy Andrews-1/22/17
18. Phantom Evil by Heather Graham-1/25/17
19. Stars, Love And Pirouettes by Alicia Street-1/25/17
20. Playing It Cool by Amy Andrews-1/27/17
21. Maybe It's You by Candace Calvert-1/28/17
22. Playing the Player by Amy Andrews-1/29/17

Spell out the e-reader of the month: Kobo using Title, Author Name First Letter (Either first or last name, No Middle Names!), or Series Name First Letter
K- Big Time: A Bad Boy Sports Romance by K.B. Winters-1/18/17
O- Ready to Fall by Olivia Dade-1/8/17
B- Broken Resolutions by Olivia Dade-1/6/17
O- My Reckless Valentine by Olivia Dade-1/6/17

Pick an author and read as many of their books as you can in e-book format.
Erin Nicholas
1. Twisted Up by Erin Nicholas-1/16/17
2. Tangled Up by Erin Nicholas-1/18/17

Pick a series and read as much of it as you can in e-book format.
Players Series by Mackenzie Crowne
1. To Win Her Love by Mackenzie Crowne-1/13/17
2. To Win Her Trust by Mackenzie Crowne-1/14/17
3. To Win Her Heart by Mackenzie Crowne-1/15/17
4. To Win Her Back by Mackenzie Crowne-1/15/17

Not sure which task I'm going to go for yet. Need to look at what I have!

Hooray for Technology! E-Reader Challenge
Duration: January 1st to January 31st, 2016
Level: Hard (9+ books)
Read: 6/9

Tasks:
Read as many books as you can in e-book format:
1. In Truth and Ashes by Nicole Luiken, 1/3
2. The Pledge by Kimberly Derting, 1/9
3. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare, 1/19
4. Pushing the Boundaries by Stacey Trombley, 1/20
5. One Night by Monica Murphy, 1/24
6. Any Boy But You by Julie Hammerele, 1/24

Hooray for Technology! E-Reader Challenge
Duration: January 1/17 - January 31/17
Level: Hard (9+ books)

Tasks:
Read as many books as you can in e-book format!

Spell out the e-reader of the month: Kobo using Title, Author Name First Letter (Either first or last name, No Middle Names!), or Series Name First Letter
K
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B
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Pick an author and read as many of their books as you can in e-book format. JEAN PLAIDY

Pick a series and read as much of it as you can in e-book format.
TANGLED by Emma Chase

Hooray for Technology! E-Reader Challenge
Duration: January 1st to January 31st, 2016
Level: Hard (9+ books)
Read: 5/??

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B-
O-

Tasks:
Read as many books as you can in e-book format!
☮ Conception by Kalisha Buckhanon ***** 1/2/17

☮ The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley by Shaun David Hutchinson **** 1/10/17

☮ When Reason Breaks by Cindy L. Rodriguez **** 1/12/17

☮ The Song of David by Amy Harmon **** 1/18/17

☮ All About Lulu by Jonathan Evison ***** 1/18/17

Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey *****! 1/23/17


Spell out the e-reader of the month: Kobo using Title, Author Name First Letter (Either first or last name, No Middle Names!), or Series Name First Letter

Pick an author and read as many of their books as you can in e-book format.

Pick a series and read as much of it as you can in e-book format.

Tasks:
Read as many books as you can in e-book format!
Raw and Dirty 1/3/17
Something Fierce 1/3/17
Magic Shifts 1/7/17]
Stalked 1/8/17
Magic Binds 1/14/17
Guilty Pleasures 1/18/17
Stepbrother Thief 1/25/17
Iced 1/30/17
DANGER: A Bad Boy Mafia Novella 1/31/17


Spell out the e-reader of the month: Kobo using Title, Author Name First Letter (Either first or last name, No Middle Names!), or Series Name First Letter

Pick an author and read as many of their books as you can in e-book format.

Pick a series and read as much of it as you can in e-book format.

