The Lost Challenges discussion

5/5 ~ finished Feb 27th


Read one book from the first 20 books.
The Cat's Meow by Sean Michael ~ 2/1/17 ~ 3★

Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
With This Ring by J.M. Snyder ~ 2/27/17 ~ 3.5★

Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
The Wrong Man by Lane Hayes ~ 2/8/17 ~ 4★

Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge.
Lover & Commander by Jez Morrow ~ 2/2/17 ~ 3★

Read one free book from your e-reader.
Aniki's Garden by Claire Cray ~ 2/1/17 ~ 2★

Duration: February 1-February 28

Progress: 5/5

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen (7/2/17) - Added March 2014

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle (15/2/17) - Sherlock Holmes #9

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
The Surrogate - Tania Carver (3/2/17) - Bought Oct 2016

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
A Zen for Murder - Leighann Dobbs (1/2/17) - Needed Z for A-Z Titles

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year)
Beauty and the Beast - K.M. Shea (4/2/17) - Kindle freebie

Duration: February 1-February 28

Progress: 5 / 5
Books read: 9

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
Blackberry Winter
2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
Trouble in Spades
India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy
3. Read one book that you own but have not yet read.
Between Shades of Gray
4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge.
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race - movie coming out Jan-Mar of this year
Elusive - series starting with O
5. Read one free book from your e-reader.
All-Butter Short Dead
Color Me Dead
A Field of Red

February Clean It Out
Timeframe: 2/1/17 to 2/28/17
4/5

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.

2. Series you have started and not finished - Make Me Stay by Jaci Burton - 2/2/17 ♥♥♥♥ (#5 Hope)

3. Bought but have not yet read - Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich - 2/9/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

4. Difficult challenge - Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey - 2/11/17 ♥♥♥♥

5. Free book from your e-reader - Exposure by Annie Jocoby - 2/15/17 ♥♥♥

I'm in again


1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books. The Ghost and the Graveyard by Genevieve Jack (TBR #1) (2/18/17)

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished. Cadbury Creme Murder by Susan Gillard (Donut Hole Mystery #3) (2/10/17)

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read. - The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch (2/15/17)

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still) - Quiet the Dead by Morgan James (2/9/17)

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year). - Death among the Roses by Anna Drake (kindle freebie) (2/4/17)

I'm in again :-)

Rules:
Any genre, no page limitation, no re-reads

Completed: 6/9 (tasks) / 14 books :-)

1. Read something from the first page of my TBR list on goodreads. (the oldest available book from each TBR)
Christian: The Covenant Child / Double Blind / A Soft Place to Fall / Sidetracked / Web of Deceit
Borrowed: Zdrada Bourne'a (+ Polish book & Z-title)
Classics: 4* - it's not the book I originally planned, but it's still the same list and it's been more than two years on my TBR - I hope to read Moby Dick sometime soon ;-)
Standard-TBR: Die Hütte - Ein Wochenende mit Gott=The Shack (+ Y-author)

2. Read one book from a series I have started and not finished (only the first book I read this month from a series and not the very first in the series): 4* / 4* / 4* / 4*

3. Read one book that I have already bought. 4* / 3*

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. book 2 of 3* - character starting with I (Isis)

5. Read a freebie novella from my kindle: 4* / 4* / 3* / 5*

6. Read a non-fiction book: 5* (fits #4: difficult challenge as well) / 5*

In! I finished this one four times this month (I still need to post time #4) so I'd be silly not to join for February!

I was looking for this challenge but wasn't expecting it to be on the second page. Sneaky Sharon.

CLEAN IT OUT CHALLENGE
Duration: February 1-February 27

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
Defying Eternity- Viola Grace- 2/27/17 (#2)

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
House of Whispers- J.L. Bryan- 2/4/17

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
Let Me Call You Sweetheart- Mary Higgins Clark- 2/6/17

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
Zombie, Ohio- Scott Kenemore- 2/17/17

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (kindle unlimited)
Magic Beginnings- Kayla Bashe- 2/24/17

Clean It Out Challenge
Duration: February 1st 2017 - February 28th 2017
Progress: 1/5

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.


2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
5/2/2017

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.


4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)


5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).

Duration: February 1-February 28 " completed"

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books:The Sinner2/11/17

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished. Hope to Die2/14/17

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.The Appointed: David Wolf Mystery Thrillers 1 and 2 Bundle2/2/17

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
book written or set in Scandinavia : The Forgotten Girlsby Sara Blaedel2/3/17

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. .little girls lost by jonah paine2/4/17

Rules: Any genre is fine. No re-reads. No page minimum.

