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               JANUARY CHALLENGE - Series Catch-up!

DURATION: January 1st - 31st, 2017

LEVELS:

1-2 - Easy
3-5 - Medium
6-9 - Harder
10 or greater - Hardest

RULES: Let’s get a jump on the New Year and get after those series. Once again, the Mods have decided to make it easy on our members and repeat this challenge. So, this month the only requirement to complete this challenge is that the book you read must be numbered 2 or higher. The exception would be if you unknowingly (or on purpose) read a book out of series order before, but want to go back. So, as long as you've read one book in the series prior to this, then it qualifies.

As always, you may have two (2) "Reader's Choice" books, or more, if you have more than three books that fall into the other categories. Also, you may use the “Spell-it-Out” option and/or the Birthday Babes' “Wild Cards.” This is a good way to read a first book in a series... or a stand-alone.

Example:

1. Kiss of Snow Psy-Changeling #10 by Nalini Singh
2. The Garden Intrigue Pink Carnation #9 by Lauren Willig
3. London's Perfect Scoundrel Lessons in Love #2 by Suzanne Enoch
4. Demonglass Hex Hall #2 by Rachel Hawkins
5. Reader's Choice: Mermaid Moon, by Colleen Coble
6. Reader's Choice: The Tycoon’s Captured Heart, by Elizabeth Lennox
7. WILD CARD from Karen's bookshelf: Books Can Be Deceiving, by Jenn McKinlay (1st in the series)

Spell-It-Out
Choose a word that recalls something of a series you enjoy. Read books with titles, series names, authors (first or last name), character (first or last name), that begin with letters that correspond to letters of the word you choose. You may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the, etc.).

Example of Spell-It-Out: We used books that are coming out this month, which is something you do not have to do.

D. -The Duke's Sons #3 - Lord Sebastian's Secret, by Jane Ashford
R. - Ripley, J.R. - Towhee Get Your Gun
E. - Ellie Alexander - Fudge and Jury
S. - Staying For Good, by Catherine Bybee
D. - A Death at the Yoga Café, by Michelle Kelly
E. - Elle Wheaten, heroine of Accidentally on Purpose, by Jill Shalvis
N. - The Newcomer, by Suzanne Woods Fisher

Birthday "Wild Cards": Read a book from one of these birthday babes' shelves.

Carrie
Karen
Trea
Turtlecollector
Valorie
Poongothai
Rosemarie

Don't forget to add your books to the RLftCI group 17,000 in 2017 Book Count Challenge. For more info, go here. If you're already a part of this group challenge, don't forget to tag these with the appropriate bookshelf!

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JANUARY CHALLENGE - Series Catch-up!
DURATION: January 1st - 31st, 2017
LEVELS: 10 or greater - Hardest

I'm in.

In!

I'll go for 6:

1. One with You Crossfire, #5 by Sylvia Day Jan 29th - 5* #Gideon enough said!
2. Garden of Spiders Volume 2 Companion book to Fallocaust #3 by Quil Carter Jan 12th - 5+++ * LOVED!!!
3. Midnight Soul Fantasyland, #5 by Kristen Ashley Jan 18th - 5* - I love KA
4. Separation Games The Games Duet, #2 by C.D. Reiss Jan 4th - 5* one of my fave authors
5. Sunrise Point Virgin River, #17 by Robyn Carr Jan 6th - 5*
6. Isolated Evan Arden, #4 by Shay Savage Jan 1st 5*

I'm in! I've got a number of these to get to.

1. In Too Deep #10 1/12
2. One Fell Sweep #3 1/14
3. An Unlikely Witch #2 1/15
4. Dukes Prefer Blondes #4 1/18
5. A Dangerous Witch #3 1/19
6. Dancing for the Skylord #2 1/20
7. A Hunted Darkness #3 1/21
8. Obsidian Prey #6 1/22
9. Dreams of Fire 1/23
10. Fired Up #7 1/24
11. Phantom Evil 1/24
12. Called By Honour 1/25
13. Broken Ties 1/26
14. Forbidden Summons 1/26
15. Archangel's Heart 1/28

I'm in..I'll go for 10 books..