Level: Hard (9+ books)


10/10 ~ finished Jan 29th

Spell out the e-reader of the month: Kobo

Knave of Broken Hearts by Tara Lain ~ 1/20/17 ~ 3.5★
Omega's Fate by Wold Specter ~ 1/18/17 ~ 3★
Bloodline by Barbara Elsborg ~ 1/22/17 ~ 4★
Off Base by Annabeth Albert ~ 1/29/17 ~ 4★

Pick an author and read as many of their books as you can in e-book format.

K.A. Merikan
~ I Love You More Than Pierogi ~ 1/28/17 ~ 3.5★
~ Loki's New Job: Coffin Nails MC California ~ 1/8/17 ~ 3★
~ Scavengers: Collection ~ 1/14/17 ~ 3.5★

Pick a series and read as much of it as you can in e-book format.

Wake Up Married Series by Leta Blake & Alice Griffiths
Will & Patrick Fight Their Feelings ~ 1/16/17 ~ 4★
Will & Patrick Meet the Mob ~ 1/18/17 ~ 4★
Will and Patrick's Happy Ending ~ 1/21/17 ~ 4.5★

Hooray for Technology! E-Reader Challenge
January 1st, 2017 to January 31st, 2017

These were ebooks

Easy: 1-4 books

K Killing Trail 1/19
O The Old Man 1/27
B Below the Belt 1/10
O

Old Loves Die Hard (Mac Faraday Mystery, #2)

Since I read a lot of ebooks (it helps defeat my dyslexia pretty well so I can read them), I must do this challenge to honor the lovely invention. :-)

Hooray for Technology! E-Reader Challenge
Duration: January 1st to January 31st, 2016
Level: Hard (9+ books)

Spell out the e-reader of the month: Kobo using Title, Author Name First Letter (Either first or last name, No Middle Names!), or Series Name First Letter
K: Knight, Angela, Passionate Ink: A Guide to Writing Erotic Romance 1/14/17
O: Owen, Mark, No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL 1/9/17
B: Blake, Devlin, Write 7,000 Words An Hour: Up Your Word Count & Get A Rough Draft In Under 10 Days 1/18/17
O:

Tasks:
Read as many books as you can in e-book format!

1. Taken by Passion 1/3/17
2. How To Write A Short Story in 7 Days 1/18/17
3. How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method 1/28/17

Hooray for Technology! E-Reader Challenge
Duration: January 1st to January 31st, 2016
Level: Medium (5-8 books)
Read: 3/5

Task: Read as many books as you can in e-book format!

1. Proxy 1/2/17
2. Strong Signal 1/5/17
3. Into the Blue - 1/31/17
4. Sutphin Boulevard
5. The Other Boy(Library doesn't have it)

Hooray for Technology! E-Reader Challenge
Level: Hard (9+ books)

READ: 10/10

Read as many books as you can in e-book format!
✔1. Graced - Amanda Pillar 1/17
✔2. On the Growl - Celia Kyle 1/18
✔3. Fair Game - Jasmine Haynes 1/21
✔4. Nautier and Wilder - Lora Leigh 1/23
✔5. Midnight's Master - Donna Grant 1/28
✔6. Offside - Juliana Stone 1/29


Spell out the e-reader of the month: Kobo using Title or Author Name.

✔K: *Omens - Kelley Armstrong 1/28
✔O: Off Kilter - Hannah Reed 1/1
✔B: Birdman - Mo Hayder 1/7
✔O: Vicious - Kevin O'Brien 1/19


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

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♦Monthly Challenges♦ > Hooray for Technology! E-Reader Challenge-January Edition

January 1, 2017 to January 31, 2017

Completed 2/4

Level: Easy

Levels:
Easy: 1-4 books
Medium: 5-8 books

Tasks:
Read as many books as you can in e-book format!

