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We all love a birthday party, and for this challenge, Ashley M has given us a fantastic reading challenge to celebrate!

How to:

Option 1: Find books with your favorite birthday deserts on the cover. Example: The Cake Therapist by Judith Fertig

Option 2: Find books with your favorite birthday deserts in the title. Example: Fudge Cupcake Murder

Option 3: Spell-it-out. Spell out your favorite birthday dessert or desserts.

Option 4: Freestyle. Use a mixture of the above.

Levels:
Frosting: 1-5 books
Pie: 6-10 books
Brownie: 11-15 books
Cupcake: 16-20 books
Birthday Cake: 21 or more books

Notes
There is no time limit or page requirement for this challenge

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(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.

As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.


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Participants ( 2018)

Belinda

Connie

Gabi

Jess

Kerri

Nicole

Phyllis

Suzanne

Viji

Birthday Party Reading Challenge
Option 4: Freestyle
Level: Birthday Cake: 21 or more books
Progress: 21/21

COMPLETE

1. Where is the Cake? 9/10/2017
2. Beverly Billingsly Takes the Cake 9/10/2017
3. Clever Jack Takes the Cake 9/10/2017
4. A Wilcox and Griswold Mystery: The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake 9/10/2017
5. Horrible Harry Takes the Cake 9/10/2017
6. Apple Pie ABC 10/27/2017
7. Enemy Pie 10/27/2017
8. Rabbit Pie 10/27/2017
9. Salad Pie 10/27/2017
10. Halloween Pie 10/10/2017
11. Pecan Pie Baby 10/28/2017
12. Piggie Pie! 10/28/2017
13. Mr. Putter Tabby Bake the Cake 10/28/2017
14. Cam Jansen and the Wedding Cake Mystery 10/28/2017
15. Too Small for Honey Cake 10/29/2017
16. Frankenstein Takes the Cake 10/29/2017
17. Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie 10/29/2017
18. Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake 10/29/2017
19. A Piece of Cake 10/29/2017
20. Flicka, Ricka, Dicka Bake a Cake 10/29/2017
21. Froggy Bakes a Cake 10/29/2017

Welcome to your challenge Ashley!!
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Thanks :D

I think this is a good place to wish everybody who wanders here and wants to do the challenge, Happy Birthday to You!

💎💎💎💎💎 Birthday Party Reading Challenge 💎💎💎💎💎 Option 3.
Level: Brownie.

Spell-it-out: Dessert: Cinnamon Rolls

C - Camp Half-Blood Confidential 5/9/17
I - Mr Mumbles 21/9/17
N - The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 5: Like I'm The Only Squirrel In The World (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl 4/9/17
N - Coraline 16/9/17
A - Adulthood Is a Myth 2/9/17
M - The Call 7/9/17
O - Lumberjanes: Beyond Bay Leaf #1 24/9/17
N - Naruto (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 12: Includes volumes 34, 35 & 36 25/9/17

R - Tossing the Salaad 6/9/17
O - Civil War: The Amazing Spider-Man 26/9/17
L - The Spook's Blood 6/9/17
L - Coto's Captive 21/9/17
S - Shugo Chara!, Vol. 5 4/9/17

Welcome Katherine!

mmm my favourite

Birthday Party Challenge
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Level-Birthday cake-21 books

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Welcome Susan!

I am in! :) I'll choose the option later :)

Challenge complete
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Going for round #2

Birthday Party Reading Challenge
Option 2: Birthday deserts in the title
Level: Birthday Cake: 21 or more books
Progress: 21/21

COMPLETED 11/26/2017

1. Piggy Pie Po 11/7/2017
2. Perfect Pumpkin Pie 11/7/2017
3. How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A. 11/7/2017
4. How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World 11/7/2017
5. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie 11/7/2017
6. Pie for Piglets: Counting by Twos 11/7/2017
7. I Love Cake!: Starring Rabbit, Porcupine, and Moose 11/7/2017
8. How to Bake an American Pie 11/7/2017
9. Mud Is Cake 11/7/2017
10. The Great Cake Mystery 11/7/2017
11. The Apple Pie Tree 11/7/2017
12. The Evil Pumpkin Pie Fight! 11/8/2017
13. Apple Cake: A Recipe for Love 11/15/2017
14. Apple Pie 4th Of July 11/15/2017
15. The Missing Cupcake Mystery 11/15/2017
16. The Misadventures of Sweetie Pie 11/16/2017
17. Ice Cream Summer 11/26/2017
18. Brownie Pearl Get Dolled Up 11/26/2017
19. Brownie Pearl Step Out 11/26/2017
20. Groovy Joe: Ice Cream and Dinosaurs 11/26/2017
21. I Scream! Ice Cream!: A Book of Wordles 11/26/2017

Challenge complete

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Birthday Party Reading Challenge
Option 2: Birthday deserts in the title
Level: Birthday Cake: 21 or more books
Progress: 21/21

COMPLETED 2/7/2018

1. Brownie Pearl See the Sights 11/26/2017
2. Brownie Pearl Make Good 11/26/2017
3. Cupcake 11/26/2017
4. Brownie Pearl Hit the Hay 12/3/2017
5. Brownie Pearl Take a Dip 12/3/2017
6. If You Give a Cat a Cupcake 12/3/2017
7. If You Give a Mouse a Brownie 12/3/2017
8. Fancy Nancy and the Delectable Cupcakes 12/3/2017
9. Little Babymouse and the Christmas Cupcakes 12/3/2017
10. Brownie Groundhog and the February Fox 12/3/2017
11. Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes 12/3/2017
12. Thunder Cake 12/3/2017
13. Brownie Pearl Grab a Bite 12/10/2017
14. Brownie Pearl Go for a Spin 12/10/2017
15. Brownie Groundhog and the Wintry Surprise 12/10/2017
16. Bones and the Apple Pie Mystery 12/10/2017
17. Pie in the Sky 12/10/2017
18. Once I Ate a Pie 1/12/2018
19. The Apple Pie That Papa Baked 1/26/2018
20. Richard Scarry's The Great Pie Robbery and Other Mysteries 1/26/2018
21. Zuzu's Wishing Cake 2/7/2018

Challenge complete

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Congratulations Ashley!