1. Ride Steady (Chaos series #3) 02/01/2017
2 Walk Through Fire (Chaos series #4) 06/01/2017
3. Dark Heir (Jane Yellowrock #9) 07/01/2017
4. End of Days (Penryn and the End of Days #3) 11/01/2017
5. Shadow Rites (Jane Yellowrock #10) 12/01/2017
6. The Queen of All that Lives (The Fallen World #3) 13/01/2017
7. Immortal Nights (Argeneau #24) 15/01/2017
8. The Darkest Torment (Lords of the Underworld #12) 17/01//2017
9. Me and My Shadow (Silver Dragons #3) 18/01/2017
10. The King (The Black Dagger Brotherhood #12) 21/01/2017
11. The Shadows (The Black Dagger Brotherhood#13) 23/01/2017
12. The Beast (The Black Dagger Brotherhood #14) 24/01/2017
13. Eleventh Grave in Moonlight (Charley Davidson #11) 29/01/2017
14 City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments series #4) 31/01/2017

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I'm in ^^
Level: Harder

6/6
✔A Winter Wedding (Whiskey Creek, #9)
✔Reviving Izabel (In the Company of Killers #2)
✔First Star I See Tonight (Chicago Stars #8)
✔The Swan & the Jackal (In the Company of Killers #3)
✔Seeds of Iniquity (In the Company of Killers #3)
✔The Black Wolf (In the Company of Killers #5)

I'm in. 6

I'm in. My goal is to make progress on at least 3.

1. selected sinners series, bk2 , 1/2/16
2.mercury pack series, bk2 , 1/4/17
3.rock chick series, , 1/5/17 (listed as .5 in the series but just released so actually the last book available]
4. G-man series bk2, , 1/9/17
5. Wind Dragon's MC bk2, , 1/10/17
6. Bk2, , 1/13/17; , 1/21/17
7. Bk2, , 1/14/17
8. Bk2, , 1/15/17
9. Bk7, , 1/21/17
10. Bk2, , 1/26/17
11. Bk5, , 1/30/17

I'm in with 10+ Hardest. Let's see how my projected list meets up with my actual one.

Projected Reading List: 7/7
1. Darkest Before Dawn by Maya Banks
2. Brighter than the Sun by Maya Banks
3. Just One Kiss by Susan Mallery
4. Two of a Kind by Susan Mallery
5. Three Little Words by Susan Mallery
6. Sweeter With You by Susan Mallery
7. A Kiss in the Snow by Susan Mallery

Actually Read: 24.5/10
1. Darkest Before Dawn by Maya Banks - finished Jan 2/17
2. Brighter than the Sun by Maya Banks - finished Jan 5/17
3. Dreamweaver Trail by Emily March - finished Jan 11/17
4. Mystery on the Bayou by Linda Weaver Clarke - finished Jan 13/17
5. Teardrop Lane by Emily March - finished Jan 15/17
6. Touch of Frost by S.E. Smith - finished Jan 15/17
7. Taking on Tory by S.E. Smith - finished Jan 15/17
8. The Secret of Isian by Serena Clarke - finished Jan 16/17
9. Just One Kiss by Susan Mallery - finished Jan 17/17
10. Dark Side of the Moon by Sherrilyn Kenyon - finished Jan 17/17
11. Two of a Kind by Susan Mallery - finished Jan 19/17
12. Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber - finished Jan 20/17
13. It Had to Be You by Jill Shalvis - finished Jan 20/17
14. Three Little Words by Susan Mallery - finished Jan 21/17
15. The Dream Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon - finished Jan 21/17
16. Sweeter With You by Susan Mallery - finished Jan 21/17
17. A Kiss in the Snow by Susan Mallery - finished Jan 22/17
18. Demanding Satisfaction by Reece Butler - finished Jan 24/17
19. Reunion Pass by Emily March - finished Jan 24/17
20. Christmas in Eternity Springs by Emily March - finished January 25/17
21. Always on My Mind by Jill Shalvis - finished January 25/17
22. Hometaker by Dean F. Wilson - finished Jan 30/17
22. Shotgun Bride by Linda Lael Miller - finished Jan 30/17
23. Flowers on Main by Sherryl Woods - finished Jan 31/15
24. Wild Man Creek by Robyn Carr - 1/2 read Jan 31/17

I'm in! Not sure how many I'll manage to read but to start:

-Mortal Danger - World of the Lupi #2
-One Fell Sweep - Innkeeper Chronicles #3
-Sophia - Vampires in America #4

I will go with Medium 3-5
1. Threat of Darkness 1/1/17
2. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
3. Kissin' Tell
4. Duke of Pleasure
5. Too Hot to Handle

I'm in too. I choose 'Harder 6-9 books'.

I'm in, I will try to remember to update as I read.

JANUARY CHALLENGE - Series Catch-up
DURATION: January 1st - 31st, 2017
LEVELS: 10 or greater - Hardest
BOOKS READ: 12/10+

Montana Mail Order Brides series by Linda Bridey
Westward Holiday bk 8 ~ 1/17
Westward Sunrise bk 9

Echo Canyon Brides series by Linda Bridey
Montana Christmas bk 7 ~` 1/2
Montana Orphan bk 8 ~ 1/4
Montana Surprise bk 9 ~ 1/5
Montana Miracle bk 10 ~ 1/6
Montana Ricochet bk 11 ~ 1/7

Kendrick/Coulter/Harrigan series by Catherine Anderson
Phantom Waltz bk 2 ~ 1/8
Sweet Nothings bk 3 ~ 1/9
Blue Skies bk 4 ~ 1/3
Bright Eyes bk 5 ~ 1/10
My Sunshine bk 6 ~ 1/11
Sun Kissed bk 7 ~ 1/12
Morning Light bk 8
Star Bright bk 9
Here to Stay bk 10
Perfect Timing bk 11

*** I realized I put in the wrong editions after I was done & was to lazy to go back to redo them all. These are all AUDIOBOOKS.