√ 1) Lighthouse by Eugenia Price READ 1/4/2017 4 stars
√ 2) A Sheetcake Named Desire by Jacklyn Brady READ 1/3/2017 3 stars
3) Lessons From the Mountain by Mary McDonough
4) Starboard Secrets by Hope Callaghan

Hooray for Technology :E-Reader Challenge January Edition
1/1/17-1/31/17
Medium 5-8
Task
Read as many ebook as you can.
1:Ink and Bone1/1/17
2:The Body Finder1/7/17
3:Fringe1/9/17
4:Fury From Within1/15/17
5:The Roses Underneath1/19/17
6:Red Fox1/29/17
7:little girls lost
8:Outlander

★✩★✩★ Hooray for Technology! E-Reader Challenge ★✩★✩★ Level: Hard.
Read: 20/20

Read as many books as you can in e-book format!
1. Zom-B Goddess 6/1/17
2. Jumping Barrel 2/1/17
3. Threads Entwined 3/1/17
4. The Marriage Agreement 4/1/17
5. Blue Exorcist, Vol. 12 6/1/17
6. Blue Exorcist, Vol. 13 7/1/17
7. Eblian Mates Complete Series 8/1/17
8. Blue Exorcist, Vol. 14 10/1/17
9. Samson's Lovely Mortal 10/1/17
10. Literary Love 8/1/17
11. New Beginnings 3/1/17
12. Christmas Caring: A Christmas Charity Short Story Anthology 3/1/17
13. To Catch A Spinster 12/1/17
14. Restoring Hope 15/1/17
15. The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 1 17/1/17
16. Blue Exorcist, Vol. 15 17/1/17
17. Trail of Kisses 17/1/17
18. Mary Poppins 18/1/17
19. Mary Poppins Comes Back 18/1/17
20. Mary Poppins Opens the Door 18/1/17

I'm reading quite a few in physical form, but I do want to aim to read a few on my Kindle. I have so many books that I haven't read on there either! >.<

Hooray for Technology! E-Reader Challenge
Duration: January 1-31, 2017
Level: Easy
1/4 books

Task: Read as many books as you can in e-book format!
1. Marine for Hire
2.
3.
4.

Hooray for Technology! E-Reader Challenge
Duration: January 1st to January 31st, 2016
Level: Dedicated (12+ books)
Read: 12/12

Tasks:
Read as many books as you can in e-book format!
1. American Gods 1/12
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses 1/10
3. Season of Storms 1/18
4. Smoke Bellew 1/19
5. The Confessions of Young Nero 1/1
6. Low Pressure 1/6
7. A Week in Winter 1/8
8. Color Tour 1/23
9. The Lonely Hearts Hotel 1/26
10. Men of Courage I 1/28
Pick a series and read as much of it as you can in e-book format.
Robyn Carr Thunder Point series
1. 1/7 The Homecoming
2. 1/13 One Wish
3.
4.

Hooray for Technology! E-Reader Challenge

Duration: January 1st, 2017 to January 31st, 2017

Levels:
Hard: 10+ books
Read: 16/16

Read as many books as you can in e-book format!
1. - Holiday Illusion by Lynette Eason - (1/2)
2. - Against the Heart by Kat Martin (1/3)
3. - Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms by Tim Tebow (1/15)
4. - The Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber (1/19)
5. - Tangled Webs by Irene Hannon (1/6)
6. - Lost and Found in Cedar Cove by Debbie Macomber (1/21)
7. - Sunset Bay by Susan Mallery (1/7)
8. - Snowfall by Mary Ann Rivers (1/4)
9. - Into the Fury by Kat Martin (1/23)
10.-The Best of Friends by Susan Mallery (1/11)
11.-Already Home by Susan Mallery (1/16)
12.-Alaska Twilight by Colleen Coble (1/26)
13.-Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber (1/27)
14-Love Letters by Debbie Macomber (1/28)
15-Falling for Her by Debbie Macomber (1/29)
16-Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber (1/31)

OH YEAH! I'm in for this challenge!

Level: OMG, the guys in the white coats are coming, Committed: 20+ books

Read: 58/60+

Tasks:
Read as many ebooks as you can:
1. 1/3/17 2. 1/3/17 3. 1/4/17 4. 1/4/17 5. 1/5/17 6. 1/6/17 7. 1/5/17 8. 1/7/17 9. 1/7/17 10. 1/7/17 11. 1/8/17 12. 1/8/17 13. 1/9/17 14. 1/10/17 15. 1/12/17 16. 1/13/17 17. 1/16/17 18. 1/1717 19. 1/19/17 20. 1/19/17 21. 1/19/17 22. 1/22/17 23. 1/22/17 24. 1/22/17 25. 1/22/17 26. 1/31/17

KOBO spellout:
K. 1/7/17
O. 1/12/17
B. 1/12/17
O. 1/28/17

Pick a series and read as much of it as you can:
Grasshopper Lawns by EJ Lamprey
1. 1/12/17 2. 1/29/17 3. 1/31/17 4. 1/31/17 5. 6. 7.

