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Countdown Challenge
Timeframe: July 1 ~ No deadline to finish

A big thanks to the Crazy Challenge Connection group for allowing us to use some of their tasks of their own version of this challenge.

To complete the challenge, please complete these tasks

1. Read 20 books whose cover is your favorite color

2. Read 19 books in your favorite genre

3. Read 18 books that are part of a series

4. Read 17 books by New-To-you authors

5. Read 16 books of your choice

6. Read 15 books from your GR friend's book shelves. It does not have to be the same friend. You can get 15 books from 15 different friends or all 15 books from 1 friend. Its up to you.

7. Read 14 books by female authors

8. Read 13 books by male authors

9. Read 12 books set in the U.S.

10. Read 11 book set in a country other than your own
For this task tell us where you are from

11. Read 10 books from your favorite author(s)

12. Read 9 books that are one- word titles

13. Read 8 books that will help you complete a task for another challenge

14. Read 7 books that you have been putting off for some reason

15. Read 6 books with a cover you consider beautiful

16. Read 5 books that are less than 125 pgs

17. Read 4 books that are 400+ pages

18. Read 3 books that are in-between novellas of series. The books have to have the .5 in their place in the series.
Ex. they can be the .5, 1.5, 10.5, 3.5

19. Read 2 books that you tried before but gave up on

20. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more

Participants

JoAnne

Barbara ★


Jingles

Erin

Jackie

Kathy

Laurie

Lisa

Michelle

Anita

Kimberly

Stephanie

Beth (Ducky)

Maureen

Rene

Emma

Jacki

Melissa

Lousie

Michelle

Bonita

Jessie

Brindi

I can do this one!!
July 1, 2014-February 24, 2015
210/210

To complete the challenge, please complete these tasks

1. Read 20 books whose cover is your favorite color - blue
1. Robyn Carr 7/30/14
2. Deborah Crombie 8/5/14
3. 8/13/14
4. Maya Banks 8/14/14
5. Jill Smolinski 8/15/14
6. Debbie Macomber 8/28/14
7. 8/28/14
8. Jodi Thomas 8/31/14
9. 9/5/14
10. 9/5/14
11. JoAnn Ross 9/11/14
12. Nancy Thayer 9/17/14
13. Ella Grace 9/25/14
14. 10/3/14
15. Lori Foster 10/3/14
16. Susan Mallery 10/9/14
17. Jaimie Roberts 11/16/14
18. Nora Roberts 11/18/14
19. Kelley Armstrong 11/15/14
20. Sandy Sullivan 11/5/14


2. Read 19 books in your favorite genre - mystery/Cozy Mystery
1. Murder and Marinara Rosie Genova 7/25/14
2. Midnight Crossroad Charlaine Harris
3. Spirit Dances C.E. Murphy 8/20/14
4. Naked in Death J.D. Robb 9/8/14
5. Out of the Storm JoAnn Ross 9/11/14
6. Glory in Death J.D. Robb 9/14/14
7. Lending a Paw Laurie Cass 9/29/14
8. Water Like a Stone Deborah Crombie 11/26/14
9. Where Memories Lie Deborah Crombie 11/27/14
10. Ceremony in Death J.D. Robb 11/29/14
11. Necessary as Blood Deborah Crombie 12/7/14
12. The Sound of Broken Glass Deborah Crombie 12/15/14
13. To Dwell in Darkness 12/18/14
14. Guidebook to Murder Lynn Cahoon 12/18/14
15. Vengeance in Death J.D. Robb 12/22/14
16. Holiday in Death 12/28/14
17. Ghost Layer 1/14/15
18. Conspiracy in Death 1/27/15
19. Designated Daughters 2/24/15

5. Read 16 books of your choice
1. Head Over Heels Jill Shalvis 9/15/14
2. Sunrise Point Robyn Carr 9/17/14
3. My Kind of Christmas 9/17/14
4. Four Friends 9/23/14
5. Starting Now 9/23/14
6. Lucky in Love 9/23/14
7. At Last 9/23/14
8. Ghost Walk Heather Graham 10/9/14
9.All Summer Long Susan Mallery 10/9/14
10. The Next Always Nora Roberts 10/9/14
11. Three Little Words Susan Mallery 10/10/14
12. Two of a Kind Susan Mallery 10/10/14
13. Taking It All Maya Banks 10/10/14
14. Chick with a Charm Vicki Lewis Thompson 10/10/14
15. Crashed K. Bromberg 10/26/14
16. Raced K. Bromberg 10/26/14

6. Read 15 books from your GR friend's book shelves
1. Fueled K. Bromberg 10/26/14
2. Sweet Surrender Maya Banks 11/14/14
3. Sweet Persuasion 11/16/14
4. Sweet Seduction 11/23/14
5. Meet Me in Silicon Valley Anita Claire 11/20/14
6. Somebody's Angel Kallypso Masters 12/15/14
7. Nobody's Hero 12/13/14
8. Nobody's Perfect 12/13/14
9. Sweet Temptation 12/1/14
10. Sweet Possession 12/3/14
11. Sweet Addiction 12/5/14
12. Scandalous Desires Elizabeth Hoyt 12//7/14
13. Thief of Shadows 12/11/14
14. Lord of Darkness 12/15/14
15. Notorious Pleasures 11/28/14


8. Read 13 books by male authors
1. Unintended Consequences Stuart Woods 8/25/14
2. Doing Hard Time Stuart Woods 8/25/14
3. Standup Guy Stuart Woods 8/30/14
4. Carnal Curiosity Stuart Woods 8/30/14
5. Cut and Thrust Stuart Woods 8/31/14
6. Young Love Lost Doug Burris 10/14/14
7. Zero Day David Baldacci 10/31/14
8. Paris Match Stuart Woods 11/26/14
9. Somebody Owes Me Money Donald E. Westlake 11/30/14
10. The Cutie Donald E. Westlake 11/30/14
11. The Chill Ross Macdonald 12/1/14
12. Worth Dying For Lee Child 12/4/14

10. Read 11 book set in a country other than your own. I live in the US.
1. Her Fearful Symmetry Audrey Niffenegger 7/6/14 London UK
2. A Lady's Honor Laurie Alice Eakes 7/22/14
3. Fall from India Place Samantha Young 7/28/14
4. The Last Lord of the Moors Isabella Brooke 8/19/14
5. Me Before You Jojo Moyes 9/8/14 UK
6. Scandal in SkibbereenSheila Connolly 9/23/14
7. The Book of Life Deborah Harkness 9/29/14
8. Never Seduce a Scot Maya Banks 10/13/14
9. Anybody Out There? Marian Keyes 10/26
10. Still Midnight Denise Mina 10/30/14
11. Wicked Intentions Elizabeth Hoyt 11/21/14

11. Read 10 books from your favorite author(s)
1. The Hurricane Sisters: A Novel Dorothea Benton Frank 7/18/14
2. Second Chance Pass Robyn Carr 7/31/14
3. Just Over The MountainJust Over The Mountain Robyn Carr 8/12/14
4. Simply Irresistible Jill Shalvis 8/29/14
5. The Sweetest Thing Jill Shalvis 8/29/14
6. While It Lasts Abbi Glines 9/3/14
7. Just for Now Abbi Glines 9/3/14
8. Sometimes It Lasts Abbi Glines 9/3/14
9. Spirit of the Season Heather Graham 9/3/14
10. Because of Low Abbi Glines 9/12/14

12. Read 9 books that are one- word titles
1. Manhunting Jennifer Crusie 8/5/14
2. Afterburn and Aftershock Sylvia Day 8/8/14 2 novella in one book
3. Taken Kelli Maine 6/4/14
4. Elusive Sara Rosett 9/11/14
5. Breathe Abbi Glines 9/12/14
6. Fatalism: Alexa and Vincent's Story L.K. Collins 9/17/14
7. Essentialism: Bridgette & Troy's Story L.K. Collins 9/17/14
8. Misbehaving Abbi Glines 9/29/14
9. Rebel Skye Jordan 10/2/14

13. Read 8 books that will help you complete a task for another challenge
1. Between, Georgia Joshilyn Jackson 7/4/14
2. Hawkes Harbor S.E. Hinton 7/8/14
3. Shadow Spell Nora Roberts 7/23/14
4. The Matchmaker Elin Hilderbrand 7/24/14
5. Out of the Mist (Stewart Sisters, #1) JoAnn Ross 8/21/14
6. I Only Have Eyes for You Bella Andre 8/28/14
7. Save the Date Mary Kay Andrews 9/13/14
8. Dirty Sexy Knitting Christie Ridgway 9/13/14

14. Read 7 books that you have been putting off for some reason
1. See Jane Run Joy Fielding 7/14/14
2. Magic Bites Ilona Andrews 8/6/14
3. Darkfever Karen Marie Moning 10/26/14
4. Airs Above the Ground Mary Stewart 11/23/14
5. In the Still of the Night: The Strange Death of Ronda Reynolds and Her Mother's Unceasing Quest for the Truth Ann Rule 12/15/14
6. Spitfire Carla Doolin 12/28/14
7. The Witch With No Name Kim Harrison 1/29/15

15. Read 6 books with a cover you consider beautiful
1. Down by the River Robyn Carr 8/14/14
2. Wild Man Creek Robyn Carr 9/1/14
3. Morning Light Catherine Anderson 9/8/14
4. Back On Blossom Street Debbie Macomber 9/8/14
5. A Summer in Sonoma Robyn Carr
6. The Knitting Diaries: The Twenty-First Wish\Coming Unraveled\Return to Summer Island Debbie Macomber 9/20/14


17. Read 4 books that are 400+ pages
1. Hidden Currents by Christine Feehan 441 pages 7/13/14
2. Water Bound by Christine Feehan 443 pages 7/18/14
3. Spirit Bound by Christine Feehan 404 pages 7/19/14
4. The Collector by Nora Roberts 483 pages 8/1/14

18. Read 3 books that are in-between novellas of series. The books have to have the .5 in their place in the series.
Ex. they can be the .5, 1.5, 10.5, 3.5

Hope Smolders by Jaci Burton 9/1/14
Perfect Stranger by Carly Phillips 9/1/14
After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse Charlaine Harris 9/8/14

19. Read 2 books that you tried before but gave up on
We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson 9/25/14
Fashionably Dead Robyn Peterman 11/19/14

This is a great challenge!