Birthday Party Reading Challenge
Option 3: Spell-it-out (Salted Caramel Chocolate Tart)
Level: Birthday Cake: 21 or more books
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Birthday Party Reading Challenge

Option 3: Spell-It-Out

Level: Birthday Cake (21+ books)

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Brownies
✓ B: Built For Her by Alexa Riley (19/07) ★★★
✓ R: Rough & Tumble by Rhenna Morgan (16/07) ★★★
✓ O: Learning to Trust by Cynthia P. O'Neill (11/08) ★★★
✓ W: The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory (23/07) ★★★★
✓ N: Dark Witch by Nora Roberts (07/08) ★★★
✓ I: I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga (18/07) ★★★★
✓ E: Getting Schooled by Emma Chase (19/07) ★★★★
✓ S: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (25/07) ★★★★



Cake Pops
✓ C: Iron Dominance by Cari Silverwood (03/08) ★★★
✓ A: Butterface by Avery Flynn (09/08) ★★★★
✓ K: Bring on the Heat by Katie Rose (02/08) ★★★
✓ E: ROMANCE: Dragon Heat by Ella J. Phoenix (23/07) ★★★★

✓ P: Predator's Kiss by Rosanna Leo (21/07) ★★★
✓ O: Otherwise Engaged by Amanda Quick (12/08) ★★★
✓ P: Protecting Freedom by Alexa Riley (23/07) ★★★
✓ S: Low Pressure by Sandra Brown (26/07) ★★★★



Cupcakes
✓ C: Lust Plague by Cari Silverwood (04/08) ★★★★
✓ U: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (06/08) ★★★
✓ P: A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power by Paul Fischer (15/08) ★★★★
✓ C: Tangled by Emma Chase (05/08) ★★★
✓ A: Timeless Honor by Amber Daulton (12/08) ★★★
✓ K: Keeping Her by Kelly Lucille (11/08) ★★★
✓ E: Cashmere and Camo by Erin Nicholas (02/08) ★★★
✓ S: Sincerely, Carter by Whitney G. (02/08) ★★★



Macarons
✓ M: Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence (22/07) ★★★★
✓ A: Falling into Surrender by A. Zavarelli (12/08) ★★★
✓ C: SEALed at Midnight by Cat Johnson (10/08) ★★★
✓ A: All I Want by J. Daniels (13/08) ★★
✓ R: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (31/07) ★★★★
✓ O: Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien (20/08) ★★★
✓ N: Time Was by Nora Roberts (10/08) ★★★
✓ S: Scoring Her by Max Monroe (15/08) ★★★

Welcome Belinda & Nicole! ( Welcome back Ashley!)

Birthday Party Reading Challenge
Level: Birthday Cake: 21 or more books
Progress: 0/21

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Since my Birthday is this month I think I will join this challenge as well!!
Option 3: Spell-it-out
Level: Birthday Cake (21+)
Progress: 24/24

C Caroline Lee author of The Mermaid -completed 7/26/18
H Hex on the Beach by Gina LaManna - completed 7/17/18
E Janet Evanovich author of One for the Money by -completed 7/29/18
R J.K. Rowling author of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone -completed 8/26/18
R Nick Russell author of Big Lake Fugitive -completed 08/28/2018
Y Yuda character in Children of the Shaman byJessica Rydill -completed 11/02/18

C Connie character in Blood of My Blood by Barry Lyga -completed 8/14/18
H Hold Still by Lisa Regan -completed 7/19/18
E Janet Evanovich author of Two for the Dough -completed 8/10/18
E Emily R. King author of The Hundredth Queen -completed 8/31/18
S South, Julia character in Lemonade and Lies by Agatha Frost -completed 7/22/18
E Janet Evanovich author of Three to Get Deadly -completed 10/02/18
C The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett -completed 8/21/18
A Agatha Frost author of Pancakes and Corpses -completed 7/19/18
K A Killer's Mind by Mike Omer -completed 8/29/18
E Etienne character in Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire -completed 10/8/18

B Barry Lyga author of Game -completed 8/10/18
R Richelle Mead author of Succubus Blues -completed 9/12/18
O October Daye character in A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire -completed 8/5/18
W Witchy Sour by Gina LaManna -completed 7/23/18
N Now You See Me by Sharon J. Bolton -completed 9/26/18
I I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga - completed 7/17/18
E Janet Evanovich author of Four to Score -completed 10/14/18
S Sylvester Torquill character in An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire -completed 8/20/18

Done!! Forgot to update because of team challenges!

Welcome Viji & Jess! Happy birthday Jess!

Welcome Gabi!

Your challenge post is updated HERE

All done! Message 21

Option 4 out chocolate chip cookies and level birthday cake (21)

C the Christmas sweater
H Halloween hijinks
C Cat and mouse
A All through the night
T There's something about Christmas
E The expiditer
C Coming Home
H Hearts in Atlantis
I Immortal beloved
P Private: Vegas

S Starfire

Congratulations Nicole!

Welcome Kerry!!

I'm going to do this as a spell-out, starting tomorrow.