Duration: February 1-February 28

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.: Undead and Unemployed Feb 8th

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
Kitty and the Midnight Hour Feb 18th

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).Neanderthal Seeks Human Feb 6th

February Clean It Out Challenge
Duration: 2.1.2017 - 2.28.2017 | Progress: 5/5 | Finished: March 9

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
✓ The Notebook (The Notebook #1); by Nicholas Sparks [2/10] ♥♥♥♥

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
✓ Four (Divergent #0.1-#0.4); by Veronica Roth [2/15] ♥♥♥♥

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
✓ The Matchmaker; by Marita Conlon-McKenna [3/9] ♥♥

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
✓ The Wedding (The Notebook #2); by Nicholas Sparks [2/19] ♥♥♥

5. Read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year.
✓ Gone Girl; by Gillian Flynn [2/23] ♥♥♥♥♥

Duration: February 1-February 28

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
As You Desire

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
Too Hot to Handle

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
Northanger Abbey

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge.
Dancer of the Nile

5. Read one free book from your e-reader.
Antiques Roadkill

February Clean It Out Challenge
Duration: February 1-February 28

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read. Phase One: Iron Man - 2/6/17

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).

CLEAN IT OUT CHALLENGE
Completed: 5/5

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
10.02.17 ***

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
08/02/17 ****

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
05.02.17 ***

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge.
05.02.17 **** (autobiography-LOAB Annual Challenge)

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (kindle unlimited)
04.02.17 ***

February Clean It Out

0/5

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).

I'm ins



Progress: 0 / 5

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.

3. Read one book that you own but have not yet read.

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge.

5. Read one free book from your e-reader.

Clean It Out- February

I missed this challenge last month!

Challenge Accepted: February 1, 2017
Challenge (hopefully) Completed: February 28, 2017

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.

*I still have one book on my Kindle from 2011 I haven't read...maybe this month!

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
Glory in Death 2-9-17

3. Read one book that you own but have not yet read.
Perfection 2-12-17

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge.

*Something that starts with "K" for my No Vowels Challenge

5. Read one free book from your e-reader.
My Little Runaway 2-6-17

Duration: February 1-February 28

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).

February Clean It Out
Duration: February 1-February 28

♐1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books. - The Proposition by Katie Ashley - 2/22

♐2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished. - Falling for Love - 2/3

♐3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read. - Real Good Man - 2/8

♐4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still) - Taking Heart by Wilette Youkey - 2/4

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).

※◈◈♡♡♡♡ February Clean It Out ♡♡♡♡◈◈※

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books. Black Butler, Vol. 9 5/2/17
2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished. Lost Love 3/2/17
3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again 3/2/17
4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After! 4/2/17
5. Read one free book from your e-reader. Portals: Volume One 4/2/17

I would like to join.

A Tale of Two Cities wasn't an easy read and took up a lot of time.
Read 4/5

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.

Dont You Want Me by India Knight Completed 11/2/17 Rating 3 stars

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.

Hollow City by Ransom Riggs Completed 18/2/16 Rating 4 stars

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Completed 28/2/17 Rating 2 stars

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)

The Blessing by Nancy Mitford Completed 25/2/17 Rating 3 stars
From Fiction to Reality /Missed Books

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).

4/5

:} Sharon {; wrote: "Goodness! Welcome to everyone!!!"

This is becoming quite the popular challenge, Sharon.

Finished round 1:

Jennifer wrote: "Finished round 1:
[bookcover:Murder at the Br..."

OMG - you're so fast! Good for you!

Joann wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Finished round 1:
[bookcover..."

I'm fortunate in that at the moment I'm doing largely mindless stuff at work -- database stuff- so I can do audio books while I work. :-)

CLEAN IT OUT CHALLENGE - Completed: 5/5 :)

Finished my challenge

That's great Elizabeth! If you re-post it as a new message I can award your Hall of Fame badge :)

I'm done!