Start Date: July 1, 2014
End Date: July 7, 2016

READ: 210/210

1. Read 20 books whose cover is your favorite color (Purple)
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1. Styxx - Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/12/14
2. Fifth Grave Past the Light - Darynda Jones 9/23/14
3. Much Ado About Marriage - Karen Hawkins 11/7/14
4. Ember's Kiss - Deborah Cooke 12/12/14
5. Biting Bad - Chloe Neill 12/5/14
6. Light My Fire - G.A. Aiken 1/5/15
7. You Can't Hide - Karen Rose 2/7/15
8. Festive in Death - J.D. Robb 2/16/15
9. Sunrise with a Notorious Lord - Alexandria Hawkins 3/8/15
10. So Damn Lucky - Deborah Coonts 3/8/15
11. The Gray Wolf Throne - Cinda Williams Chima 3/28/15
12. Fifty Shades of Alice Through the Looking Glass - Melinda DuChamp 7/10/15
13. Dark Hunger - Sarah Reinke 8/15/15
14. Dexter in the Dark - Jeff Lindsay 10/23/15
15. In the Air Tonight - Stephanie Tyler 11/5
16. Dead Head - Rosemary Harris 11/6
17. A Potion to Die For - Heather Blake 1/20
18. Brink of Eternity - Caris Roane 3/5
19. Wings of Fire - Caris Roane 3/12
20. Ghouls Gone Wild - Victoria Laurie 7/7/16
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2. Read 19 books in your favorite genre (paranormal) ~ COMPLETE!
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1. Whisper Kiss - Deborah Cooke 7/7/14
2. Dire Needs - Stephanie Tyler 7/9/14
3. Drive Me Wild - Christine Warren 7/11/14
4. Night Falls on the Wicked - Sharie Kohler 7/13/14
5. A Soul So Wicked - Sharie Kohler 9/5/14
6. Dire Desires - Stephanie Tyler 9/8/14
7. Must Love Dragons - Stephanie Rowe 9/20/14
8. Wild About You - Kerrelyn Sparks 10/3/14
9. Silver-Tongued Devil - Jaye Wells 10/11/14
10. Mine to Possess - Nalini Singh 11/6/14
11. Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues - Diana Rowland 11/24/14
12. Blue-Blooded Vamp - Jaye Wells 11/29/14
13. Carnal Sin - Allison Brennan 12/11/14
14. Devil Without a Cause - Terri Garey 12/14/14
15. Thunder Moon - Lori Handeland 12/15/14
16. Hungry Like a Wolf - Christine Warren 12/17/14
17. Trick of the Light - Rob Thurman 12/21/14
18. The Dragon Legion Collection - Deborah Cooke 12/29/14
19. Wild Things - Chloe Neill 12/31/14
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3. Read 18 books that are part of a series ~ COMPLETE!
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1. Children of the Storm - Elizabeth Peters 7/3/14
2. Tongue In Chic - Christina Dodd 7/12/14
3. His Carnal Need - Ruth Kerce 7/13/14
4. Back to You - Robin Kaye 7/14/14
5. Guardian of the Horizon - Elizabeth Peters 7/31/14
6. Angel Fever - L.A. Weatherly (conclusion) 9/9/14
7. Nightshine - Lynn Viehl (conclusion) 9/16/14
8. Shades of Blood - Samantha Young (conclusion) 9/20/14
9. Evertrue - Brodi Ashton (conclusion) 9/29/14
10. Wanted: Undead or Alive - Kerrelyn Sparks 9/26/14
11. Running Scared - Shannon Butcher 9/28/14
12. Dark Blood - Christine Feehan 10/8/14
13. Highlander for the Holidays - Janet Chapman (conclusion) 10/4/14
14. The Highlander's Forbidden Bride - Donna Fletcher (conclusion) 10/19/14
15. Born To Be Wild - Christine Warren 10/30/14
16. Blood Debt - Tanya Huff 11/11/14
17. House Rules - Chloe Neill 11/13/14
18. Rapture Untamed - Pamela Palmer 11/4/14
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4. Read 17 books by New-To-you authors ~ COMPLETE!
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1. Between, Georgia - Joshilyn Jackson 7/5/14
2. The Ice Princess - Camilla Läckberg 7/17/14
3. Zuri's Zargonnii Warrior - C.L. Scholey 7/26/14
4. Libriomancer - Jim C. Hines 9/10/14
5. Charmed Spirits - Carrie Ann Ryan 9/10/14
6. Wicked as They Come - Delilah Dawson 10/5/14
7. Who Do, Voodoo? - Rochelle Staab 10/13/14
8. What Angels Fear - C.S. Harris 10/15/14
9. North of Need - Laura Kaye 10/24/14
10. The Ghost and Mrs. McClure - Alice Kimberly 10/29/14
11. Down to You - M. Leighton 11/3/14
12. Everywhere She Turns - Debra Webb 11/3/14
13. The Pyramid Of Doom - Andy McDermott 11/7/14
14. Nearly Departed in Deadwood - Ann Charles 11/9/14
15. Twisted Things - Madge Swindells 11/9/14
16. The Butterfly Farm - Diane Noble 11/25
17. Should've Known Better - Cassandra Carr 11/29/14
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5. Read 16 books of your choice ~ COMPLETE!
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1. Nightbound - Lynn Viehl 12/6/14
2. Just Desserts - Mary Daheim 12/7/14
3. Just In Time - Addison Fox 12/8/14
4. The Crossing Places - Elly Griffiths 12/13/14
5. Flirting with Forever - Gwyn Cready 12/13/14
6. One Heart to Win - Johanna Lindsey 12/16/14
7. If There Be Dragons - Kay Hooper 12/18/14
8. Love Is All You Need - Lori Devoti 12/22/14
9. Bones to Ashes - Kathy Reichs 12/31/14
10. Optical Delusions in Deadwood - Ann Charles 1/1/15
11. The Horse Goddess - Morgan Llywelyn 1/4/15
12. 77 Shadow Street - Dean Koontz 1/9/15
13. Red Seas Under Red Skies - Scott Lynch 1/11/15
14. Blood of Tyrants - Naomi Novik 1/24/15
15. Restless In The Grave - Dana Stabenow 1/28/15
16. Master of Craving - Karen Tabke 1/29/15
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6. Read 15 books from your GR friend's book shelves. It does not have to be the same friend. You can get 15 books from 15 different friends or all 15 books from 1 friend. Its up to you. ~ COMPLETE!
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1. A Lot Like Love - Julie James (Pamela) 11/15/14
2. Dream a Little Dream - Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Shannon) 11/22/14
3. Big Sky Country - Linda Lael Miller (Tina) 11/23/14
4. The Exiled Queen - Cinda Williams Chima (Juliana) 11/28/14
5. The Ranger - Monica McCarty (Karlyn) 11/30/14
6. Rescue My Heart - Jill Shalvis (Lauren) 11/30/14
7. The Host - Stephanie Meyer (FlibBityFLooB) 11/30/14
8. Baby, I'm Yours - Susan Andersen (MB) 12/20/14
9. Still Waters - Tami Hoag (Wendy T) 12/23/14
10. Love You More - Lisa Gardner (Cheryl) 12/24/14
11. The Duke Is Mine - Eloisa James (Mey Buentipo) 12/26/14
12. Lie With Me - Stephanie Tyler (southpaw285) 12/27/14
13. One Dance with a Duke - Tessa Dare (Sha Mslvoe) 12/27/14
14. Taken by the Cowboy - Julianne MacLean (PepperP0t) 12/28/14
15. The Viper - Monica McCarty (Kari) 12/29/14
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7. Read 14 books by female authors ~ COMPLETE!
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1. Dreamveil - Lynn Viehl 7/20/14
2. Green-Eyed Demon - Jaye Wells 9/13/14
3. Witchcraft - Jayne Ann Krentz 9/15/14
4. Wanna Get Lucky? - Deborah Coonts 9/17/14
5. The Guardian - Margaret Mallory 9/21/14
6. Never Kiss a Stranger - Heather Grothaus 9/22/14
7. The Sinner - Margaret Mallory 9/27/14
8. Animal Attraction - Jill Shalvis 10/4/14
9. When You Give a Duke a Diamond - Shana Galen 10/12/14
10. Daddy's Girl - Lisa Scottoline 10/16/14
11. Bizarre Life of Sydney Sedrick - Mandi Casey 10/19/14
12. The Hawk - Monica McCarty 10/26/14
13. Reader and Raelynx - Sharon Shinn 11/1/14
14. Waking Up with a Rake - Connie Mason 11/10/14
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8. Read 13 books by male authors ~ COMPLETE!
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1. The Clockwork Teddy - John Lamb 7/7/14
2. Caring Is Creepy - David Zimmerman 7/10/14
3. Middle of Nowhere - Ridley Pearson 9/11/14
4. Kill Alex Cross - James Patterson 9/24/14
5. The Six Sacred Stones - Matthew Reilly 10/21/14
6. The Alexandria Link - Steve Berry 10/25/14
7. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross - James Patterson 10/30/14
8. Contest - Matthew Reilly 11/13/14
9. Alex Cross, Run - James Patterson 11/14/14
10. Lost - Gary Devon 11/15/14
11. The City and the City - China Miéville 11/21/14
12. Cross My Heart - James Patterson 12/19/14
13. The Monstrumologist - Rick Yancey 1/8/15
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9. Read 12 books set in the U.S. ~ COMPLETE!
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1. [Maine]The Seductive Impostor - Janet Chapman 7/20/14
2. [Oklahoma] Lucky in Love - Carolyn Brown 7/22/14
3. [Washington] Shaman Rises - C.E. Murphy 7/23/14
4. [Washington DC] Blood Born - Linda Howard 7/27/14
5. [Nevada] Flashfire - Deborah Cooke 9/9/14
6. [Missouri] Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death - Denise Swanson 9/15/14
7. [Alaska] Come Fly With Me - Addison Fox 9/19/14
8. [Colorado] Double Shot - Diane Mott Davidson 9/22/14
9. [Vermont] Wife for Hire - Janet Evanovich 9/24/14
10. [Idaho] Animal Magnetism - Jill Shalvis 9/25/14
11. [Wyoming] Hallowed - Cynthia Hand 9/25/14
12. [Massachussets] Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts 10/8/14
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10. Read 11 book set in a country other than your own. ~ COMPLETE!
For this task tell us where you are from (USA)
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1. [Australia]Bite Marks - Jennifer Rardin 7/16/14
2. [Scotland]Loved By a Warrior - Donna Fletcher 7/26/14
3. [Scotland]Shadow Highlander - Donna Grant 7/29/14
4. [England]Nowhere Near Respectable - Mary Jo Putney 7/31/14
5. [Romania]The Deadliest Bite - Jennifer Rardin 9/6/14
6. [Egypt]Tomb of the Golden Bird - Elizabeth Peters 9/28/14
7. [Japan]The Vampire With the Dragon Tattoo - Kerrelyn Sparks 10/18/14
8. [Russia]Deadlock - Iris Johansen 10/30/14
9. [Hong Kong]Blue Dragon - Kylie Chan 11/19/14
10. [Costa Rica]The Butterfly Farm - Diane Noble 11/25/14
11. [Tibet] Live to See Tomorrow - Iris Johansen 12/4/14
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11. Read 10 books from your favorite author(s) ~ COMPLETE!
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1. A Grave Denied - Dana Stabenow 7/2/14
2. Always On My Mind - Jill Shalvis 7/5/14
3. Dark Taste of Rapture - Gena Showalter 7/19/14
4. A Deeper Sleep - Dana Stabenow 9/18/14
5. Killing Grounds - Dana Stabenow 9/30/14
6. Whisper To The Blood - Dana Stabenow 10/15/14
7. Rescue My Heart - Jill Shalvis 11/30/14
8. A Night Too Dark - Dana Stabenow 12/9/14
9. Rumor Has It - Jill Shalvis 12/14/14
10. Though Not Dead - Dana Stabenow 12/31/14
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12. Read 9 books that are one- word titles ~ COMPLETE!
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1. Chill - Stephanie Rowe 7/9/14
2. Beauty - Robin McKinley 7/22/14
3. Sunshine - Robin McKinley 9/3/14
4. Spectyr - Philippa Ballantine 9/30/14
5. Red - Jordan Summers 10/10/14
6. Hidden - Kendra Elliot 10/23/14
7. Nightborn - Lynn Viehl 10/31/14
8. Nightbred - Lynn Viehl 12/2/14
9. Uncorked - Lois Greiman 12/5/14
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13. Read 8 books that will help you complete a task for another challenge ~ COMPLETE!
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1. I, Alex Cross - James Patterson (always need "I") 7/8/14
2. On the Way to the Wedding - Julia Quinn ("O") 9/25/14
3. You're The One - Robin Kaye ("Y") 10/7/14
4. Oceanborne - Katherine Irons ("O") 10/22/14
5. The Grand Finale - Janet Evanovich ("E") 11/8/14
6. Billionaires Prefer Blondes - Suzanne Enoch ("E") 11/10/14
7. Crazy Thing Called Love - Molly O'Keefe ("O") 11/26/14
8. Street of the Five Moons - Elizabeth Peters ("E") 12/12/14
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14. Read 7 books that you have been putting off for some reason ~ COMPLETE!
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1. The Broken Hearts Club - Ethan Black 7/8/14
2. Fallen - Karin Slaughter 10/6/14
3. Finders-Seekers - Gayle Greeno 10/17/14
4. Written in My Own Heart's Blood - Diana Gabaldon 12/23/14
5. Always Dakota - Debbie Macomber 12/24/14
6. A Trouble of Fools - Linda Barnes 12/26/14
7. Maiden Rock - Mary Logue 12/28/14
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15. Read 6 books with a cover you consider beautiful ~ COMPLETE!

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1. Letters from Skye: A Novel - Jessica Brockmole 10/30/14
2. Moloka'i - Alan Brennert 1/18/15
3. Spellbound Falls - Janet Chapman 3/1/15
4. Alice in Zombieland - Gena Showalter 3/3/15
5. Endsinger - Jay Kristoff 3/18/15
6. Angels' Flight - Nalini Singh 3/23/15
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16. Read 5 books that are less than 125 pgs ~ COMPLETE!
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1. The Golden Dragon - Tianna Xander (72 pages) 7/12/14
2. Dire Warning - Stephanie Tyler (102 pages) 9/7/14
3. Rusted Veins - Jaye Wells (84 pages) 11/29/14
4. Seven Sons - Lili St. Germain (100 pages) 3/13/15
5. Six Brothers - Lili St. Germain (100 pages) 3/13/15
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17. Read 4 books that are 400+ pages ~ COMPLETE!
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1. [576 pages] Goddess - Fiona McIntosh 9/13/14
2. [415 pages] Sometimes a Rogue - Mary Jo Putney 9/17/14
3. [416 pages] Power Play - Catherine Coulter 9/29/14
4. [561 pages] The Book of Life - Deborah Harkness 10/28/14
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18. Read 3 books that are in-between novellas of series. The books have to have the .5 in their place in the series. ~ COMPLETE!
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1. [B.A.D. 1.5] Playing Easy to Get - Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/22/14
2. [Outlander 7.5]The Space Between - Diana Gabaldon 10/3/14
3. [Hannah Swensen 9.5]Candy Cane Murder - Joanna Fluke 2/26/15
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19. Read 2 books that you tried before but gave up on ~ COMPLETE!
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1. The Host - Stephanie Meyer 11/30/14
2. Dragonquest - Anne McCaffrey 7/17/15
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20. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more ~ COMPLETE!
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1. [7 words]The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart - Jesse Bullington 10/1/14
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ACATT: Countdown Challenge (Part 1)
Date: 07/01/14 - 01/13/18
210/210 Completed

Challenge Link: ACATT: Countdown Challenge

① 20 BOOKS W/FAVORITE COLOR - COVER (WHITE)
✔1. Lethal|Sandra Brown|07.10.14|★★★★
✔2. One Fifth Avenue|Candace Bushnell|07.11.14|★
✔3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|Ken Kesey|07.24.14|★★★
✔4. American Wife|Curtis Sittenfeld|07.29.14|★★★
✔5. Bridget Jones's Diary|Helen Fielding|08.17.14|★★★
✔6. Vision in White|Nora Roberts|08.27.14|★★★★
✔7. One Summer: America, 1927|Bill Bryson|09.11.14|★★★★★
✔8. 24 Hours|Greg Iles|10.11.14|★★★
✔9. Welcome To Temptation|Jennifer Crusie|10.13.14|★★★
✔10. Between Sisters|Kristin Hannah|10.19.14|★★★
✔11. Bittersweet|Colleen McCullough|10.20.14|★★★
✔12. The Vincent Boys: Extended and Uncut|Abbi Glines|10.22.14|★★★★
✔13. Ender's Game|Orson Scott Card|10.24.14|★★★★
✔14. Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton|Jeff Pearlman|10.28.14|★★★★
✔15. At First Sight|Nicholas Sparks|10.28.14|★★★★
✔16. The Ugly Duchess|Eloisa James|10.29.14|★★
✔17. Too Hot to Handle|Robin Kaye|11.08.14|★
✔18. A Night Like This|Julia Quinn|11.09.14|★★★★
✔19. Anne Morrow Lindbergh|Susan Hertog|11.18.14|★★
✔20. The Romanov Sisters|Helen Rappaport|11.19.14|★★★★