Birthday Party
Timeframe: 12/1/18 to 5/6/20
179/179
26/26 Celebration Words

Age (3/3)
A - Agatha Christie - Ordeal by Innocence - 8/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - G.A. McKevett - Bitter Sweets - 7/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

Birthday (8/8)
B - Bishop by Sawyer Bennett - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Concealed in Death - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥
D - Down with Love by Kate Meader - 6/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey - 3/17/19 ♥♥♥♥

Cake (4/4)
C - A Cowboy's Christmas Promise by Maggie McGinnis - 12/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
K – Kristina McMorris - Sold on a Monday - 9/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥

Desserts (8/8)
D - Dick Francis - For Kicks - 6/25/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥
S – Sidney Halston - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder on the Horizon - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tangerine by Christine Mangan - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Snowflakes, Iced Cakes and Second Chances by Sue Watson - 1/25/19 ♥♥♥

Event (5/5)
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Donna VanLiere - The Christmas Star - 12/31/18 ♥♥♥
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥
T - 12 Rounds by Lauren Hammond - 2/17/19 ♥♥♥

Frosting (8/8)
F - Author Kimberly Fox - Cancun - 3/27/19 ♥♥♥
R - River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 1/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Olivia Dade - Hidden Hearts - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥
S - Stacey Lynn - Fake Wife - 3/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
T – Tina Wainscott - Falling Free - 11/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews and Jeaniene Frost - Magic Graves - 3/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Martin - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥

Games (5/5)
G - Go Down Hard by Craig Faustus Buck - 8/8/19 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Christie - The Clocks - 8/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Miranda P. Charles - The Unwilling Executive - 7/25/19 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥
S - Shannon Stacey - Hot Response - 7/27/19 ♥♥♥♥

Happy (5/5)
H – Author Sidney Halston - Kiss Me Back - 2/23/19 ♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil by Nancy Atherton - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - Lifeguard - 1/23/19 ♥♥♥
Y - The You-Can't-Make-Me Bride by Leanne Banks - 4/19/19 ♥♥♥♥

Invitation (10/10)
I - Isobel Chace - To Marry a Tiger - 4/20/19 ♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
V - Venom by Jennifer Estep - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Iceberg by Robyn Donald - 4/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tracy Wolff - Hot & Heavy - 3/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Regret - 2/24/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker - 4/12/19 ♥♥♥
I - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park - 5/18/19 ♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Driven to Ink - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Martin - Some Like it Lethal - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥

Jolly (5/5)
J - Jill Shalvis - White Heat - 8/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
O – Once a Moretti Wife by Michelle Smart - 9/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 12/7/18 ♥♥
L - Lorelei James - Wrangled and Tangled - 3/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--And Their Tangled Histories of Misuse by Ross Petras - 5/3/19 ♥♥♥♥

Kids (4/4)
K - The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter - 8/3/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Illegally Yours by Kate Meader - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
D - Drake, Olivia - His Wicked Wish - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Carla Swafford - Full Heat - 7/31/19 ♥♥♥

L - Celebrate (9/9)
C - A Cry In The Night by Mary Higgins Clark - 7/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
L - Love Letters by Debbie Macomber - 5/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Robin Benway - Far from the Tree - 2/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rugged Texas Cowboy by Lora Leigh - 2/11/19 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton - 3/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Then Came You by Jill Shalvis - 6/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Candidate - 4/28/19 ♥♥♥♥

Milestone (9/9)
M - Author Julianne MacLean - A Curve in the Road - 6/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
L – Lois Greiman - Unscrewed - 10/24/19 ♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Dearest Rogue - 6/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
S – Shannon Stacey - Under Control - 9/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Three Daughters of Madame Liang by Pearl S. Buck - 6/8/19 ♥♥♥
O - One Day in December by Josie Silver - 5/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Nurses by Donna Douglas - 5/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥

Birthday Party - Part 2

Noise Maker (10/10)
N - No One to Trust by Katie Reus - 3/6/19 ♥♥♥
O – Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria by Hayley Okines - 10/4/19 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Rises - 5/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Lynsay Sands - A Bite to Remember - 3/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author E.L. Konigsburg - The View from Saturday - 5/4/19 ♥♥♥
M - Meant to Be by Maggie McGinnis - 3/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Celia Aaron - Cleat Chaser - 4/10/19 ♥♥
K - Krista Davis - The Diva Takes the Cake - 7/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Web of Lies - 7/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Festive in Death - 2/13/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

O - Balloons (8/8)
B - Back Check by Kelly Jamieson - 5/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Annette Blair - Cloaked in Malice - 6/16/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lorelei James - One Night Rodeo - 7/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lemmon, Jessica - A Snowbound Scandal - 12/28/18 ♥♥♥
O - Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys - 5/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Hostage to Pleasure - 5/31/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis - 7/5/19 ♥♥♥♥

Presents (8/8)
P - Author James Patterson - Kiss the Girls - 3/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Cassie Ryan - My Addiction - 3/22/19 ♥♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sex, Murder And A Double Latte by Kyra Davis - 4/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
N – Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - 11/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne - 7/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Suzanne Brockmann - The Unsung Hero - 4/30/19 ♥♥♥

Q - Banquet (7/7)
B – Bolt by Dick Francis - 10/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Annie Rains - Stolen Kisses - 4/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Never Trust a Pirate by Valerie Bowman - 2/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - Paw and Order - 2/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
T - Author Karen Templeton - Yours, Mine... or Ours? - 8/31/19 ♥♥♥♥

Ribbon (6/6)
R - Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis - 3/26/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - In the Mood Fur Love by Eve Langlais - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
B - Back to School Murder by Leslie Meier - 4/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
B - Beef Stolen-Off by Liz Lipperman - 8/17/19 ♥♥♥
O – Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh - 11/4/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth - 7/17/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

Song (4/4)
S - Slap Shot by Kelly Jamieson - 8/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon A Christmas by Holly Jacobs - 8/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Branded by Fire - 8/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
G – Author Lois Greiman - Unplugged - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥

Treat bags (9/9)
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
R - Ruthie Knox - Madly - 4/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eternal Summer by Anne Hampson - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Revolution - 5/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - A True Cowboy Christmas by Caitlin Crews - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Bennett, Sawyer - Max - 5/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Autumn Song by Margaret Pargeter - 6/26/19 ♥♥
G - Author Roxane Gay - Difficult Women - 5/29/19 ♥♥♥
S - Scored by Sloane Howell - 5/12/19 ♥♥♥♥

U - Fun (3/3)
F - Follow Love by J.H. Croix - 5/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
U – Untamed by Caitlin Crews - 8/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nora Roberts - The Pagan Stone - 3/9/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

V - Favors (6/6)
F - Fatally Frosted by Jessica Beck - 8/26/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Jane Arbor - The Other Miss Donne - 6/27/19 ♥♥♥
V - Valentine, Marquita - Take the Fall - 3/19/19 ♥♥

O - One Perfect Kiss by Jaci Burton - 7/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rebecca Zanetti - Claimed - 6/17/19 ♥♥♥
S - Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber - 7/13/19 ♥♥♥♥

Wrapping Paper (13/13)
W - William Wright - Jailhouse Doc: A Doctor in the County Jail - 7/6/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rumor Has It by Jill Shalvis - 5/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Gillian Archer - Ruthless - 7/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank Warren - 5/7/19 ♥♥♥
P - Author Ross Petras - Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity - 6/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In a Marrying Mood by Raye Morgan - 11/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity: Detective - 9/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Greer Hendricks - The Wife Between Us - 6/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Patricia Briggs - Frost Burned - 4/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
A – Allen Zadoff - Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin - 2/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Author Robert B. Parker - Looking For Rachel Wallace - 6/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R – Robb, J.D. - Brotherhood in Death - 10/30/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

X - Extravaganza (12/12)
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥
X - X, Monique - Sugar: My Life as a Sugar Babe - 4/9/20 ♥♥♥
T - Tracy Wolff - Royal Pain - 6/4/19 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Devoted in Death - 8/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Christie - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
V - Vicki Lewis Thompson - Old Enough to Know Better - 12/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Marie Walker - Black Tie Optional - 9/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - Cowboy, Cross My Heart - 8/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Archer, Gillian - Rebellious - 10/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - No Interest in Love by Cassie Mae - 11/22/19 ♥♥♥
Z - Zachary, Mia - 9 1/2 Days - 5/6/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aronson, Marc - One Death, Nine Stories - 4/2/19 ♥♥♥♥

Year (4/4)
Y - The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders - 9/14/19 ♥♥♥
E - Emily March - Nightingale Way - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Asquith, Nan - Only My Heart To Give - 6/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - The Other Side - 3/25/19 ♥♥♥♥

Z - Prizes (6/6)
P – Playing Hurt by Kelly Jamieson - 10/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rebecca Zanetti - Fated - 3/4/19 ♥♥♥
I - The Inherited Bride by Rebecca Stratton - 11/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
Z – Zo White and the Seven Morphs by Barbara Silkstone - 11/12/19 ♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Tangled Threads - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Danielle Steel - Until the End of Time - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥

******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 5/6/20*****

Welcome Connie!

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Birthday Party Reading Challenge
Duration: 6/21/2019 - Til Done!

Progress: 24 out of 24

Birthday Cake: 21 or more books

We all love a birthday party, and for this challenge, Ashley M has given us a fantastic reading challenge to celebrate!

How to:
Option 3: Spell-it-out. Spell out your favorite birthday dessert or desserts.

CUPCAKES (8)
C: Circe by Madeline Miller - ***** - 6/25/2019 - 393 Pages
U: Anya Ulinich; Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel: A Graphic Novel - **** - 9/17/2019 - 362 Pages
P: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky - ***** - 7/11/2019 - 213 Pages
C: CatStronauts: Mission Moon by Drew Brockington - **** - 6/26/2019 - 160 Pages
A: Angie Thomas; The Hate U Give - ***** - 6/21/2019 - 512 Pages
K: Kelly Thompson; Jem and the Holograms Vol. 1: Showtime - ***** - 6/26/2019 - 152 Pages
E: Erik Burnham; Ghostbusters, Volume 1: The Man from the Mirror, Part 1 - ***** - 7/18/2019 - 24 Pages
S: Space Boy Volume 2 by Stephen McCranie - ***** - 6/27/2019 - 240 Pages


BROWNIES (8)
B: Drew Brockington; CatStronauts: Robot Rescue - **** - 6/27/2019 - 184 Pages
R: Pamela Ribon; My Boyfriend Is a Bear - ***** - 7/8/2019 - 176 Pages
O: Molly Ostertag; Regular Show: Parks and Wreck - *** - 6/25/2019 - 112 Pages
W: The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag - ***** - 6/28/2019 - 224 Pages
N: Nuts by Alice Clayton - ***** - 6/28/2019 - 308 Pages
I: Isabel Greenberg; The One Hundred Nights of Hero - ***** - 7/11/2019 - 224 Pages
E: Erik Burnham; Ghostbusters, Volume 1: The Man from the Mirror, Part 2 - ***** - 7/18/2019 - 24 Pages
S: Strange Attractors by Charles Soule - ***** - 7/1/2019 - 128 Pages


ICE CREAM (8)
I: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman - ***** - 7/17/2019 - 329 Pages
C: CatStronauts: Race to Mars by Drew Brockington - **** - 6/26/2019 - 184 Pages
E: Erik Burnham; Ghostbusters, Volume 1: The Man from the Mirror, Part 3 - ***** - 7/30/2019 - 24 Pages

C: CatStronauts: Space Station Situation by Drew Brockington - **** - 6/27/2019 - 168 Pages
R: Rachel Caine; Stillhouse Lake - ***** - 7/8/2019 - 286 Pages
E: Erik Burnham; Ghostbusters, Volume 1: The Man from the Mirror, Part 4 - ***** - 8/1/2019 - 24 Pages
A: Ted Anderson; My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Volume 6 - ***** - 6/30/2019 - 104 Pages
M: Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas - ***** - 6/28/2019 - 416 Pages

Welcome Suzanne!