Duration: February 1-February 28

Progress: 5/5

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen (7/2/17) - Added March 2014

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle (15/2/17) - Sherlock Holmes #9

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
The Surrogate - Tania Carver (3/2/17) - Bought Oct 2016

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
A Zen for Murder - Leighann Dobbs (1/2/17) - Needed Z for A-Z Titles

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year)
Beauty and the Beast - K.M. Shea (4/2/17) - Kindle freebie

Duration: February 1-February 28

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books. | Feb 5

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished. | Feb 12

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year). | Feb 3

I finished my first round:

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books. The Ghost and the Graveyard by Genevieve Jack (TBR #1) (2/18/17)

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished. Cadbury Creme Murder by Susan Gillard (Donut Hole Mystery #3) (2/10/17)

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read. - The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch (2/15/17)

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still) - Quiet the Dead by Morgan James (2/9/17)

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year). - Death among the Roses by Anna Drake (kindle freebie) (2/4/17)

I'll try a second round, again. Not sure if I'll be able to finish it, but it helps me a lot with planning my upcoming books, so I'm going to give it a try :)

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books - Watered Down Death by Lucinda D. Davis (TBR #14) (2/28/17)

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished. - The Case of the Guest Who Stayed Over by K.W. Callahan (actually, this book is a #1, but I have already read the second book in this series, so I hope it'll count) (2/21/17)

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read. - Dead Water by Ngaio Marsh (2/23/17)

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still) - Zach Abrams wrote Written to Death (Z-author + I'm in need of a brown cover) (2/26/17)

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year). - Sunkissed by Leigha Lennox (kindle freebie) (2/19/17)

Rounds two and three finished:

Wow Jennifer, way to go!

makes up for the ones i'm behind on!!! :)

Finished!


Progress: 5 / 5
Books read: 9

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
Blackberry Winter
2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
Trouble in Spades
India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy
3. Read one book that you own but have not yet read.
Between Shades of Gray
4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge.
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race - movie coming out Jan-Mar of this year
Elusive - series starting with O
5. Read one free book from your e-reader.
All-Butter Short Dead
Color Me Dead
A Field of Red

Finished!!

CLEAN IT OUT CHALLENGE
Duration: February 1-February 27

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.
Defying Eternity- Viola Grace- 2/27/17 (#2)

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.
House of Whispers- J.L. Bryan- 2/4/17

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read.
Let Me Call You Sweetheart- Mary Higgins Clark- 2/6/17

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still)
Zombie, Ohio- Scott Kenemore- 2/17/17

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (kindle unlimited)
Magic Beginnings- Kayla Bashe- 2/24/17

Just in time, I finished my second round:

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books - Watered Down Death by Lucinda D. Davis (TBR #14) (2/28/17)

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished. - The Case of the Guest Who Stayed Over by K.W. Callahan (actually, this book is a #1, but I have already read the second book in this series, so I hope it'll count) (2/21/17)

3. Read one book that you bought but have not yet read. - Dead Water by Ngaio Marsh (2/23/17)

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X still) - Zach Abrams wrote Written to Death (Z-author + I'm in need of a brown cover) (2/26/17)

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year). - Sunkissed by Leigha Lennox (kindle freebie) (2/19/17)

Completed: 6/9 (tasks) / 14 books :-)

1. Read something from the first page of my TBR list on goodreads. (the oldest available book from each TBR)
Christian: The Covenant Child / Double Blind / A Soft Place to Fall / Sidetracked / Web of Deceit
Borrowed: Zdrada Bourne'a (+ Polish book & Z-title)
Classics: 4* - it's not the book I originally planned, but it's still the same list and it's been more than two years on my TBR - I hope to read Moby Dick sometime soon ;-)
Standard-TBR: Die Hütte - Ein Wochenende mit Gott=The Shack (+ Y-author)

2. Read one book from a series I have started and not finished (only the first book I read this month from a series and not the very first in the series): 4* / 4* / 4* / 4*

3. Read one book that I have already bought. 4* / 3*

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. book 2 of 3* - character starting with I (Isis)

5. Read a freebie novella from my kindle: 4* / 4* / 3* / 5*

6. Read a non-fiction book: 5* (fits #4: difficult challenge as well) / 5*

Fourth round down as of last night:

Once again, I was only able to complete 4 out of 5 books for this challenge. It's that first task that always stymies me.

February Clean It Out
Timeframe: 2/1/17 to 2/28/17
4/5

1. Set your 'my books' page to sort by date added (oldest to newest). Read one book from the first 20 books.

2. Series you have started and not finished - Make Me Stay by Jaci Burton - 2/2/17 ♥♥♥♥ (#5 Hope)

3. Bought but have not yet read - Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich - 2/9/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

4. Difficult challenge - Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey - 2/11/17 ♥♥♥♥

5. Free book from your e-reader - Exposure by Annie Jocoby - 2/15/17 ♥♥♥

I know what you mean Connie, I have trouble with that category too! Better luck next month! - well, this month, but you know what I mean :)