② 19 BOOKS IN YOUR FAVORITE GENRE (MYSTERY)
✔1. Top Secret Twenty-One|Janet Evanovich|07.05.14|★★★
✔2. Left to Die|Lisa Jackson|07.15.14|★★★★
✔3. Wicked Business|Janet Evanovich|07.15.14|★★★
✔4. Messenger of Truth|Jacqueline Winspear|07.18.14|★★★
✔5. The Big Four|Agatha Christie|07.22.14|★★★
✔6. 1st to Die|James Patterson|07.23.14|★★★
✔7. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency|Alexander McCall Smith|08.02.14|★★
✔8. A Study In Scarlet|Arthur Conan Doyle|08.04.14|★★★
✔9. A Superior Death|Nevada Barr|08.06.14|★★★★
✔10. The Long Quiche Goodbye|Avery Aames|08.08.14|★★★
✔11. Fade Away|Harlan Coben|08.18.14|★★★★
✔12. Unsound|Toby Neal|08.25.14|★★★★★
✔13. The Janus Stone|Elly Griffiths|09.03.14|★★★★
✔14. If Books Could Kill|Kate Carlisle|09.04.14|★★★
✔15. The Chase|Janet Evanovich|09.12.14|★★★★
✔16. Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death|M.C. Beaton|09.18.14|★★★★
✔17. F Is for Fugitive|Sue Grafton|09.20.14|★★★★
✔18. Pop Goes the Weasel (Alex Cross, #5)|James Patterson|09.21.14|★★★
✔19. The Bat|Jo Nesbø|09.22.14|★★★★


③ 18 BOOKS PART OF A SERIES:
✔1. Catch Me A Cowboy|Katie Lane|07.03.14|★★★
✔2. Cat & Mouse|James Patterson|07.21.14|★★★★
✔3. Anne of Avonlea|L.M. Montgomery|07.25.14|★★★★
✔4. Trouble in Texas|Katie Lane|08.07.14|★★★★
✔5. No Escape|Shannon K. Butcher|08.09.14|★★★
✔6. Crossed|Ally Condie|08.17.17|★★★
✔7. 1812|David Nevin|08.28.14|★★★
✔8. Something Blue|Emily Giffin|09.02.14|★★★
✔9. Flirting with Texas|Katie Lane|09.09.14|★★★
✔10. In the Dark|Marliss Melton|09.13.14|★★★★
✔11. Changeless|Gail Carriger|09.14.14|★★★★
✔12. Scandalous Desires|Elizabeth Hoyt|09.19.14|★★★
✔13. Shelter Mountain|Robyn Carr|09.23.14|★★★★
✔14. An Incomplete Revenge|Jacqueline Winspear|09.27.14|★★★★
✔15. When He Was Wicked|Julia Quinn|10.01.14|★★★.5
✔16. The Charlemagne Pursuit|Steve Berry|10.06.14|★★★★
✔17. G is for Gumshoe|Sue Grafton|10.07.14|★★★
✔18. In the Air Tonight|Stephanie Tyler|10.08.14|★★★★


④ 17 BOOKS BY NEW-TO-YOU AUTHORS
✔1. Me Before You|Jojo Moyes|07.04.14|★★★★★
✔2. Still Life With Crows|Douglas Preston|07.06.14|★★★★
✔3. Whistling Past the Graveyard|Susan Crandall|07.08.14|★★★★
✔4. The Cherry Cola Book Club|Ashton Lee|07.12.14|★★
✔5. Wild Oats|Pamela Morsi|07.13.14|★★★
✔6. Full Steam Ahead|Valerie Chase|07.14.14|★★★★
✔7. The Silent Wife|A.S.A. Harrison|07.16.14|★★★
✔8. Worth the Fall|Claudia Connor|07.19.14|★★★★
✔9. Growing Up Amish|Ira Wagler|07.20.14|★★★
✔10. Life After Life|Kate Atkinson|07.21.14|★★
✔11. Dark Deceptions|Dee Davis|07.26.14|★★★
✔12. Tell the Wolves I'm Home|Carol Rifka Brunt|07.30.14|★★★★★
✔13. The Little Friend|Donna Tartt|08.04.14|★★
✔14. The Boys in the Boat|Daniel James Brown|08.05.14|★★★★★
✔15. Matched|Ally Condie|08.08.14|★★★★
✔16. Catch of the Day|Kristan Higgins|08.15.14|★★★★
✔17. Nineteen Eighty-Four|George Orwell|08.16.14|★★★


⑤ Read 16 books of your choice
✔1. The Kite Runner|Khaled Hosseini||09.24.14|★★★★
✔2. Vapor Point|Lynne Scott||10.05.14|★★★★
✔3. The King's Speech|Mark Logue|10.10.14|★★★★
✔4. Gone Girl|Gillian Flynn|10.12.14|★★★
✔5. Finding Perfect|Susan Mallery|10.14.14|★★★★
✔6. Espresso Shot|Cleo Coyle|10.17.14|★★★★
✔7. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War|Max Brooks|10.16.14|★★★
✔8. Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham|M.C. Beaton|10.23.14|★★★
✔9. The Mystery of the Blue Train|Agatha Christie|10.23.14|★★★★
✔10. Storm Front|Jim Butcher|10.30.14|★★★
✔11. 44 Cranberry Point|Debbie Macomber|11.03.14|★★★
✔12. The Lies of Locke Lamora|Scott Lynch| |11.12.14|★★★★
✔13. Chasing Fire| Nora Roberts| 11.06.14|★★★★
✔14. Yesterday and Forever|Sandra Marton|11.04.14|★
✔15. Angels & Demons|Dan Brown| 11.10.14|★★★★
✔16. Whiskey Beach|Nora Roberts| 11.13.14|★★★

ACATT: Countdown Challenge (Part 2)


⑥ 15 BOOKS FROM GOODREADS FRIEND'S SHELVES
✔1. Coming Up Roses|Catherine Anderson|07.06.14|★★★
✔2. Virgin River (Virgin River, #1)|Robyn Carr|07.14.14|★★★★
✔3. The Soloist|Steve Lopez|07.24.14|★★★★
✔4. The Queen's Vow|C.W. Gortner|11.17.14|★★
✔5. The Boyfriend List|E. Lockhart|11.20.14|★★★★
✔6. Rumor Has It|Jill Shalvis|11.21.14|★★★
✔7. Conspiracy in Death|J.D. Robb|11.21.14|★★★★
✔8. The Curse of the Pharaohs|Elizabeth Peters|11.22.14|★★★
✔9. The Vincent Brothers|Abbi Glines|11.22.14|★★★★
✔10. Bed of Roses|Nora Roberts|11.22.14|★★★★
✔11. Fever 1793|Laurie Halse Anderson|11.23.14|★★★★
✔12. Outlander|Diana Gabaldon |11.25.14|★★★
✔13. Among the Mad|Jacqueline Winspear |11.26.14|★★★
✔14. 50 Harbor Street|Debbie Macomber |11.27.14|★★★
✔15. Nefertiti|Michelle Moran |11.29.14|★★★


⑦ 14 BOOKS BY FEMALE AUTHORS:
✔1. A Private Duel with Agent Gunn|Jillian Stone|07.04.14|★★
✔2. The House at Riverton|Kate Morton|07.07.14|★★★
✔3. .Lord John and the Private Matter|Diana Gabaldon|07.09.14|★★
✔4. The Handmaid's Tale|Margaret Atwood|07.11.14|★★★
✔5 The Paris Wife|Paula McLain|07.26.14|★★★★
✔6. Black Hills|Nora Roberts|07.27.14|★★★★
✔7. Just Like Heaven|Julia Quinn|07.28.14|★★★★
✔8. To Kill a Mockingbird|Harper Lee|08.06.14|★★★★
✔9. Remember Me?|Sophie Kinsella|08.11.14|★★★★
✔10. One Day at a Time|Danielle Steel|08.18.14|★★
✔11. Bet Me|Jennifer Crusie|08.20.14|★★★★
✔12. Sold|Patricia McCormick|08.21.14|★★★★
✔13. Home Front|Kristin Hannah|08.22.14|★★★★
✔14. I Remember Nothing and other reflections|Nora Ephron|08.22.14|★★★


⑧ 13 BOOKS BY MALE AUTHORS:
✔1. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag|Alan Bradley|07.02.14|★★★★
✔2. Safe Haven|Nicholas Sparks|08.01.14|★★★★
✔3. Into the Fire|Dakota Meyer|08.21.14|★★★★
✔4. Johnny Cash: The Life|Robert Hilburn|11.15.14|★★★★
✔5. The Death of Kings|Iggulden, Conn |12.02.14|★★★★
✔6. The Hit|David Baldacci |12.04.14|★★★
✔7. The Last Song|Nicholas Sparks |12.05.14|★★★★
✔8. Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot|Bill O'Reilly |12.09.14|★★★
✔9. The Da Vinci Code|Dan Brown|12.08.14|★★★
✔10. Roses Are Red|James Patterson |12.11.14|★★★★
✔11. NYPD Red 2|James Patterson |12.14.14|★★★
✔12. A Red Herring Without Mustard|Alan Bradley |12.15.14|★★★
✔13. Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen|Jimmy McDonough |12.27.14|★★★

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⑨ Read 12 books set in the U.S.
✔1. Her Montana Cowboy|Valerie Hansen|08.26.14|★★★|Montana
✔2. Summer of Two Wishes|Julia London|09.07.14|★★★★|TEXAS
✔3. Animal Attraction|Jill Shalvis|10.06.14|★★★|IDAHO
✔4. Ripper|Isabel Allende|10.31.14|★★★|CALIFORNIA
✔5. Rescue My Heart|Jill Shalvis|11.07.14|★★★|IDAHO
✔6. H is for Homicide|Sue Grafton |11.26.14|★★★★|CALIFORNIA
✔7. Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker|Jennifer Chiaverini|11.30.14|★★★|D.C.
✔8. Then Came You|Jill Shalvis |12.03.14|★★★|IDAHO
✔9. Roast Mortem|Cleo Coyle |12.12.14|★★★★|NEW YORK CITY
✔10. The Lovely Bones|Alice Sebold |01.02.15|♥♥|PENNSYLVANIA
✔11. The Story of My Life|Helen Keller|01.05.15|♥♥♥♥|ALABAMA
✔12. My Name is Mary Sutter|Robin Oliveira|01.21.15|♥♥♥♥


⑩ Read 11 book set in a country other than your own
For this task tell us where you are from: US
✔1. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan|Lisa See|08.25.14|★★★★|China
✔2. The House at Tyneford|Natasha Solomons|09.08.14|★★|England
✔3. The Killer of Little Shepherds|Douglas Starr|09.17.14|★★★|FRANCE
✔4. Letters from Skye|Jessica Brockmole|10.17.14|★★★|AUSTRALIA
✔5. Bittersweet|Colleen McCullough|10.20.14|★★★|AUSTRALIA
✔6. Sarah's Key|Tatiana de Rosnay|10.30.14|★★★★|FRANCE
✔7. Down London Road|Samantha Young|11.02.14|★★★★|SCOTLAND
✔8. Emma|Jane Austen|11.08.14|★★★★★|ENGLAND
✔9. I've Got Your Number|Sophie Kinsella |12.05.14|★★★★|ENGLAND
✔10. The Bronze Horseman|Paullina Simons |12.06.14|★★★★★|RUSSIA
✔11. Death in the Clouds|Agatha Christie|01.08.15|♥♥♥♥|FRANCE


⑪ Read 10 books from your favorite author(s)
✔1. Aussie Rules|Jill Shalvis|10.20.14|★★★★
✔2. It's in His Kiss|Jill Shalvis|01.23.15|♥♥♥♥
✔3. He's So Fine|Jill Shalvis| 10.30.15|♥♥♥♥
✔4. All I Want|Jill Shalvis|03.07.16|★★★★☆
✔5. Small Town Christmas|Jill Shalvis|06.06.16|★★★★☆
✔6. One in a Million|Jill Shalvis|08.05.16|★★★★☆
✔7. My Kind of Wonderful|Jill Shalvis|07.04.17|✿✿✿✿
✔8. Nobody But You|Jill Shalvis|11.28.17|✿✿✿✿
✔9. Sweet Little Lies|Jill Shalvis|12.07.17|✿✿✿
✔10. The Trouble with Mistletoe|Jill Shalvis|01.13.18|★★


⑫ Read 9 books that are one- word titles
✔1. Inferno|Dan Brown|03.22.16|★★★☆☆
✔2. Cross|James Patterson|03.23.16|★★★☆☆
✔3. Blameless|Gail Carriger|06.14.16|★★★★☆
✔4. Broadchurch|Erin Kelly|01.02.17|✿✿✿
✔5. Appaloosa|Robert B. Parker|05.24.17|✿✿✿✿
✔6. Bittersweet|Sarah Ockler|05.31.17|✿✿✿
✔7. Resolution|Robert B. Parker|06.07.17|✿✿✿✿
✔8. Heartless|Gail Carriger|06.28.17|✿✿✿✿
✔9. Screwdrivered|Alice Clayton|07.02.17|✿✿✿


⑬ Read 8 books that will help you complete a task for another challenge
✔1. Fish Perfume|Sammie Grace|01.01.16|★★★★☆
✔2. P is for Peril|Sue Grafton|01.05.16|★★★☆☆
✔3. Elly Griffiths|A Dying Fall|01.21.16|★★★★☆
✔4. Agatha Christie|Dumb Witness|01.22.15|★★★☆☆
✔5. Happy Ever After|Nora Roberts|01.22.16|★★★★☆
✔6. Citizens of London|Lynne Olson|01.27.16|★★★★☆
✔7. Broken at Love|Lyla Payne|01.30.16|★★★☆☆
✔8. Killing Patton|Bill O'Reilly|01.28.16|★★★★☆

ACATT: Countdown Challenge (Part 3)


⑭ Read 7 books that you have been putting off for some reason
✔1. Anyone But You|Jennifer Crusie |12.16.14|★★★
✔2. Holly Lane|Toni Blake|01.07.15|♥♥♥
✔3. The Hobbit|J.R.R. Tolkien|01.24.15|♥♥♥♥
✔4. Silent on the Moor|Deanna Raybourn|01.27.15|♥♥♥♥
✔5. Savor the Moment|Nora Roberts|01.21.16|★★★☆☆
✔6. Drama: An Actor's Education|John Lithgow|01.31.16|★★★☆☆
✔7. The Color Purple|Alice Walker|02.03.16|★★★☆☆