I would like to join in.

Oh my! I had forgotten all about this one. I will have to get to work on it.

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Welcome Phyllis!

After a year-and-a-half, this birthday celebration is complete!

Birthday Party
Timeframe: 12/1/18 to 5/6/20
179/179
26/26 Celebration Words

Age (3/3)
A - Agatha Christie - Ordeal by Innocence - 8/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - G.A. McKevett - Bitter Sweets - 7/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Hookup - 8/11/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

Birthday (8/8)
B - Bishop by Sawyer Bennett - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Concealed in Death - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥
D - Down with Love by Kate Meader - 6/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey - 3/17/19 ♥♥♥♥

Cake (4/4)
C - A Cowboy's Christmas Promise by Maggie McGinnis - 12/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
K – Kristina McMorris - Sold on a Monday - 9/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥

Desserts (8/8)
D - Dick Francis - For Kicks - 6/25/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥
S – Sidney Halston - What About Us - 9/17/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder on the Horizon - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tangerine by Christine Mangan - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Snowflakes, Iced Cakes and Second Chances by Sue Watson - 1/25/19 ♥♥♥

Event (5/5)
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Donna VanLiere - The Christmas Star - 12/31/18 ♥♥♥
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥
T - 12 Rounds by Lauren Hammond - 2/17/19 ♥♥♥

Frosting (8/8)
F - Author Kimberly Fox - Cancun - 3/27/19 ♥♥♥
R - River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 1/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Olivia Dade - Hidden Hearts - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥
S - Stacey Lynn - Fake Wife - 3/13/19 ♥♥♥♥
T – Tina Wainscott - Falling Free - 11/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews and Jeaniene Frost - Magic Graves - 3/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Martin - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥

Games (5/5)
G - Go Down Hard by Craig Faustus Buck - 8/8/19 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Christie - The Clocks - 8/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
M - Miranda P. Charles - The Unwilling Executive - 7/25/19 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Smitten - 8/23/19 ♥♥♥
S - Shannon Stacey - Hot Response - 7/27/19 ♥♥♥♥

Happy (5/5)
H – Author Sidney Halston - Kiss Me Back - 2/23/19 ♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil by Nancy Atherton - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author James Patterson - Lifeguard - 1/23/19 ♥♥♥
Y - The You-Can't-Make-Me Bride by Leanne Banks - 4/19/19 ♥♥♥♥

Invitation (10/10)
I - Isobel Chace - To Marry a Tiger - 4/20/19 ♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
V - Venom by Jennifer Estep - 9/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Iceberg by Robyn Donald - 4/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tracy Wolff - Hot & Heavy - 3/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Regret - 2/24/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker - 4/12/19 ♥♥♥
I - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park - 5/18/19 ♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Driven to Ink - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Martin - Some Like it Lethal - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥

Jolly (5/5)
J - Jill Shalvis - White Heat - 8/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
O – Once a Moretti Wife by Michelle Smart - 9/22/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 12/7/18 ♥♥
L - Lorelei James - Wrangled and Tangled - 3/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--And Their Tangled Histories of Misuse by Ross Petras - 5/3/19 ♥♥♥♥

Kids (4/4)
K - The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter - 8/3/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Illegally Yours by Kate Meader - 8/25/19 ♥♥♥
D - Drake, Olivia - His Wicked Wish - 9/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Carla Swafford - Full Heat - 7/31/19 ♥♥♥

L - Celebrate (9/9)
C - A Cry In The Night by Mary Higgins Clark - 7/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
L - Love Letters by Debbie Macomber - 5/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Robin Benway - Far from the Tree - 2/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rugged Texas Cowboy by Lora Leigh - 2/11/19 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton - 3/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Then Came You by Jill Shalvis - 6/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Tracy Ewens - Candidate - 4/28/19 ♥♥♥♥

Milestone (9/9)
M - Author Julianne MacLean - A Curve in the Road - 6/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson - 9/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
L – Lois Greiman - Unscrewed - 10/24/19 ♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Dearest Rogue - 6/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
S – Shannon Stacey - Under Control - 9/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - Three Daughters of Madame Liang by Pearl S. Buck - 6/8/19 ♥♥♥
O - One Day in December by Josie Silver - 5/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Nurses by Donna Douglas - 5/21/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Back to the Bedroom - 7/7/19 ♥♥♥♥

Birthday Party - Part 2

Noise Maker (10/10)
N - No One to Trust by Katie Reus - 3/6/19 ♥♥♥
O – Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria by Hayley Okines - 10/4/19 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Rises - 5/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Lynsay Sands - A Bite to Remember - 3/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author E.L. Konigsburg - The View from Saturday - 5/4/19 ♥♥♥
M - Meant to Be by Maggie McGinnis - 3/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Celia Aaron - Cleat Chaser - 4/10/19 ♥♥
K - Krista Davis - The Diva Takes the Cake - 7/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Web of Lies - 7/20/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Festive in Death - 2/13/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

O - Balloons (8/8)
B - Back Check by Kelly Jamieson - 5/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Annette Blair - Cloaked in Malice - 6/16/19 ♥♥♥
L - Lorelei James - One Night Rodeo - 7/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lemmon, Jessica - A Snowbound Scandal - 12/28/18 ♥♥♥
O - Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys - 5/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb - 6/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Hostage to Pleasure - 5/31/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis - 7/5/19 ♥♥♥♥

Presents (8/8)
P - Author James Patterson - Kiss the Girls - 3/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Cassie Ryan - My Addiction - 3/22/19 ♥♥♥
E - Edwards, Nicole - Bad Business - 9/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sex, Murder And A Double Latte by Kyra Davis - 4/5/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erin McCarthy - The Breakup - 9/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
N – Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - 11/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
T - To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne - 7/29/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Suzanne Brockmann - The Unsung Hero - 4/30/19 ♥♥♥