Pick an author and read as many books as you can:
Melanie Jackson (3 different series to work on...)
1. 1/13/17 2. 1/14/17 3. 1/14/17 4. 1/14/17 5. 1/14/17 6. 1/14/17 7. 1/15/17 8. 1/23/17 9. 1/23/17 10. 1/23/17 11. 1/23/17 12. 1/24/17 13. 1/24/17 14. 1/24/17 15. 1/24/17 16. 1/25/17 17. 1/25/17 18. 1/25/17 19. 1/26/17 20. 1/26/17 21. 1/26/17 22. 1/26/17 23. 1/27/17 24. 1/27/17 25.

And just to keep it interesting, no duplications will be had for me!

Anyone read anything so far that just knocked your socks off?

Kay (Brigidsmomma) wrote: "Anyone read anything so far that just knocked your socks off?"

New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb was epic!

Trea wrote: "Kay (Brigidsmomma) wrote: "Anyone read anything so far that just knocked your socks off?"

New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb was epic!"
It does sound good, I've read a few books in the series, but there are more series that I like better and require less attention to detail on my part... I will get back to this series one of these days... sigh...

Kay (Brigidsmomma) wrote: "It does sound good, I've read a few books in the series, but there are more series that I like better and require less attention to detail on my part... I will get back to this series one of these days... sigh..."

I was doing a buddy read on it, but that kinda fell apart, so I decided to just keep going and reading 2-3 a month. The series is just too big to do it any other way.

Easy (1-4)

1. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
2. Palm Trees in the Snow: A Novel
3. Rowdy
4. The Winner's Curse

Trea wrote: "Kay (Brigidsmomma) wrote: "It does sound good, I've read a few books in the series, but there are more series that I like better and require less attention to detail on my part... I will get back t..."

Those are the series that it's great to save for SS and/or SSS challenge, as long as you aren't hung up on reading them in order. With some of the really big series, sometimes it just doesn't matter anymore.

Kay (Brigidsmomma) wrote: "Those are the series that it's great to save for SS and/or SSS challenge, as long as you aren't hung up on reading them in order. With some of the really big series, sometimes it just doesn't matter anymore."

My problem is that I do get hung up on reading a series in order! No matter if it is a big or small series, I have to read it in order! Drives me crazy if I don't...

ok I will give this a go and pick hard does a trilogy count as a series
Read as many books as you can in e-book format!
1 02.01.17
2 Joe Vampire 12.01.17
3 Ash 17.01.17
4 Anarchy 18.01.2017
5 Annihilate 19.01.2017
6. The Neighbour K: author
7.Trouble O: Omega series
8. ?
9.?


Spell out the e-reader of the month: Kobo using Title, Author Name First Letter (Either first or last name, No Middle Names!), or Series Name First Letter

Pick an author and read as many of their books as you can in e-book format.

Pick a series and read as much of it as you can in e-book format.

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Jodie wrote: "ok I will give this a go and pick hard does a trilogy count as a series
Read as many books as you can in e-book format!
1 02.01.17
2 ..."

Yes, a trilogy will count for a series.

I am soooooooo enjoying this challenge! Let's keep this one going for a number of years... I am already thinking this one challenge fulfills my need for either the DB Challenge and the FWYS series challenge all rolled into one, but I may still also do one or the other of those challenges as well...

Kay (Brigidsmomma) wrote: "I am soooooooo enjoying this challenge! Let's keep this one going for a number of years... I am already thinking this one challenge fulfills my need for either the DB Challenge and the FWYS series ..."

I'm so glad you're enjoying it, Kay!