⑮ Read 6 books with a cover you consider beautiful
✔1. Everyone Loves a Hero|Marie Force|08.28.17|✿✿✿
✔2. Death of a Gossip|M.C. Beaton|08.30.17|✿✿✿
✔3. The Remains of the Day|Kazuo Ishiguro|09.02.17|✿✿✿✿✿
✔4. Splendor|Anna Godbersen|09.07.17|✿✿✿
✔5. Beautiful Ruins|Jess Walter|09.09.17|✿✿
✔6. Temptation Ridge|Robyn Carr|09.26.17|✿✿✿✿


⑯ Read 5 books that are less than 125 pgs
✔1. Christmas Crumble|M.C. Beaton|03.10.16|★★★★☆
✔2. The Balkan Escape|Steve Berry|03.24.16|★★★★☆
✔3. Midsummer Night|Deanna Raybourn|03.29.16|★★★★☆
✔4. The Death Factory|Greg Iles|12.17.16|★★★☆☆
✔5. The Devil's Gold|Steve Berry|08.07.17|✿✿✿✿


⑰ Read 4 books that are 400+ pages
✔1. Don't Tell|Karen Rose|11.10.14|★★★
✔2. The Winter Sea|Susanna Kearsley |12.22.14|★★★★
✔3. Careless Love|Peter Guralnick|01.10.15|♥♥♥♥
✔4. Eva Stachniak|The Winter Palace 01.18.16|★★☆☆☆


⑱ Read 3 books that are in-between novellas of series.
✔1. The Devil's Gold|Steve Berry|08.07.17|✿✿✿✿
✔2. A Christmas to Remember|Jill Shalvis|08.15.17|✿✿✿
✔3. Heating Up the Kitchen|Jill Shalvis|08.27.17|✿✿✿✿


⑲ Read 2 books that you tried before but gave up on
✔1. Forgotten Sins|Rebecca Zanetti|02.15.16|★★★☆☆
✔2. Baby Bonanza|Maureen Child|12.30.16|★★★☆☆


⑳ Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more
✔1. A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases|Ann Rule|01.15.16|★★★★☆


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Just in case

Countdown Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2014 - ?
138/210 read

1. Read 20 books whose cover is your favorite color-Green
1.Venetian Masks by Kim Fielding, read 7/31/14
2.The Unwanted Wife by Natasha Anders, read 8/20/14
3.The Peacock Prince by John Tristan, read 8/15/14
4.The Magicians by Lev Grossman
5.In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
6.The Shape of Desire by Sharon Shinn, read 8/18/14
7.The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, read 10/24/14
8.My Regelence Rake by J.L. Langley
9.The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
10.The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
11.Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
12.From Here to Eternity by James Jones
13.The Hedgewitch Queen by Lilith Saintcrow
14.A Note in the Margin by Isabelle Rowan
15.Countdown to Santa by K-lee Klein, read 1/2/15
16.Stormin' Norman by Sue Brown, read 7/25/14
17.The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan, read 7/21/14
18.And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini, read 7/31/14
19.My Only Sunshine by Rowan McAllister, read 1/1/15
20.Still Life with Shape-Shifter by Sharon Shinn
2. Read 19 books in your favorite genre, Paranormal
1.Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
2.Freedom by Jay Kirkpatrick
3.Diego by Angel Martinez, read 1/22/15
4.Consort by Nica Berry, read 1/17/15
5.Mated With Fire by Penelope Rivers, read 8/3/14
6.Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder
7.Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale by Carolyn Turgeon, read 1/22/15
8.Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt, read 1/17/15
9.Incubus by Amanda Meuwissen, read 1/20/15
10.Winter's Trial by Darren Endymion, read 8/26/14
11.Enduring Instincts by S.J. Frost, read 8/27/14
12.Natural Instincts by S.J Frost, read 8/27/14
13.Dark Witch by Nora Roberts, read 9/10/14
14.Purr For Me by Lynn Hagen and Stormy Glenn, read 7/22/14
15.The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater, read 8/25/14
16.Back to the Dream by Felicitas Ivey, read 1/22/15
17.Four-Letter Words by Gabrielle Evans
18.Burning Bright by Rachel Wilder, read 8/6/14
19.At Year's End by Sandrine Gasq-Dion, read 1/13/15
3. Read 18 books that are part of a series
1.Taming a Beta's Heart by Stormy Glenn, read 7/2/14
2.For a Dragon's Forgiveness by Charlie Richards, read 7/2/14
3.Ali's Intuition by K-lee Klein, read 7/8/14
4.Fanging Around For A Broken Wolf by S.A. Welsh, read 7/8/14
5.Blind Under The Moon by S.A. Welsh, read 7/8/14
6.Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs, read 7/23/14
7.Foundation by Isaac Asimov, read 7/28/14
8.Styxx by Sherrilyn Kenyon
9.Justice For Skylar by Sandrine Gasq-Dion, read 7/16/14
10.Destroyer Angel by Nevada Barr, read 7/17/14
11.Cross & Crown by Abigail Roux, read 10/25/14
12.Walk With Me by Cardeno C., read 9/28/14
13.Grime Doesn’t Pay by Z.A. Maxfield, read 7/26/14
14.King Cobra by Jayne Rylon
15.Finn by Angel Martinez, read 1/21/15
16.Black Night by Christina Henry
17.Magic's Muse by Anne Barwell, read 1/23/15
18.Home Sweet Home by T.A. Chase, read 8/22/14
4. Read 17 books by New-To-you authors
1.Measured Doses by T.T. Kove, read 7/2/14
2.Black Wings by Christina Henry, read 7/11/14
3.Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, read 7/23/14
4.Redwall by Brian Jacques, read 7/28/14
5.Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, read 12/9/14
6.Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
7.Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck, read 1/5/15
8.Election by Tom Perrotta, read 7/30/14
9.The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, read 1/5/15
10.Going Bovine by Libba Bray, read 8/21/14
11.The Year of Ice by Brian Malloy, read 1/7/15
12.Peter by Kate Walker, read 8/19/14
13.The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
14.Life of Pi by Yann Martel, read 8/30/14
15.Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
16.The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
17.Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan, read 12/12/14
5. Read 16 books of your choice
1.Zall's Captain by Amber Kell, read 9/9/14
2.Orlin's Fall by Amber Kell, read 9/9/14
3.War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk
4.Quinn's Chance at Redemption by A.J. Jarrett, read 11/17/14
5.Who We Areby T.J. Klune, read 10/22/14
6.The Romanovs: The Final Chapterby Robert K. Massie
7.Prince of Submission by Jana Downs, read 1/16/15
8.A Gentleman's Gentleman by Shawn Bailey, read 1/2/15
9.Here Be Dragons by T.A. Chase
10.Whispered Secrets, Hidden Eyes by Amylea Lynn
11.Welcome to Beaconsfield by D.J. Manly
12.The Blooding by Joseph Wambaugh
13.Emperor's Consort by Scarlet Hyacinth
14.Puppy, Car, and Snow by Amy Lane, read 1/1/15
15.Mustang Sally by Jayne Rylon
16.Bear, Otter, and the Kid by T.J. Klune, read 8/31/14
6. Read 15 books from your GR friend's book shelves.
1.Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, from Colleen's TBR
2.The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling, from Sharon the Bookworm TBR, read 10/24/14
3.The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, from Sharon the Bookworm TBR, read 12/5/14
4.The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, from Amy's Read shelf, read 9/10/14
5.Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater, from Aurora Slinkman's own to read, read 10/13/14
6.The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, from Aurora Slinkman's own to read, read 11/5/14
7.One for the Books by Joe Queenan, from Madelyn Schaummann's to read shelf, read 11/21/14
8.Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara?: The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World's Best-Loved Books, from Madelyn Schaummann's to read shelf, read 10/28/14
9.Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home by Susan Hill, from Madelyn Schaummann's to read shelf
10.Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, from Amy's read shelf
11.The Art of War by Sun Tzu, from Nikki's Books Read 2014 shelf, read 11/29/14
12.Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, from Kelsey Welty's to read shelf, read 10/31/14
13.1776 by David McCullough, from Anne the Booklady Molinardo's to read shelf
14.A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, from Anne the Booklady Molinardo's to read shelf
15.The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe, from Madelyn Schaummann's to read shelf

Part 2

7. Read 14 books by female authors
1.Memory of Morning by Susan Sizemore, read 7/29/14
2.Dragon's Bait by Vivian Vande Velde
3.Hit List by Laurell K. Hamilton, read 8/1/14
4.It Happens in the Dark by Carol O'Connell, read 1/29/15
5.Nowhere Ranch by Heidi Cullinan, read 7/24/14
6.Second Chances by Lynn Hagen, read 8/25/14
7.Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, read 11/5/14
8.Monsters under the Bed by Susan Laine
9.From the Ashes by Daisy Harris, read 10/16/14
10.War Brides by Helen Bryan
11.Junk by Josephine Myles, read 10/28/14
12.Xavier's Way by Diana DeRicci, read 1/4/15
13.In a Stranger's Eyes by Gabrielle Evans, read 1/17/15
14.Crucible of Fateby Mary Calmes, read 10/17/14
8. Read 13 books by male authors
1.A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
2.Cupcakes by Sean Michaels, read 7/25/14
3.Joyland by Stephen King
4.March in Country by E.E. Knight, read 8/10/14
5.In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
6.The Winds of War by Herman Wouk, read 11/8/14
7.The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom, read 11/29/14
8.Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, read 11/6/14
9.Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
10.The Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle
11.The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, read 11/6/15
12.Burning Bright: Stories by Ron Rash
13.Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

9. Read 12 books set in the U.S.
1.The Passage by Justin Crosnin
2.Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
3.Serenading Stanley by John Inman
4.The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton, read 11/30/14
5.Moving Mountains by Freddy MacKay, read 8/15/14
6.Leaving Home by T.A. Chase, read 1/28/15
7.Snowed In by Freddy MacKay, read 9/28/14
8.Racing for the Sun by Amy Lane, read 1/8/15
9.Kiss the Dead by Laurell K. Hamilton
10.Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
11.We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver, read 10/21/14
12.Dirty White Boys by Stephen Hunter
10. Read 11 book set in a country other than your own
For this task tell us where you are from-I'm from the U.S.
1.The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith, Great Britain
2.The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville, Australia
3.Heart's Home by H.B. Pattskyn, Great Britain
4.Stella Bain by Anita Shreve, Great Britain, read 11/30/14
5.A Scots Quair: Sunset Song, Cloud Howe, Grey Granite by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Scotland
6.Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie, Egypt, read 9/8/14
7.In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson, Australia
8.North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, Great Britain, read 8/29/14
9.Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Great Britain
10.Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Pacific island, read 8/18/14
11.The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner, France, read 1/23/15
11. Read 10 books from your favorite author-Megan Derr
1.Dance with the Devil, read 8/13/14
2.Stone Rose, read 9/25/14
3.Meant to Be, read 1/10/15
4.Treasure, read 9/20/14
5.Poison, read 9/26/14
6.With Pride, read 9/12/14
7.Of Last Resort, read 9/12/14
8.Burning Bright, read 9/24/14
9.Chaos, read 9/26/14
10.Sandstorm, read 9/15/14
12. Read 9 books that are one- word titles
1.Middlemarch by George Eliot
2.Becoming by Anitra Lyn McLeod, read 8/21/14
3.Inferno by Dan Brown, read 8/31/14
4.Awakenings by Scarlet Hyacinth, read 8/21/14
5.Dreamlands by Felicitas Ivey, read 10/31/14
6.Bewitched by Jana Downs, read 1/23/15
7.Frostbitten by Becca Jameson, read 3/19/15
8.Retribution by Carol Lynne, read 1/3/15
9.Impossible by Viktor Alexander
13. Read 8 books that will help you complete a task for another challenge
1.Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop, Seven Challenge, read 8/5/14
2.Walking on the Moon by Susan Sizemore, Disney Challenge, read 8/20/14
3.Wrong Turn by Taylor Law, A-Z Short Stuff, read 8/20/14
4.Risk Is A Four-Letter Word by Erin M. Leaf, Crayola Challenge, read 8/12/14.
5.Of Mating and Monsters by Odessa Lynne, Crayola Challenge, read 9/28/14
6.Of Magic and Mating by Odessa Lynne, Crayola Challenge, read 9/28/14
7.Of Humans and Mates by Odessa Lynne, Crayola Challenge, read 9/28/14
8.Alaska by Kim Fielding, A-Z Short Stuff Challenge, read 9/9/14
14. Read 7 books that you have been putting off for some reason
1.Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett
2.The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, read 8/31/14
3.Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
4.Paradise Lost by John Milton
5.The Magic by Rhonda Byrne, read 12/11/14
6.The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, read 12/11/14
7.The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams
15. Read 6 books with a cover you consider beautiful
1.Angels' Dance by Nalini Singh, read 8/13/14.
2.Cinder by Marissa Meyer, read 11/29/14
3.The Giver by Lois Lowry, read 7/28/14
4.Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews, read 2/2/215
5.Mona Lisa Eclipsing by Sunny
6.The Royal Road by Robin Saxon
16. Read 5 books that are less than 125 pgs
1.Food and Books by Drew Zachary, 28 pgs, read 7/9/14
2.One Size Fits Allby Jules Jones, 10 pgs, read 7/10/14
3.The Importance of Being Denny by Kari Gregg, 30 pgs, read 7/10/14
4.Half a Million Dead Cannibals by Kari Gregg, 82 pgs, read 7/10/14
5.Big Flight by Zenina Masters, 87 pgs, read 7/2/14
17. Read 4 books that are 400+ pages
1.Making History by Stephen Fry, 575 pgs, read 7/4/14
2.The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles, 656 pgs
3.The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea, 528 pgs
4.Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor, 972 pgs
18. Read 3 books that are in-between novellas of series. The books have to have the .5 in their place in the series.
1.Haven's Wolf's Christmas Surprise by Shelby Lynn, Haven's Wolf Series 2.5
2.Chronicles of the Shifter Directive Companion Guide by Scarlet Hyacinth, Number 0.5
3.Of Russian Myth and Lore by C.B. Conway, Number 3.5
19. Read 2 books that you tried before but gave up on
1.The Storytellerby Jodi Picoult
2.Longbourn by Jo Baker, read 7/30/14
20. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more
1.Just a Geek: Unflinchingly honest tales of the search for life, love, and fulfillment beyond the Starship Enterprise by Wil Wheaton, read 12/26/14

I love challenges with no deadline!