Q - Banquet (7/7)
B – Bolt by Dick Francis - 10/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Annie Rains - Stolen Kisses - 4/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Never Trust a Pirate by Valerie Bowman - 2/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - Paw and Order - 2/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 10/25/19 ♥♥
T - Author Karen Templeton - Yours, Mine... or Ours? - 8/31/19 ♥♥♥♥

Ribbon (6/6)
R - Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis - 3/26/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - In the Mood Fur Love by Eve Langlais - 10/17/19 ♥♥♥
B - Back to School Murder by Leslie Meier - 4/24/19 ♥♥♥♥
B - Beef Stolen-Off by Liz Lipperman - 8/17/19 ♥♥♥
O – Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh - 11/4/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth - 7/17/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

Song (4/4)
S - Slap Shot by Kelly Jamieson - 8/15/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon A Christmas by Holly Jacobs - 8/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Branded by Fire - 8/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
G – Author Lois Greiman - Unplugged - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥

Treat bags (9/9)
T - Troutte, Kimberley - Forbidden Lovers - 9/7/19 ♥♥♥
R - Ruthie Knox - Madly - 4/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eternal Summer by Anne Hampson - 11/14/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Revolution - 5/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - A True Cowboy Christmas by Caitlin Crews - 10/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Bennett, Sawyer - Max - 5/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Autumn Song by Margaret Pargeter - 6/26/19 ♥♥
G - Author Roxane Gay - Difficult Women - 5/29/19 ♥♥♥
S - Scored by Sloane Howell - 5/12/19 ♥♥♥♥

U - Fun (3/3)
F - Follow Love by J.H. Croix - 5/25/19 ♥♥♥♥
U – Untamed by Caitlin Crews - 8/18/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nora Roberts - The Pagan Stone - 3/9/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

V - Favors (6/6)
F - Fatally Frosted by Jessica Beck - 8/26/19 ♥♥♥
A - Author Jane Arbor - The Other Miss Donne - 6/27/19 ♥♥♥
V - Valentine, Marquita - Take the Fall - 3/19/19 ♥♥

O - One Perfect Kiss by Jaci Burton - 7/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rebecca Zanetti - Claimed - 6/17/19 ♥♥♥
S - Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber - 7/13/19 ♥♥♥♥

Wrapping Paper (13/13)
W - William Wright - Jailhouse Doc: A Doctor in the County Jail - 7/6/19 ♥♥♥
R - Rumor Has It by Jill Shalvis - 5/8/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Gillian Archer - Ruthless - 7/9/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank Warren - 5/7/19 ♥♥♥
P - Author Ross Petras - Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity - 6/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
I - In a Marrying Mood by Raye Morgan - 11/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity: Detective - 9/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Greer Hendricks - The Wife Between Us - 6/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
P - Patricia Briggs - Frost Burned - 4/11/19 ♥♥♥♥
A – Allen Zadoff - Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin - 2/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Author Robert B. Parker - Looking For Rachel Wallace - 6/20/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Chase - Sustained - 11/19/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
R – Robb, J.D. - Brotherhood in Death - 10/30/19 ♥♥♥♥♥

X - Extravaganza (12/12)
E - Emergency!: True Stories From The Nation's ERs by Mark Brown - 11/21/19 ♥♥♥
X - X, Monique - Sugar: My Life as a Sugar Babe - 4/9/20 ♥♥♥
T - Tracy Wolff - Royal Pain - 6/4/19 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Devoted in Death - 8/7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Christie - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
V - Vicki Lewis Thompson - Old Enough to Know Better - 12/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Marie Walker - Black Tie Optional - 9/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - Cowboy, Cross My Heart - 8/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Archer, Gillian - Rebellious - 10/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - No Interest in Love by Cassie Mae - 11/22/19 ♥♥♥
Z - Zachary, Mia - 9 1/2 Days - 5/6/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aronson, Marc - One Death, Nine Stories - 4/2/19 ♥♥♥♥

Year (4/4)
Y - The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders - 9/14/19 ♥♥♥
E - Emily March - Nightingale Way - 12/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Asquith, Nan - Only My Heart To Give - 6/23/19 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - The Other Side - 3/25/19 ♥♥♥♥

Z - Prizes (6/6)
P – Playing Hurt by Kelly Jamieson - 10/31/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rebecca Zanetti - Fated - 3/4/19 ♥♥♥
I - The Inherited Bride by Rebecca Stratton - 11/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
Z – Zo White and the Seven Morphs by Barbara Silkstone - 11/12/19 ♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Tangled Threads - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Author Danielle Steel - Until the End of Time - 7/24/19 ♥♥♥♥

******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 5/6/20*****

Congratulations Connie!

Finished!

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Birthday Party Reading Challenge
Duration: 6/21/2019 - Til Done!

Progress: 24 out of 24

Birthday Cake: 21 or more books

We all love a birthday party, and for this challenge, Ashley M has given us a fantastic reading challenge to celebrate!

How to:
Option 3: Spell-it-out. Spell out your favorite birthday dessert or desserts.