I'm going to go for harder hardest!

13/17

1-Lord of the Wolfyn 4 stars
2-Lord of the Abyss 4 stars
3-Penric and the Shaman 5 stars
4-The Dead Will Tell 4 stars
5-A Dangerous Business 3 stars
6-Sophia 4.5 stars
7-A Forbidden Love 3 stars
8-A New Beginning 4 stars
9-A Hidden Secret 4 stars
10-Appealed 4 stars
11-One Fell Sweep 5 stars
12-A Painful Dilemma 2 stars
13-Sidebarred 4.5 stars
14-

I'm in. I'll go with "easy," but may get to "medium." We'll see.

done ^^

Level: Harder

6/6
✔A Winter Wedding (Whiskey Creek, #9)
✔Reviving Izabel (In the Company of Killers #2)
✔First Star I See Tonight (Chicago Stars #8)
✔The Swan & the Jackal (In the Company of Killers #3)
✔Seeds of Iniquity (In the Company of Killers #4)
✔The Black Wolf (In the Company of Killers #5)

@meltem - wow! Great job!!

Woohoo! Congrats, Meltem!

RLftCI January 2017 - Series Catch-up

2/3

✔ When Good Things Happen To Bad Boys, by Lori Foster ★★★★✩
    (SFLibrary-AE eBook) 01/08/17
✔ Murder Most Howl, by Krista Davis ★★★★✩ (audible.com) 01/08/17

Congrats, Meltem!

Yea Meltem!

Woohoo! Congrats, Meltem!

Thank you ladies ^^

So far:

✓ Dragos Takes a Holiday -Elder Races #6.5
✓ Penric and the Shaman - World of Five Gods 1.6
✓ Shadowdance-Darkest London #4
✓ Sophia - Vampires in America #4

Pretty, Gisela!

Noel (Online Elf) wrote: "Pretty, Gisela!"

Thanks!

Read 5/?

✓ Dragos Takes a Holiday -Elder Races #6.5
✓ Penric and the Shaman - World of Five Gods 1.6
✓ Shadowdance-Darkest London #4
✓ Sophia - Vampires in America #4
✓ One Fell Sweep - Innkeeper Chronicles #3

Looks like I'm getting further than I thought. I increased my goal from harder to hardest in comment #13. Yay me!

Jonel wrote: "Looks like I'm getting further than I thought. I increased my goal from harder to hardest in comment #13. Yay me!"

Yaaay ;)

Yay, Jonel!

JANUARY CHALLENGE - Series Catch-up!
DURATION: January 1st - 31st, 2017
LEVEL: Harder 6-9 books

Read: 3/9 books

✔1. (Argeneau #22) January 9th
✔2. (Billionaire Bacchelors Club #2) January 14 th
✔3. (Billionaire Bacchelors Club #3) January 14th
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7.
8.
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I'm done (in comment 13), but I think I'll keep going to see how far I can get

Woo Hoo Jonel!

Lara wrote: "Woo Hoo Jonel!"

Thanks Lara

I'm done too (message 8) but will continue on to see how far I can go this month.

Milena wrote: "I'm done too (message 8) but will continue on to see how far I can go this month."

Congrats!

Yea Milena!

Great, congrats!

Congrats & Woohoo, Jonel & Milena!

Congrats Jonel and Milena!

Thanks Ladies

Thanks..

message 17

LEVELS: 10 or greater - Hardest
BOOKS READ: 12/10+

I will probably still read a few more I have listed.

You go Mee!

Finished! Loved all of them!

1. One with You Crossfire, #5 by Sylvia Day Jan 29th - 5* #Gideon enough said!
2. Garden of Spiders Volume 2 Companion book to Fallocaust #3 by Quil Carter Jan 12th - 5+++ * LOVED!!!
3. Midnight Soul Fantasyland, #5 by Kristen Ashley Jan 18th - 5* - I love KA
4. Separation Games The Games Duet, #2 by C.D. Reiss Jan 4th - 5* one of my fave authors
5. Sunrise Point Virgin River, #17 by Robyn Carr Jan 6th - 5*
6. Isolated Evan Arden, #4 by Shay Savage Jan 1st 5*

Yea Silvia!

congrats, Silvia!