Countdown Challenge
Timeframe: July 1 ~ No deadline to finish


1. Read 20 books whose cover is your favorite color

2. Read 19 books in your favorite genre

3. Read 18 books that are part of a series

4. Read 17 books by New-To-you authors

5. Read 16 books of your choice

6. Read 15 books from your GR friend's book shelves. It does not have to be the same friend. You can get 15 books from 15 different friends or all 15 books from 1 friend. Its up to you.

7. Read 14 books by female authors

8. Read 13 books by male authors

9. Read 12 books set in the U.S.

10. Read 11 book set in a country other than your own
For this task tell us where you are from

11. Read 10 books from your favorite author(s)

12. Read 9 books that are one- word titles

13. Read 8 books that will help you complete a task for another challenge

14. Read 7 books that you have been putting off for some reason

15. Read 6 books with single word titles

16. Read 5 books that are less than 125 pgs

17. Read 4 books that are 400+ pages

18. Read 3 books that are in-between novellas of series. The books have to have the .5 in their place in the series.
Ex. they can be the .5, 1.5, 10.5, 3.5

19. Read 2 books that you tried before but gave up on

20. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more

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Do you realize that #12 and #15 are the same?

JoAnne wrote: "Do you realize that #12 and #15 are the same?"

Lol thanks. I didnt catch that

Hey guys Please note that I changed number 15's task cuz it and #12 were the same

I like that new category!

JoAnne wrote: "I like that new category!"

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Countdown Challenge
Timeframe: July 1 ~ No deadline to finish


1. Read 20 books whose cover is your favorite color

2. Read 19 books in your favorite genre

3. Read 18 books that are part of a series

4. Read 17 books by New-To-you authors

5. Read 16 books of your choice

6. Read 15 books from your GR friend's book shelves. It does not have to be the same friend. You can get 15 books from 15 different friends or all 15 books from 1 friend. Its up to you.

7. Read 14 books by female authors

8. Read 13 books by male authors

9. Read 12 books set in the U.S.

10. Read 11 book set in a country other than your own
For this task tell us where you are from

11. Read 10 books from your favorite author(s)

12. Read 9 books that are one- word titles

13. Read 8 books that will help you complete a task for another challenge

14. Read 7 books that you have been putting off for some reason

15. Read 6 books with a cover you consider beautiful

16. Read 5 books that are less than 125 pgs

17. Read 4 books that are 400+ pages

18. Read 3 books that are in-between novellas of series. The books have to have the .5 in their place in the series.
Ex. they can be the .5, 1.5, 10.5, 3.5

19. Read 2 books that you tried before but gave up on

20. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more

8/14-?????


1. Read 20 books whose cover is your favorite color-DONE
1. The Second Life of Abigail Walker 8-15-14
2. The Vanishing Season 9-2-14
3. Chasing the Milky Way 9-18-14
4. Love in the Time of Global Warming 10-4-14
5. Rain Reign 10-18-14
6. The Good Sister 11-01-14
7. Liberty Letters by Nancy LeSourd 12-9-14
8. Out of my Mind 1-11-15
9. Three Days 1-28-15
10. Stray 2-1-15
11. Stella By Starlight 2-13-15
12. The Impossible Knife of Memory 2-22-15
13. How to Love 4-3-15
14. This Is Not A Test 5-23-15
15. The Last Time We Say Goodbye 6-8-15
16. The Tenderness of Thieves 6-14-15
17. Immaculate 6-24-15
18. Every Last Word 7-4-15
19. Night Gardener 7-14-15
20. Proof of Forever 7-25-15

2. Read 19 books in your favorite genre
1. The Fever 9-21-14
2. Requiem 9-26-14
3. A Bad Boy Can Be good for a Girl 10-4-14
4. Dont Look Back 10-11-14
5. Honey Queen 10-14-14
6. The Year of the Rat 1-15-15
7. To All The Boys I've Loved Before 1-25-15
8. The Unseemly Education of Anne Merchant 2-9-15
9. The Book Of Ivy 2-15-15
10. Thousand Words 4-14-15
11. The Last Good Day of the Year 6-16-15
12. The Tension of Opposites 7-23-15
13. The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly 7-24-15
14. Serafina and the Black Cloak 7-28-15
15. A Girl Called Fearless 8-6-15
16. Kissing In America 8-11-15
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3. Read 18 books that are part of a series
1. Slammed 8-27-14
2. The Girl From the Well 10-7-14
3. In the End 10-10-14
4. The Night Tourist 10-12-14
5. Christmas After All 10-20-14
6. The Twilight Prisoner 1-3-15
7. The Grimm Conclusion 1-5-15
8. After Us 2-27-15
9. Rush Revere and the American Revolution 3-2-15
10. Girls Who Rocked the World Vol1 3-16-15
11. Cinder 3-21-15
12. Fighting to Survive 4-17-15
13. An Ember in the Ashes 7-2-15
14. Rot & Ruin 7-17-15
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18.

4. Read 17 books by New-To-you authors-DONE
1. If You Find Me 8-29-14
2. Heart is a Lonely Hunter 9-24-14
3. Salt and Storm 10-17-14
4. Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast 11-22-14
5. Neverhome by Laird Hunt 11-25-14
6. Prairie Thief 12-15-14
7. Property 1-9-15
8. The Truth About Alice 2-17-15
9. Puddle Jumping 2-27-15
10. The Raft 3-7-15
11. Just a Drop Of Water 3-28-15
12. Down From The Mountain 4-27-15
13. Portraits of Celina 5-25-15
14. First There Was Forever 6-2-15
15. Born Free 6-5-15
16. Made You Up 6-18-15
17. The Cost of All Things 6-28-15

5. Read 16 books of your choice
1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 9-7-14
2. This Star Wont go Out by Esther Earl 12-5-14
3. Blackbird 1-9-15
4. Sophias War 2-10-15
5. The Great God Pan 2-17-15
6. A Little Princess 7-5-15
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6. Read 15 books from your GR friend's book shelves. DONE
1. Evil Librarian Kim 10-14-14
2. Spirit Keeper-Kelley 12-23-14
3. Rooms-Rache 11-20-14
4. Bud, Not Buddy-Heather 12-3-14
5. Forbidden Library-Kim 1-18-15
6. Fiona Thorn-Kim 11-03-14
7. Saving Lucas Biggs-Kim 11-11-14
8. Time of the Fireflies-Kim 12-25-14
9. And We Stay-Marie 12-28-14
10. Compulsion 2-6-15 Kelsi
11. Anna and the French Kiss-Heather 11-18-14
12. Antigoddess-Anna 1-8-15
13. Poison Study 2-19-15 Heather
14. Infinite Sea-Tamara 12-7-14
15. Lies We Tell Ourselves-Anna 12-12-14

7. Read 14 books by female authors-DONE
1. Young Elites by Marie Lu 12-12-14
2. Before You 1-19-15
3. The Darkest Part of the Forest 1-27-15
4. Alone Yet Not Alone 2-20-15
5. I'll Be There 3-27-15
6. Breaking Free 5-18-15
7. When Reason Breaks 6-26-15
8. The Night We Said Yes 7-3-15
9. Citizens Creek 7-15-15
10. Time Between Us 7-19-15
11. Emmy & Oliver 7-21-15
12. Charlie, Presumed Dead 7-30-15
13. Unearthly 8-7-15
14. Ruby on the Outside 8-9-15

8. Read 13 books by male authors-DONE
1. Messages From Heaven 8-19-14
2. Mans Best Hero 9-25-14
3. One Eye Laughing 10-2-14
4. The Zoo At The Edge of the World 11-02-14
5. The Alchemist 11-8-14
6. Blue Jacket 11-14-14
7. A Tale Dark and Grimm 11-23-14
8. Let it Snow 12-15-14
9. In a Glass Grimmly 12-19-14
10. I Kill the Mockingbird 4-10-15
11. Mosquitoland 4-21-15
12. No Parking At The End Times 4-24-15
13. Utopia, Iowa 4-28-15

9. Read 12 books set in the U.S.-DONE
1. Meaning of Maggie 8-18-14
2. The Secret Year 10-25-14
3. Gathering of Days 12-1-14
4. All Four Stars 12-20-14
5. The First Days 4-10-15
6. Girl Meets Boy 4-29-15
7. Emorys Gift 4-30-15
8. The Haunting of Sunshine Girl 5-2-15
9. Nest 5-12-15
10. Wherever You Go 5-21-15
11. Dead To Me 5-30-15
12. Where It Began 6-4-15

10. Read 11 book set in a country other than your own-USA DONE
1. Before I Die 8-14-14
2. Zel 9-3-14
3. A Girl Called Problem 9-28-14
4. A Swift Pure Cry 10-5-14
5. Inkheart 11-21-14
6. Deluge 11-30-14
7. Things They Carried 12-17-14
8. The Smile 12-29-14
9. Beast 3-5-15
10. Castle Behind Thorns 3-11-15
11. The War That Saved My Life 3-19-15

11. Read 10 books from your favorite author(s)
1. Ballad of Lucy Whipple 8-25-14 Karen Cushman
2. The Spindlers 9-12-14-Oliver
3. The Ever After Bird 3-9-15
4. I Was Here 3-24-15
5. Nightbird 3-30-15
6. The Dogs of Christmas 5-26-15
7. Heres to You Rachel Robinson 7-20-15
8. Cate of the Lost Colony 8-4-15
9. Loving Our Dogs 8-14-15
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12. Read 9 books that are one- word titles-DONE
1. Frozen 8-23-14
2. Baby 10-1-14
3. Ruined 10-24-14
4. Pegasus 1-23-15
5. Bound 1-29-15
6. Siege 4-20-15
7. Dragonfly 5-9-15
8. Echo 6-1-15
9. Fig 6-5-15

13. Read 8 books that will help you complete a task for another challenge-DONE
1. Through to You 9-9-14
2. The Opposite of Love 9-30-14
3. Better To Wish 3-3-15
4. The Distance Between Lost and Found 5-3-15
5. When My Heart Was Wicked 5-11-15
6. The Cage 5-19-15
7. My Life in Black and White 6-10-15
8. All The Truth Thats In Me 6-12-15

14. Read 7 books that you have been putting off for some reason-DONE
1. Dark Companion 8-21-14
2. Caged Graves 9-19-14
3. Another Little Piece 2-4-15
4. If You Stay 3-8-15
5. These is my Words 4-13-15
6. Ophelia 6-20-15
7. Story of A Girl 6-21-15

15. Read 6 books with a cover you consider beautiful-DONE
1. Walk Two Moons 11-7-14
2. Brown Girl Dreaming 2-28-15
3. If He Had Been With Me 3-13-15
4. The Secret Hum of a Daisy 4-5-15
5. Under a Painted Sky 4-26-15
6. Ellie's Story 5-5-15

16. Read 5 books that are less than 125 pgs
1. Who Was Elvis Presley 7-26-15
2. Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe 7-26-15
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17. Read 4 books that are 400+ pages-DONE
1. East 8-17-14
2. In the After 9-14-15
3. Sanctum 1-21-15
4. The Fall 4-8-15

18. Read 3 books that are in-between novellas of series. DONE
1. As the World Dies Vol 1 5-7-15
2. As The World Dies Vol. 2 5-28-15
3. As the World Dies Vol 3 6-5-15

19. Read 2 books that you tried before but gave up on-DONE
1. Between the Lines 11-03-14
2. The Compound 5-14-15

20. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more-DONE
1. Starbird Murphy and the World Outside 8-31-14

I finished section #4.


④ 17 BOOKS BY NEW-TO-YOU AUTHORS - COMPLETED 08/16/14



✔1. Me Before You|Jojo Moyes|07.04.14|★★★★★
✔2. Still Life With Crows|Douglas Preston|07.06.14|★★★★
✔3. Whistling Past the Graveyard|Susan Crandall|07.08.14|★★★★
✔4. The Cherry Cola Book Club|Ashton Lee|07.12.14|★★
✔5. Wild Oats|Pamela Morsi|07.13.14|★★★
✔6. Full Steam Ahead|Valerie Chase|07.14.14|★★★★
✔7. The Silent Wife|A.S.A. Harrison|07.16.14|★★★
✔8. Worth the Fall|Claudia Connor|07.19.14|★★★★
✔9. Growing Up Amish|Ira Wagler|07.20.14|★★★
✔10. Life After Life|Kate Atkinson|07.21.14|★★
✔11. Dark Deceptions|Dee Davis|07.26.14|★★★
✔12. Tell the Wolves I'm Home|Carol Rifka Brunt|07.30.14|★★★★★
✔13. The Little Friend|Donna Tartt|08.04.14|★★
✔14. The Boys in the Boat|Daniel James Brown|08.05.14|★★★★★
✔15. Matched|Ally Condie|08.08.14|★★★★
✔16. Catch of the Day|Kristan Higgins|08.15.14|★★★★
✔17. Nineteen Eighty-Four|George Orwell|08.16.14|★★★

jingles wrote: "I finished section #4.


④ 17 BOOKS BY NEW-TO-YOU AUTHORS - COMPLETED 08/16/14


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Congrats Jingles

I have a question...about #18. I read 2 novellas but they were published in one book. Can that count for 2 or only 1? Thanks!