CUPCAKES (8)
C: Circe by Madeline Miller - ***** - 6/25/2019 - 393 Pages
U: Anya Ulinich; Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel: A Graphic Novel - **** - 9/17/2019 - 362 Pages
P: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky - ***** - 7/11/2019 - 213 Pages
C: CatStronauts: Mission Moon by Drew Brockington - **** - 6/26/2019 - 160 Pages
A: Angie Thomas; The Hate U Give - ***** - 6/21/2019 - 512 Pages
K: Kelly Thompson; Jem and the Holograms Vol. 1: Showtime - ***** - 6/26/2019 - 152 Pages
E: Erik Burnham; Ghostbusters, Volume 1: The Man from the Mirror, Part 1 - ***** - 7/18/2019 - 24 Pages
S: Space Boy Volume 2 by Stephen McCranie - ***** - 6/27/2019 - 240 Pages


BROWNIES (8)
B: Drew Brockington; CatStronauts: Robot Rescue - **** - 6/27/2019 - 184 Pages
R: Pamela Ribon; My Boyfriend Is a Bear - ***** - 7/8/2019 - 176 Pages
O: Molly Ostertag; Regular Show: Parks and Wreck - *** - 6/25/2019 - 112 Pages
W: The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag - ***** - 6/28/2019 - 224 Pages
N: Nuts by Alice Clayton - ***** - 6/28/2019 - 308 Pages
I: Isabel Greenberg; The One Hundred Nights of Hero - ***** - 7/11/2019 - 224 Pages
E: Erik Burnham; Ghostbusters, Volume 1: The Man from the Mirror, Part 2 - ***** - 7/18/2019 - 24 Pages
S: Strange Attractors by Charles Soule - ***** - 7/1/2019 - 128 Pages


ICE CREAM (8)
I: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman - ***** - 7/17/2019 - 329 Pages
C: CatStronauts: Race to Mars by Drew Brockington - **** - 6/26/2019 - 184 Pages
E: Erik Burnham; Ghostbusters, Volume 1: The Man from the Mirror, Part 3 - ***** - 7/30/2019 - 24 Pages

C: CatStronauts: Space Station Situation by Drew Brockington - **** - 6/27/2019 - 168 Pages
R: Rachel Caine; Stillhouse Lake - ***** - 7/8/2019 - 286 Pages
E: Erik Burnham; Ghostbusters, Volume 1: The Man from the Mirror, Part 4 - ***** - 8/1/2019 - 24 Pages
A: Ted Anderson; My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Volume 6 - ***** - 6/30/2019 - 104 Pages
M: Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas - ***** - 6/28/2019 - 416 Pages

Start: 12/28/22
End:
Birthday Cake: 21 or more books
Desserts Devoured: 1/4

Baked Alaska (11/11)
B: The Batman Who Laughs - Scott Snyder 🎂🎂🎂🎂 2/14/23
A: A Midsummer Night's Scream - R.L. Stine 🎂🎂🎂🎂 1/4/23
K: Kismet - Amina Akhtar 🎂🎂🎂🎂 5/24/23
E: The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde 🎂🎂🎂 2/7/23
D: The Deep - Alma Katsu 🎂🎂🎂🎂 1/21/23

A: Adam Cesare - Clown in a Cornfield 🎂🎂🎂 3/15/23
L: Lamar Giles - The Getaway 🎂🎂🎂🎂 2/4/23
A: Andrews, Ilona - Magic Slays 🎂🎂🎂🎂 5/13/23
S: Snapshot - Brandon Sanderson 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 1/6/23
K: Kill Hill Carnage - Tim Meyer 🎂🎂🎂 3/8/23
A: Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Affair at Styles 🎂🎂🎂 5/18/23

Lemon and Ricotta Cheesecake Bars (17/29)
L: Lore Olympus: Volume Three - Rachel Smythe 🎂🎂🎂🎂 3/10/23
E: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 4/16/23
M: Magic Bleeds - Ilona Andrews 🎂🎂🎂🎂 1/9/23
O: Oops I Ate a Vengeance Demon - Lauretta Hignett 🎂🎂🎂🎂 4/23/23
N: Noah's Ark - Andrew J. Morgan 🎂🎂 1/25/23

A: Album of Dr. Moreau - Daryl Gregory 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 5/21/23
N: The Night Shift - Alex Finlay 🎂🎂🎂🎂 2/12/23
D: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau - Silvia Moreno-Garcia 🎂🎂🎂🎂 5/20/23

R: The Red Room: - H.G. Wells 🎂🎂🎂 1/9/23
I: I, Robot - Isaac Asimov 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 2/3/23
C: Changeless - Gail Carriger 🎂🎂 2/16/23
O: Orlean, Susan - The Library Book 🎂🎂🎂 7/15/23
T: Two Truths and a Lie - April Henry 🎂🎂🎂 1/27/23
T: Tena Stetler - Chocolate Raspberry Magic 🎂🎂🎂 7/20/23
A: Ashford, Zachary - Sole Survivor 🎂🎂🎂 5/27/23

C: Contagion - Erin Bowman 🎂🎂🎂 3/5/23
H: How You Ruined My Life - Jeff Strand 🎂🎂 1/2/23
E: Episode Thirteen - Craig DiLouie 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 5/15/23
E: Eve in Overdrive - Faith Gardner ✧✧✧✧ 1/11/24
S: Sara Shepard - Pretty Little Liars 🎂 3/1/23
E
C: The Cabin at the End of the World - Paul Tremblay 🎂🎂🎂 4/7/23
A: The Arctic Incident - Eoin Colfer 🎂🎂🎂 8/19/23
K: Kirsten Miller - Don't Tell a Soul 🎂🎂🎂🎂 7/8/23
E

B: Beloved - Toni Morrison 🎂🎂🎂🎂 4/30/23
A: Alex Ramirez (MC) Jurassic Dead - David Sakmyster 🎂🎂 6/8/23
R: Rhodes, Natasha Final Destination #1: Dead Reckoning 🎂🎂🎂 4/13/23
S: The Sandman: Overture - Neil Gaiman 🎂🎂🎂🎂 3/4/23

Red Velvet Trifle (5/15)
R: Red Kenny (MC) Five Survive - Holly Jackson 🎂🎂🎂🎂 5/3/23
E
D: Darcy Coates - The Whispering Dead 🎂🎂🎂 2/20/23

V: Valentine, Danielle - How to Survive Your Murder 🎂🎂🎂🎂 3/19/23
E
L: Lamar Giles - Spin 🎂🎂🎂🎂 7/30/23
V: V-Wars - Jonathan Maberry 🎂🎂🎂🎂 5/10/23
E
T: Taylor Jenkins Reid - Carrie Soto Is Back 🎂🎂🎂🎂 7/22/23

T: Tochi Onyebuchi - Riot Baby 🎂🎂🎂🎂 8/25/23
R: Room Service - Maren Stoffels 🎂🎂 5/23/23
I: The Island - Adrian McKinty 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 2/25/23
F: The Fear - Charlie Higson 🎂🎂🎂🎂 2/21/23
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E

Tiramisu (3/8)
T: Tyler Johnson Was Here - Jay Coles 🎂🎂🎂 8/26/23
I: I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 4/2/23
R: Rebecca Yarros - Fourth Wing 🎂🎂🎂🎂 8/2/23
A: The Angel Maker - Alex North 🎂🎂🎂🎂 8/22/23
M: Maberry, Jonathan - Dark of Night - Flesh and Fire 🎂🎂🎂 3/9/23
I: Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros ✧✧✧✧ 1/27/24
S: Sleeping Dogs Lie - Samantha Downing 🎂🎂🎂🎂 2/25/23
U: Unger, Lisa - Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six 🎂🎂🎂 5/5/23

Birthday Party - Option 3
Duration: January 1st 2023 - ??
Birthday Cake: 21 or more books
Progress: 23/23

Tiramisu (8/8)
T - The Twin by Natasha Preston 3/6
I - It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover 4/2
R - Raft of Stars by Andrew J. Graff 20/1
A - All Princesses Die Before Dawn by Quentin Zuttion 25/1
M - My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth 5/1
I - I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid 26/3
S - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 6/2
U - Upon a Waking Dream by J.S. Bailey 27/4

Ice Cream (8/8)
I - In Five Years by Rebecca Serle 6/3
C - Chef's Kiss by T.J. Alexander 18/1
E - Ecstasy 65 Days - In the midst of darkness by Abdulhadi Al-Amshan 4/2

C - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi 10/2
R - Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig 20/4
E - Every Summer After by Carley Fortune 7/4
A - Arca by Van Jensen 1/3
M - Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice 7/1

Brownie (7/7)
B - The Books That Devoured My Father by Afonso Cruz 30/1
R - Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig 20/4
O - One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus 3/2
W - Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple 1/1
N - The New Friends by Daniel Hurst 3/3
I - I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy 1/4
E - Elektra by Jennifer Saint 19/4

I am going to do this one as a Spell It Out Challenge and start it on 11/25/24.

A: Apple Pie Completed 5/11/25


B: Banana Pudding
Brain Damage 2/21/25
Anne Of Green Gables Manga Classics 3/10/25
Nite Owl/Dr. Manhattan: Before Watchmen 3 12/30/24
Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing 5/17/25
Night's Master 2/26/25
A

Prisoners in Petticoats 5/19/25
Unsolved London Murders 2/6/25
Death of Mrs. Westaway 3/20/25
Dark History of Hollywood 4/7/25
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Nice House on the Lake Vol 1 9/13/25
Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 12/7/24

C: Cake
Critical Role Vox Machina Origins 2 12/7/24
A
Kill Me Softly 4/14/25
End of Her 3/10/25

D: Donut
Danger to Herself and Others 4/17/25
One Hundred Most Infamous Criminals 1/11/25
Nice House on the Lake Vol 2 9/14/25
U
This is not a personal statement 11/26/24

E: Eclair
Every Day 5/5/25
Critical Role Vox Machina Origins Vol 3 12/11/24
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A
I
Raised by ghosts 1/30/25

F: Fudge
Failure is Not Not An Option 2/9/25
U
Down The Hill 6/11/25
Gregor the Overlander 2/10/25
Encyclopedia of Haunted Places 7/14/25

G: Gelato
Gregor and the Prophesy Of Bane 2/13/25
E
Lost Falls 6/26/25
A
Three Sisters in Black 12/19/24
Ozymandias/Crimson Corsair: Before Watchmen 4 1/22/25

H: Haupia
Hereville: How Mirka Caught A Fish 12/3/24
A
U
Perfect Nightmare 8/4/25
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A

I: Icing
I
Comedian/Rorschach: Before Watchmen Vol 2 12/26/24
I
N
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods 2/22/25

J: Jello
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Overture: X/1999 Vol 2 1/28/25

K: Kulfi
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L
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L: Lemon Bar
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E
Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to my Charms Vol 1 11/27/24
Order of the Circle 2/5/25
N
Black Lightning 5/21/25
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R

M: Marzipan
Minutemen/Silk Spectre: Before Watchmen Vol 1 12/23/24
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R
Zero Days 3/4/25
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P
A
N

N: Napoleon
N
A
P
One Perfect Couple 4/1/25
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O
N

O: Oreos
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O
Snow, Glass, Apples 12/13/24

P: Pumpkin Pie
P
U
Melvile 2/5/25
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I
N
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Q: Quince Pie
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I
N
Curse of Monte Cristo 2/8/25
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P
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R: Red Velvet
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E
D
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E
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V
E
Tiger Eyes 2/27/25

S: Strudel
Sign of Affection 1/23/25
Tori Amos Little Earthquakes 3/13/25
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U
D
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T: Tart
Tears of the Silenced 4/3/25
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R
T

U: Ube
U
B
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V: Viennetta
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N
N
E
T
T
A

W: Whoopie Pie
When Everything Turned Blue 3/23/25
Harrowing Game 2/18/25
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O
P
I
E
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X: Xango
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A
N
Gleem 3/22/25
O

Y: Yogurt
You Wanna Be On Top 3/12/25
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Z: Zucchini Bread
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