1. Read 20 books whose cover is your favorite color BLACK

1. 3:59
2. Dead City
3. Zombies and Calculus
4. Apocalypse of the Dead
5. Stage 6
6. The Harlot's Tale
7. Blur
8. The Wicked Will Rise
9. Brew
10. Prodigy
11. The Darkest Minds
12. Sanctum
13. Station Eleven
14. Six of Crows
15. Catacomb
16. The Zombie Chronicles
17. Zombie Britannica
18. The Vampire's Warden
19. The Midnight Spell

2. Read 19 books in your favorite genre -DYSTOPIAN/APOCOLYPTIC

1.Isolation
2.The Rule of Three
3.The Mesmerized
4.After The Virus
5.Unwind
6.The Last Mission of the Living
7.UnWholly
8.Mutated
9. Zombie Tales from Dead Worlds
10. The Island
11. Until the End of the World
12. The Eleventh Plague
13. Plague
14 Fear
15. The Eternity Cure
16. Light
17. Legend
18. Rain
19. Patient Zero

3. Read 18 books that are part of a series
1. Hush, Hush
2. Silence
3. Finale
4. Shiver
5. Skinwalker
6. Mercy Blade
7. Hunger
8. Hunting Ground
9. Flesh Eaters
10. Mercy Mode
11. Escape
12. The Last American Vampire
13. The Witch Hunter's Tale
14. Storm Front
15 Red River
16. Fool Moon
17. Open Season
18. Savage Run
19. Dark Places

4. Read 17 books by New-To-you authors
1. Sarah Lotz - The Three: A Novel
2. Christopher Paul Curtis - The Mighty Miss Malone
3. Jennifer McMahon - The Winter People
4. Peggy Webb - The Language of Silence
5. Amy Belding Brown - Flight of the Sparrow: A Novel of Early America
6. Elizabeth Little - Dear Daughter
7. Cristin Terrill - All Our Yesterdays
8. Jennifer Brown - Torn Away
9. David P. Forsyth - Voyage of the Dead
10. Scott Kenemore - The Grand Hotel
10. Sarah Addison Allen - The Girl Who Chased the Moon
11. Faye Porter - At My Grandmother's Table: Heartwarming Stories and Cherished Recipes from the South
12 Michael Phillip Cash - The After House
13. Trish Marie Dawson - I Hope You Find Me
14. Andrew E. Kaufman - Lion, The Lamb, The Hunted, The
15. R.D. Rosen - Such Good Girls: The Journey of the Hidden Child Survivors of the Holocaust
16. Amy Neftzger - The Ferryman
17. Ania Ahlborn - The Bird Eater

5. Read 16 books of your choice
1. What Happened to My Sister
2. Good Graces
3. Blood Cross
4. Dead of Night
5. The Darkest Part of the Forest
6. It Can Always Get Worse
7. Summer Sanctuary
8. Where the Dead Walk
9. Come What May
10. Midnight Crossroad
11. Day Shift
12. The Rivals
13. Winterkill
14. Unbreakable
15. On Folly Beach
16. 17 & Gone

6. Read 15 books from your GR friend's book shelves. It does not have to be the same friend. You can get 15 books from 15 different friends or all 15 books from 1 friend. Its up to you.

1. Lorre - Blood Soaked and Contagious
2. Margaret - The Midwife's Tale
3. Jilly - The Infinite Sea
4. Abbie - The Sea of Monsters
5. NayNay - The Secret Life of Cee Cee Wilkes
6. Trisha - UnDivided
7. Steven - The Titan's Curse
8. Margaret - The Funeral Dress
9. CassieV - The Immortal Rules
10. Trisha - Code Name Verity
11. Steven - Beautiful Darkness
12. V Audio Nerd - The Raven Boys
13. Lindsay Founts - The Fever
14. Kody Boye - The Becoming
15. Trisha - Shadowlands
16. Logan - Dare Me

7. Read 14 books by female authors
1. Dismantled - Jennifer McMahon
2. Sparrow Man - M.R. Pritchard
3. Linked - Imogen Howson
4. K.M. Morgan - Daisy McDare and the Deadly Art Affair
5. Mira Grant - The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell
6. Let Her Go - M.R. Pritchard
7. The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
8. Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand
9. Faith Hunter - Raven Cursed
10. Sara C. Roethle - Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My!
11. Julie Kagawa - The Forever Song
12. Megan Abbott - Bury Me Deep
13. Adriana TrigianiAdriana Trigiani - Big Stone Gap
14. Faith Hunter - Death's Rival

8. Read 13 books by male authors
1. Avi - The Seer of Shadows
2. John L. Campbell - Ship of the Dead
3. Jonathan Moore - Close Reach
4. Kody Boye - The Diary of Dakota Hammell
5. Greg Sisco - Thicker Than Water
6. Patrick D'Orazio - Comes the Dark
7. Neal Shusterman - UnSouled
8. Jim Butcher - Summer Knight
9. Jim Butcher - Death Masks
10. Fredrik Backman - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
11. C.J. Box - Trophy Hunt
12. Bernard Beckett - Genesis
13 Markus Zusak - The Book Thief

9. Read 12 books set in the U.S.
1. Mississippi USA -The Oleander Sisters
2. Nebraska USA - Night of the Twisters
3. California USA - Six Feet Over It
4. West Virginia - A Killing in the Hills
5. South Carolina - Beautiful Creatures
6. Massachusetts - Unmarked
7. Illinois - Blood Rites
8. New York - Ghosts of the Erie Canal
9. California - Policewoman One: My Twenty Years on the LAPD
10. Virginia - The Dream Thieves
11. New Hampshire - Asylum
12. New York - Reconstructing Amelia

10. Read 11 book set in a country other than your own
For this task tell us where you are from ( I am from The USA, New York)

1. Confessions (Japan)
2. How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea (Australia)
3. Aftermath (Australia)
4. Survival (Australia)
5. Daisy McDare and the Deadly Legal Affair (Canada)
6. The Life I Left Behind - (England)
7. The Embalmer's Daughter - Egypt
8. The Silence - England
9. Water - Indonesia
10. Marking Time - England
11. The Wrath and the Dawn - Khorasan

11. Read 10 books from your favorite author(s)

1. Jim Butcher - Dead Beat
2. Seanan McGuire - Rosemary and Rue
3. Ransom Riggs - Hollow City
4. Rhiannon Frater - The Living Dead Boy
5. Jim Butcher - Proven Guilty
6. Brandon Sanderson - Firefight
7. Leigh Bardugo - Siege and Storm
8. Cassandra Clare - The Bane Chronicles
9. Linda Castillo - After the Storm
10. Out Of Range by C.J. Box


12. Read 9 books that are one- word titles
(1) Ashfall
(2) Sunrise
(3) Contaminated
(4) Panic
(5) Crescendo
(6) Cell
(7) Lies
(8) In the End
(9) Linger

13. Read 8 books that will help you complete a task for another challenge

1. The Gods of Gotham
2. The Sign Painter
3. The Maze Runner
4. We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a true story
5. Dorothy Must Die
6. Object: Matrimony: The Risky Business of Mail-Order Matchmaking on the Western Frontier
7. 900 Miles
8. Tent City
9. Bitter River

14. Read 7 books that you have been putting off for some reason

1. Gone
2. Iron Lake
3. The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship
4. The Lightning Thief
5. Land, a Stranded Novel: A Stranded Novel
6. The Name of the Star
7. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer



15. Read 6 books with a cover you consider beautiful
1. Land of a Hundred Wonders
2. The Indifferent Stars Above LP: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
3. Cry Wolf
4. Little Mercies
5. The Sweetest Thing
6. The Red Garden

16. Read 5 books that are less than 125 pgs
1. Fed
2. San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats
3. Ghouls, Fools, And Relationship Tools
4. Long Lost
5. A Hidden Secret

17. Read 4 books that are 400+ pages
1. Ashen Winter
2. Feed
3. Deadline
4. Blackout

JoAnne wrote: "I have a question...about #18. I read 2 novellas but they were published in one book. Can that count for 2 or only 1? Thanks!"

They count for two since they were two separate stories. :D

Joanne♥~Bookworm Extraordinaire wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "I have a question...about #18. I read 2 novellas but they were published in one book. Can that count for 2 or only 1? Thanks!"

They count for two since they were two separate stor..."

Thanks! Sometimes they are hard to find in print!!
BTW, I like your new propic!!

JoAnne wrote: "Joanne♥~Bookworm Extraordinaire wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "I have a question...about #18. I read 2 novellas but they were published in one book. Can that count for 2 or only 1? Thanks!"

They count f..."

Thanks!

I finished another section.


② 19 BOOKS IN YOUR FAVORITE GENRE (MYSTERY)
✔1. Top Secret Twenty-One|Janet Evanovich|07.05.14|★★★
✔2. Left to Die|Lisa Jackson|07.15.14|★★★★
✔3. Wicked Business|Janet Evanovich|07.15.14|★★★
✔4. Messenger of Truth|Jacqueline Winspear|07.18.14|★★★
✔5. The Big Four|Agatha Christie|07.22.14|★★★
✔6. 1st to Die|James Patterson|07.23.14|★★★
✔7. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency|Alexander McCall Smith|08.02.14|★★
✔8. A Study In Scarlet|Arthur Conan Doyle|08.04.14|★★★
✔9. A Superior Death|Nevada Barr|08.06.14|★★★★
✔10. The Long Quiche Goodbye|Avery Aames|08.08.14|★★★
✔11. Fade Away|Harlan Coben|08.18.14|★★★★
✔12. Unsound|Toby Neal|08.25.14|★★★★★
✔13. The Janus Stone|Elly Griffiths|09.03.14|★★★★
✔14. If Books Could Kill|Kate Carlisle|09.04.14|★★★
✔15. The Chase|Janet Evanovich|09.12.14|★★★★
✔16. Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death|M.C. Beaton|09.18.14|★★★★
✔17. F Is for Fugitive|Sue Grafton|09.20.14|★★★★
✔18. Pop Goes the Weasel (Alex Cross, #5)|James Patterson|09.21.14|★★★
✔19. The Bat|Jo Nesbø|09.22.14|★★★★

I'm in for this one (I also signed up for the one on CCC, but as far as I can see some of the tasks are different).

Countdown Challenge
Duration: No deadline
Started: 09/23/14
Finished: 47/213

1. Read 20 books whose cover is your favorite color (blue)
1. The Gathering | Kelley Armstrong 09/29/14 ★★★★
2. Sweet Blood of Mine | John Corwin 11/02/14 ★★★
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | J.K. Rowling 11/23/14 ★★★★
4. Outlander | Diana Gabaldon 12/02/14 ★★★★
5. The Titan's Curse | Rick Riordan 01/08/15 ★★★★
6. Bitten | Kelley Armstrong 01/25/15 ★★★★
7. Bittersweet | Sarah Ockler 02/13/15 ★★★.5
8. Release Me | J. Kenner 02/21/15 ★★★★
9. Born in Ice | Nora Roberts 03/08/15 ★★★★
10. Beauty Dates the Beast | Jessica Sims 03/17/15 ★★★★
11. The Last Olympian | Rick Riordan 03/20/15 ★★★★
12. Face the Music | Andrea K. Robbins 04/05/15 ★★★★
13. The Lost Hero | Rick Riordan 04/10/15 ★★★★
14. Dark Side of the Mirror | Elaine Meece 05/03/15 ★★★
15. The Liar | Nora Roberts 05/08/15 ★★★★
16. Venom | Jennifer Estep 05/10/15 ★★★★★
17. The Son of Neptune | Rick Riordan 05/15/15 ★★★★
18. Succubus Revealed | Richelle Mead 05/28/15 ★★★★★
19. Dead to the World | Charlaine Harris 05/31/15 ★★★★
20. Montana Sky | Nora Roberts 06/07/15 ★★★.5


2. Read 19 books in your favorite genre (PNR)
1. Succubus Dreams | Richelle Mead 09/25/14 ★★★★.5
2. Dead Until Dark | Charlaine Harris 09/27/14 ★★★★.5
3. Blood Debt | Nancy Straight 09/30/14 ★★★★★
4. Beautiful Creatures | Kami Garcia 10/09/14 ★★★★
5. Portal | Imogen Rose 10/21/14 ★
6. Blue Bloods | Melissa de la Cruz 11/04/14 ★★★★.5
7. Reign of Blood | Alexia Purdy 11/09/14 ★★★
8. Secret Lives | Gabriella Poole 11/09/14 ★★★
9. Darkness of Light | Stacey Marie Brown 11/21/14 ★★★★
10. The Calling | Kelley Armstrong 12/03/14 ★★★★★
11. Magic Bites | Ilona Andrews 12/24/14 ★★★★
12. The Rising | Kelley Armstrong 12/26/14 ★★★★★
13. Succubus Heat | Richelle Mead 12/30/14 ★★★.5
14. City of Lost Souls | Cassandra Clare 01/03/15 ★★★★
15. Moon Called | Patricia Briggs 01/18/15 ★★★★
16. White Cat | Holly Black 01/19/15 ★★★
17. Halo | Alexandra Adornetto 01/20/15 ★★★★
18. Raven's Breath | Tish Thawer 01/24/15 ★★★
19. Lover Awakened | J.R. Ward 01/31/15 ★★★★★


3. Read 18 books that are part of a series
1. Murder, Money & Marzipan | Leighann Dobbs (Lexy Baker Bakery Mystery #3) 10/01/14 ★★★★
2. Glory in Death | J.D. Robb (In Death #2) 10/20/14 ★★★★★
3. A Clash of Kings | George R.R. Martin 10/23/14 ★★★★.5
4. The Sea of Monsters | Rick Riordan 10/31/14 ★★★★
5. The Wise Man's Fear | Patrick Rothfuss 11/18/14 ★★★★
6. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | J.K. Rowling 11/29/14 ★★★★★
7. The Drawing of the Three | Stephen King 12/11/14 ★★★★
8. Desires of the Dead | Kimberly Derting 12/06/14 ★★★
9. Immortal in Death | J.D. Robb 12/18/14 ★★★★
10. Gregor the Overlander | Suzanne Collins 01/07/15 ★★★★
11. Rapture in Death | J.D. Robb 01/29/15 ★★★★★
12. The Silkworm | Robert Galbraith 02/11/15 ★★★★
13. The Ruby Circle | Richelle Mead 02/15/15 ★★★★★
14. A Storm of Swords | George R.R. Martin 02/19/15 ★★★★★
15. Losing at Love | Jennifer Iacopelli (Outer Banks Tennis Academy #2) 02/27/15 ★★★
16. Blood Bound | Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson #2) 03/01/15 ★★★★★
17. Feast of Fools | Rachel Caine (Morganville Vampires #4) 03/02/15 ★★★★
18. The Battle of the Labyrinth | Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson & the Olympians #4) 03/03/15 ★★★★


4. Read 17 books by New-To-you authors
1. The Final Piece | Maggi Myers 09/23/14 ★★★★
2. In the Band | Jean Haus 10/02/14 ★★★★★
3. Opposing Sides | C.M. Doporto 10/03/14 ★★★.5
4. Fade to Black | Leslie A. Kelly 10/06/14 ★★★★
5. Teasing Trent | M. Malone 10/10/14 ★★★★
6. A is for Alibi | Sue Grafton 10/12/14 ★★★
7. Cut & Run | Abigail Roux 10/14/14 ★★★★★
8. Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen 10/16/14 ★★★
9. Shadow and Bone | Leigh Bardugo 10/19/14 ★★★★.5
10. Tangled | Emma Chase 10/23/14 ★★★★
11. Enslaved | Shoshanna Evers 10/25/14 ★★★
12. Game Misconduct | Bianca Sommerland 10/28/14 ★★★★
13. The Miniaturist | Jessie Burton 10/30/14 ★★★.5
14. The Romanov Prophecy | Steve Berry 11/11/14 ★★★★★
15. Die for You | Lisa Unger 11/20/14 ★★
16. Louisiana Longshot | Jana Deleon 11/27/14 ★★★★
17. Sisters in Love | Melissa Foster 12/01/14 ★★★★

5. Read 16 books of your choice
1. Succubus Shadows | Richelle Mead 03/03/15 ★★★★
2. Over Sea, Under Stone | Susan Cooper 03/14/15 ★★★★
3. Steal the Light | Lexi Blake 03/15/15 ★★★
4. A Good Man Gone | A.W. Hartoin 04/03/15 ★★★
5. The Billionaire Wins the Game | Melody Anne 04/12/15 ★★★
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1. Melissa Web of Lies | Jennifer Estep 03/22/15 ★★★★
2. Jennifer Princess Penguin Iron Kissed | Patricia Briggs 03/26/15 ★★★★★
3. Sandra's PNR/UF shelf Marked | Elisabeth Naughton 04/08/15 ★★★★
4. Shilpa's to-read shelf Storm Born | Richelle Mead 04/11/15 ★★★★★
5. Jennifer Princess Penguin's Mystery shelf Ceremony in Death | J.D. Robb 04/13/15 ★★★★★
6. Joyce's - drm-free-ebooks shelf Living Dead in Dallas | Charlaine Harris 04/14/15 ★★★★★
7. Jan's - to-read shelf Golden Earrings | Belinda Alexandra 04/20/15 ★★★★
8. Vivian's - Read 2010 shelf Bone Crossed | Patricia Briggs 04/22/15 ★★★★★
9. Kimberly's - Cozy Mystery shelf The Merlot Murders | Ellen Crosby 04/23/15 ★★★★
10. Sandy's - Historical fiction shelf Dragonfly in Amber | Diana Gabaldon 04/27/15 ★★★★
11. Nadine's Read shelf Wild Heat | Bella Andre 04/30/15 ★★★★
12. Kat's Young Adult Shelf Die for Me | Amy Plum 05/01/15 ★★★★
14. Sadie's chick-lit Shelf The Look of Love | Bella Andre 05/05/15 ★★★★
15. Valerie - Val Hal's Read shelf Summer Knight | Jim Butcher 05/07/15 ★★★★★


7. Read 14 books by female authors
1. The Witness | Nora Roberts 09/23/14 ★★★★★
2. Whiskey Beach | Nora Roberts 11/15/14 ★★★
3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | J.K. Rowling 11/12/14 ★★★★
4. I've Got Your Number | Sophie Kinsella 01/02/15 ★★★★★
5. The Cuckoo's Calling | Robert Galbraith 01/08/15 ★★★★★
6. Cart Before the Horse | Bernadette Marie 01/12/15 ★★★
7. Annie's Child | Elda Minger 01/12/15 ★★★
8. Three Fates | Nora Roberts 01/30/15 ★★★★
9. Macaron Murder | Harper Lin 01/31/15 ★★★
10. Spider's Bite | Jennifer Estep 02/05/15 ★★★★★
11. Frosted Shadow | Nancy Warren 02/17/15 ★★★★★
12. Million Dollar Mates | Cathy Hopkins
13. Sweet Temptation | Lucy Diamond 02/22/15 ★★★★
14. The Medium | C.J. Archer 02/24/15 ★★★★


8. Read 13 books by male authors
1. The Gunslinger | Stephen King 11/13/14 ★★★★
2. The Firm | John Grisham 01/13/15 ★★★★★
3. Red Rising | Pierce Brown 01/20/15 ★★★★
4. Rules of Prey | John Sandford 02/09/15 ★★★
5. Along Came a Spider | James Patterson 03/17/15 ★★★★
6. The 5th Wave | Rick Yancey 04/05/15 ★★★★
7. The Templar Legacy | Steve Berry 03/28/15 ★★★★
8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams 04/28/15 ★★★
9. The Colour of Magic | Terry Pratchett 05/18/15 ★★★★
10. The Waste Lands | Stephen King 05/23/15 ★★★★
11. The Book of Fate | Brad Meltzer 06/01/15 ★★
12. A Painted House | John Grisham 06/12/15 ★★★★
13. The Light Fantastic | Terry Pratchett 06/19/15 ★★★★

9. Read 12 books set in the U.S.
1. Virgin River | Robyn Carr (California) 02/25/15 ★★★★
2. Mountain Angel | Suzie O'Connell(Montana) 03/10/15 ★★.5
3. The Last Academy | Anne Applegate (California) 03/11/15 ★★
4. Kill and Tell | Linda Howard (New Orleans) 04/17/15 ★★★★
5. Little Women | Louisa May Alcott (Massachusetts) 05/11/15 ★★★★
6. The Quaker Café | Brenda Bevan Remmes (North Carolina) 05/14/15 ★★
7. Gnome On The Range | Jennifer Zane (Montana) 05/15/15 ★★★★
8. Neanderthal Seeks Human | Penny Reid (Illinois) 05/19/15 ★★★
9. Club Dead | Charlaine Harris (Mississippi) 05/24/15 ★★★★★
10. Succubus Revealed | Richelle Mead (Washington) 05/28/15 ★★★★★
11. Magic Burns | Ilona Andrews (Georgia) 06/05/15 ★★★
12. Witch Hunt | S.M. Reine (California) 06/11/15 ★★★★


10. Read 11 book set in a country other than your own
For this task tell us where you are from (Denmark)
1. Magic Strikes | Ilona Andrews (Georgia, US) 06/17/15 ★★★★
2. The Undomestic Goddess | Sophie Kinsella (England) 06/23/15 ★★★★
3. All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr (France) 07/06/15 ★★★★
4. Death Masks | Jim Butcher (Illinois, US) 07/14/15 ★★★★
5. Clockwork Prince | Cassandra Clare (London, England) 07/14/15 ★★★★
6. Never Seduce a Scoundrel | Sabrina Jeffries (London, England) 07/16/15 ★★★.5
7. Clockwork Princess | Cassandra Clare (London, England) 07/24/15 ★★★
8. My Soul to Take | Rachel Vincent (Texas, US) 07/26/15 ★★★★
9. Rescue Me | Christy Reece (Paris, France) 07/31/15 ★★★★
10. Tangled Threads | Jennifer Estep (Ashland, Tennessee) 08/02/15 ★★★★
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1. Born in Shame | Nora Roberts 05/21/15 ★★★★
2. Dream a Little Dream | Giovanna Fletcher 07/08/15 ★★★★★
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1. Unspoken | Sarah Rees Brennan 02/25/15 ★★★
2. Masquerade | Melissa de la Cruz 05/26/15 ★★★
3. Invisible | Lorena McCourtney 06/10/15 ★★★
4. Slammed | Colleen Hoover 06/18/15 ★★★★★
5. Graceling | Kristin Cashore 06/30/15 ★★★★
6. Angelfall | Susan Ee 07/05/15 ★★★★
7. Heartbreaker | Julie Garwood 07/07/15 ★★★★
8. Frostfire | Amanda Hocking 07/29/15 ★★★★
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1. You Cannoli Die Once | Shelley Costa 05/28/15 ★
2. The Clan of the Cave Bear | Jean M. Auel 07/26/15 ★★★★.5
3. Hero | Samantha Young 08/09/15 ★★★★
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1. Every Which Way But Dead | Kim Harrison 06/29/15 ★★★★★
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1. Lover Revealed | J.R. Ward 05/20/15 ★★★★
2. First Impressions | Jude Deveraux (448 pages) 06/16/15 ★★★
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1. Behind Blue Eyes: Herein Lies A Monster | Helen Deakin 06/25/15 ★★★

Sign me up please!!


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jingles wrote: "I finished another section.


② 19 BOOKS IN YOUR FAVORITE GENRE (MYSTERY)
✔1. Top Secret Twenty-One|Janet Evanovich|07.05.14|★★★
✔2. Left to Die|[author..."

congrats jingles

Finished Sections from Message 3

3. Read 18 books that are part of a series
1. Blossom Street Brides Debbie Macomber 7/3/14
2. The Summer Wind Mary Alice Monroe 7/11/14
3. Rumor Has It Jill Shalvis 7/12/14
4. Take a Chance Abbi Glines 7/12/14
5. Air Bound by Christine Feehan 7/15/14
6. Virgin River Robyn Carr 7/18/14
7.A Virgin River Christmas Robyn Carr 7/23/14
8. Conspiracy Game Christine Feehan 7/29/14
9. Then Came You Jill Shalvis 8/2/14
10. Hard as You Can Laura Kaye 8/6/14
11. Once Bitten, Twice Burned Cynthia Eden 8/6/14
12. Hope Ignites Jaci Burton 8/8/14
13. 50 Harbor Street Debbie Macomber 8/9/14
14. Deep in the Valley Robyn Carr 8/9/14
15. Sweet Filthy Boy Christina Lauren 8/10/14
16. Deception Cove Jayne Castle 8/15/14
17. The Newcomer Robyn Carr 8/17/14
18. Magic on the Storm Devon Monk 8/17/14

4. Read 17 books by New-To-you authors
1. The Frog Prince Jane Porter 7/3/14
2. Flirting with Italian Liz Fielding 7/16/14
3. Chasing Charlie Kathy Carmichael 7/20/14
4. The Complete Philadelphia Series: Books 1-4 Taryn Plendl 7/20/14
5. Hope Flames Jaci Burton 8/2/14
6. Burn For Me Cynthia Eden 8/3/14
7. Champagne and Lemon Drops Jean Oram 8/11/14
8. Blackberry Winter Sarah Jio 8/13/14
9. The House on Mermaid Point Wendy Wax 8/23/14
10. Vintage Susan Gloss 8/23/14
11. Determinism: Cara and Abel's Story L.K. Collins 8/26/14
12. Kitty and the Midnight HourKitty and the Midnight Hour Carrie Vaughn 9/1/14
13. Up at Butternut Lake Mary McNear 9/18/14
14. How to Run with a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 9/18/14
15. Cora's Heart Rachael Herron
16. Reckless Skye Jordan 9/29/14
17. Driven K. Bromberg 10/26/14

7. Read 14 books by female authors
1. Fallen Too Far Abbi Glines 7/5/14
2. Never Too Far Abbi Glines 7/7/14
3. Forever Too Far bbi Glines 7/7/14
4. Twisted Perfection Abbi Glines 7/7/14
5. True Love Jude Deveraux 7/8/14
6. Theirs to Keep Maya Banks 7/9/14
7. The Enchanted Land Jude Deveraux 7/9/14
8. Forever and a Day Jill Shalvis 7/10/14
9. Rush Too Far Abbi Glines 7/11/14
10. Simple Perfection Abbi Glines 7/11/14
11. Lost Voices Sarah Porter
12. Unravel Me Christie Ridgway 8/17/14
13. Temptation Ridge Robyn Carr 8/19/14
14. Paradise Valley Robyn Carr 8/19/14

9. Read 12 books set in the U.S.
1. Shelter Mountain Robyn Carr7/22/14
2. The Hero Robyn Carr 8/20/14
3. Forbidden Falls Robyn Carr
4. The Chance Robyn Carr 8/25/14
5. Angel's Peak Robyn Carr 8/26/14
6. Swimming Lessons Mary Alice Monroe 8/26/14
7. Midnight Kiss Robyn Carr 8/26/14
8. Moonlight Road Robyn Carr 8/26/14
9. Hard as It Gets Laura Kaye 9/1/14
10. Harvest Moon Robyn Carr 9/4/14
11. Bring Me Home for Christmas Robyn Carr 9/4/14
12. The Promise Robyn Carr 9/8/14

12. Read 9 books that are one- word titles
1. Manhunting Jennifer Crusie 8/5/14
2. Afterburn and Aftershock Sylvia Day 8/8/14 2 novella in one book
3. Taken Kelli Maine 6/4/14
4. Elusive Sara Rosett 9/11/14
5. Breathe Abbi Glines 9/12/14
6. Fatalism: Alexa and Vincent's Story L.K. Collins 9/17/14
7. Essentialism: Bridgette & Troy's Story L.K. Collins 9/17/14
8. Misbehaving Abbi Glines 9/29/14
9. Rebel Skye Jordan 10/2/14

16. Read 5 books that are less than 125 pgs
1. Blue Bloods: The Graphic Novel Melissa de la Cruz 8/21/14
2. That Holiday Feeling read Under the Christmas Tree by Robyn Carr 8/23/14
3. Yours for Christmas Susan Mallery 12/11/14
4. A Kiss Is Just A Kiss Linda Barlow 12/7/14
5. Kent Ashton's Backstory Ruth Ann Nordin 12/18/14

20. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more
Demon Hunting in the Deep South by Lexi George 7/27/14

I'd like to join.

1. Read 20 books whose covers are your favorite color - purple
1. Divergent by Veronica Roth 10/6/14
2. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith 10/16/14
3. Christmas Healing by Morris Fenris and Jasmine Bowen 12/15/14
4. Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear 12/19/14
5. A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie 2/24/15
6. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl 5/3/15
7. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte 2/9/16
8. The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers 7/22/16
9. The Fifth of March by Ann Rinaldi 4/4/17
10. I Walk in Dread by Lisa Rowe Fraustino 1/20/18
11. Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie 4/22/18
12. A Light in the Storm by Karen Hesse 5/12/18
13. By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie 6/6/18
14. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics, and Pesky Poltergeists by J.K Rowling 6/15/18
15. The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman 9/2/18


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5. Read 16 books of your choice
1. The Best American Travel Writing 2014 ed by Paul Theroux 12/8/15
2. Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts by David Baggett and Shawn E. Klein (eds.) 4/14/16
3. The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories by Agatha Christie 5/4/16
4. Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers 5/25/16
5. An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear 5/29/16
6. Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie 6/1/16
7. Hangman’s Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers 6/11/16
8. The Road to Science Fiction: From Here to Forever by James Gunn (ed.) 6/24/16
9. A Moveable Feast: Life-Changing Food Adventures Around the World by Don George (ed.) 6/27/16
10. Jeremy Poldark by Winston Graham 7/5/16
11. The Patriotic Murders by Agatha Christie 7/7/16
12. Devices and Desires by PD James 7/13/16
13. The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie 7/16/16
14. The Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father by Jim Wight 7/22/16
15. Service of All the Dead by Colin Dexter 7/26/16
16. My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell 8/17/16

6. Read 15 books from your GR friend's book shelves.
1. Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett (Tom) 12/3/14
2. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Tricia) 12/29/14
3. Making Money by Terry Pratchett (Tom) 1/4/15
4. Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (Fallon) 1/17/15
5. Allegiant by Veronica Roth (Nicole) 1/25/15
6. Son by Lois Lowry, (Britta) 1/27/15
7. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (James) 4/26/15
8. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (Nick) 8/18/15
9. Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks (Britta) 9/23/15
10. I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb (Brett) 12/14/15
11. Hard Times by Charles Dickens (Christina) 2/18/16
12. Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel by Michio Kaku (Tom) 3/28/16
13. Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett (Tom) 4/9/16
14. I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett (Chris) 4/19/16
15. Lost by Gregory Maguire (Nick K.) 4/23/16

7. Read 14 books by female authors
1. The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie 11/25/14
2. Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers 12/4/14
3. Messenger by Lois Lowry 12/18/14
4. Peril at End House by Agatha Christie 1/23/15
5. Watermelon by Marian Keyes 1/31/15
6. Unnatural Causes by P.D. James 7/31/15
7. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers 8/21/15
8. Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James 8/27/15
9. Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers 9/27/15
10. The Black Tower by P.D. James 10/3/15
11. The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers 10/21/15
12. Death of an Expert Witness by P.D. James 11/9/15
13. Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie 12/3/15
14. Jambusters: The Women’s Institute at War 1939-1945 by Julie Summers 1/20/16

8. Read 13 books by male authors
1. The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde 11/30/14
2. An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell 12/7/14
3. The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde 1/10/15
4. The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot 2/6/15
5. Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings 8/20/15
6. Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter 9/17/15
7. Last Seen Wearing by Colin Dexter 10/25/15
8. The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn by Colin Dexter 11/22/15
9. The Victorian Debate: English Literature and Society 1832-1901 by Raymond Chapman 2/28/16
10. The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler 3/2/16
11. The Day the Martians Came by Frederick Pohl 3/31/16
12. The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard 5/30/16
13. Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil by James Runcie 6/28/16

9. Read 12 books set in the U.S.
1. Be My Love by Lucy Kevin (Washington) 3/12/15
2. I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away by Bill Bryson (New Hampshire) 5/5/15
3. Jo’s Boys by Louisa May Alcott (Massachusetts) 5/17/15
4. The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson (California) 6/2/15
5. Darkangel by Christine Pope (Arizona) 10/29/15
6. The Christmas Gift by Pepper Phillips (Louisiana) 12/25/15
7. From This Moment On by Bella Andre (California) 1/23/16
8. My First - Jason and Katie by Melanie Shawn (Illinois) 1/28/16
9. The Case of the Cautious Coquette by Erle Stanley Gardner (California) 6/6/16
10. The Case of the Restless Redhead by Erle Stanley Gardner (California) 7/31/16
11. Can’t Help Falling in Love by Bella Andre (California) 8/8/16
12. Trophy Husband by Lauren Blakely (California) 8/25/16

10. Read 11 books set in a country other than your own - United States
1. Black Coffee by Agatha Christie and Charles Osborne (England) 2/20/15
2. The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes (Ireland) 3/8/15
3. Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie (England, France) 4/20/15
4. The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie (England, South Africa) 6/6/15
5. Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie (Iraq) 7/20/15
6. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (Egypt) 10/16/15
7. A Baby for Christmas by Susan R. Hughes (Canada) 12/28/15
8. Costa Rica from Above by Sergio and Giancarlo Pucci (Costa Rica) 12/29/15
9. The Werewolf of Bamberg by Oliver Potzsch (Germany) 1/4/16
10. The Echo by Minette Walters (England) 5/12/16
11. A Taste for Death by P.D. James (England) 5/20/16


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12. Read 9 books that are one-word titles
1. Abarat by Clive Barker 9/8/15
2. Flux by Orson Scott Card 11/20/15
3. Darknight by Christine Pope 12/31/15
4. Four by Veronica Roth 1/30/16
5. Wyrms by Orson Scott Card 3/22/16
6. Darkmoon by Christine Pope 4/16/16
7. Summer by Edith Wharton 7/1/16
8. Warleggan by Winston Graham 8/6/16
9. Awakenings by Oliver Sacks 9/19/16

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14. Read 7 books that you have been putting off for some reason
1. The I Hate the 21st Century Reader: The Awful, the Annoying, and the Absurd - from Ethnic Cleansing to Frankenscience by Clint Willis (ed.) 6/28/15
2. The Best of Louisa May Alcott: A Charming Illustrated Collection of Little Women, Little Men, and 24 Short Stories by Louisa May Alcott 10/25/15
3. Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie 12/18/15
4. The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett 1/22/16
5. The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 2/6/16
6. The Road to Science Fiction 3: From Heinlein to Here by James Gunn (ed.) 3/16/16
7. The Sands of Mars by Arthur C. Clarke 5/23/16

15. Read 6 books with a cover you consider beautiful
1. Best Food Writing 2013 by Holly Hughes (ed.) 7/14/15
2. Sidney Chambers and the Perils of the Night by James Runcie 1/10/16
3. Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker 4/12/16
4. Sidney Chambers and the Forgiveness of Sins by James Runcie 9/25/16
5. A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear 12/7/16
6. The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory 8/24/17


16. Read 5 books that are less than 125 pgs
1. Mammy Walsh’s A - Z of the Walsh Family by Marian Keyes (66 pages) 4/15/15
2. A Little Journey by Ray Bradbury (21 pages) 10/2/15
3. Beyond the City by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (112 pages) 10/20/15
4. Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (111 pages) 11/1/16
5. Real Elves by Helen Smith (35 pages) 12/12/16

17. Read 4 books that are 400+ pages
1. The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013 by Dave Eggers (ed) (487 pages) 9/1/15
2. College Girls: Bluestockings, Sex Kittens, and Coeds, Then and Now by Lynn Peril (408 pages) 10/19/15
3. Death Wave by Ben Bova (416 pages) 1/18/16
4. Absolute Midnight by Clive Barker (571 pages) 5/1/16

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19. Read 2 books that you tried before but gave up on
1. Lincoln by Gore Vidal 8/23/18

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JoAnne wrote: "Finished Sections from Message 3

3. Read 18 books that are part of a series
1. Blossom Street Brides Debbie Macomber 7/3/14
2. The Summer Wind [author:Mary Alic..."

Wow congratulations

I finished section 3.


③ 18 BOOKS PART OF A SERIES:



✔1. Catch Me A Cowboy|Katie Lane|07.03.14|★★★
✔2. Cat & Mouse|James Patterson|07.21.14|★★★★
✔3. Anne of Avonlea|L.M. Montgomery|07.25.14|★★★★
✔4. Trouble in Texas|Katie Lane|08.07.14|★★★★
✔5. No Escape|Shannon K. Butcher|08.09.14|★★★
✔6. Crossed|Ally Condie|08.17.17|★★★
✔7. 1812|David Nevin|08.28.14|★★★
✔8. Something Blue|Emily Giffin|09.02.14|★★★
✔9. Flirting with Texas|Katie Lane|09.09.14|★★★
✔10. In the Dark|Marliss Melton|09.13.14|★★★★
✔11. Changeless|Gail Carriger|09.14.14|★★★★
✔12. Scandalous Desires|Elizabeth Hoyt|09.19.14|★★★
✔13. Shelter Mountain|Robyn Carr|09.23.14|★★★★
✔14. An Incomplete Revenge|Jacqueline Winspear|09.27.14|★★★★
✔15. When He Was Wicked|Julia Quinn|10.01.14|★★★.5
✔16. The Charlemagne Pursuit|Steve Berry|10.06.14|★★★★
✔17. G is for Gumshoe|Sue Grafton|10.07.14|★★★
✔18. In the Air Tonight|Stephanie Tyler|10.08.14|★★★★

congrats jingles

Joanne♥~Bookworm Extraordinaire wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "Finished Sections from Message 3

3. Read 18 books that are part of a series
1. Blossom Street Brides Debbie Macomber 7/3/14
2. The Summer Wind [a..."

I had to move them out - I was running out of characters....

Completed sections 2 and 3.

2. Read 19 books in your favorite genre - historical fiction
1. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear 10/25/14
2. Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear 11/15/14
3. Adam Bede by George Eliot 11/28/14
4. Matchless: A Christmas Story by Gregory Maguire 12/13/14
5. A Pony for Christmas by Bev Pettersen 12/14/14
6. A Darcy Christmas by Sharon Lathan, Amanda Grange, and Carolyn Eberhart 12/26/14
7. Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear 1/13/15
8. Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death by James Runcie 1/26/15
9. The Lincoln Letter by William Martin 2/9/15
10. So Much Owed by Jean Grainger 3/21/15
11. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel 4/12/15
12. Ross Poldark by Winston Graham 6/10/15
13. Arthur & George by Julian Barnes 7/11/15
14. Demelza by Winston Graham 7/18/15
15. The Last American Vampire by Seth Grahame-Smith 9/12/15
16. The Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory 10/10/15
17. Jane and the Damned by Janet Mullany 11/5/15
18. Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer 11/14/15
19. Unholy Night by Seth Grahame Smith 12/15/15

3. Read 18 books that are part of a series
1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies series) 10/4/14
2. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (Discworld series) 10/5/14
3. The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink by Erle Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason series) 10/8/14
4. Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett (Discworld series) 10/11/14
5. The Case of the Grinning Gorilla by Erle Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason series) 10/12/14
6. The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister by Erle Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason series) 10/17/14
7. Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding (Bridget Jones series) 10/20/14
8. The Case of the Hesitant Hostess by Erle Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason series) 10/21/14
9. A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett (Discworld series) 10/27/14
10. The Case of the Singing Skirt by Erle Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason series) 10/28/14
11. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (The Giver Quartet) 11/2/14
12. Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (Discworld series) 11/3/14
13. The Case of the Shapely Shadow by Erle Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason series) 11/5/14
14. Thud! by Terry Pratchett (Discworld series) 11/9/14
15. The Case of the Horrified Heirs by Erle Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason series) 11/11/14
16. The Case of the Beautiful Beggar by Erle Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason series) 11/16/14
17. Inferno by Dan Brown (Robert Langdon series) 11/21/14
18. The Case of the Postponed Murder by Erle Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason series) 11/23/14

I completed section 5!


⑤ Read 16 books of your choice
✔1. The Kite Runner|Khaled Hosseini||09.24.14|★★★★
✔2. Vapor Point|Lynne Scott||10.05.14|★★★★
✔3. The King's Speech|Mark Logue|10.10.14|★★★★
✔4. Gone Girl|Gillian Flynn|10.12.14|★★★
✔5. Finding Perfect|Susan Mallery|10.14.14|★★★★
✔6. Espresso Shot|Cleo Coyle|10.17.14|★★★★
✔7. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War|Max Brooks|10.16.14|★★★
✔8. Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham|M.C. Beaton|10.23.14|★★★
✔9. The Mystery of the Blue Train|Agatha Christie|10.23.14|★★★★
✔10. Storm Front|Jim Butcher|10.30.14|★★★
✔11. 44 Cranberry Point|Debbie Macomber|11.03.14|★★★
✔12. The Lies of Locke Lamora|Scott Lynch| |11.12.14|★★★★
✔13. Chasing Fire| Nora Roberts| 11.06.14|★★★★
✔14. Yesterday and Forever|Sandra Marton|11.04.14|★
✔15. Angels & Demons|Dan Brown| 11.10.14|★★★★
✔16. Whiskey Beach|Nora Roberts| 11.13.14|★★★

Nice work, Jingles.

Congrats jingles and Stephanie!