Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

2018 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge:

With the year ending, most of us have started looking forward to the new year and have some reading goals we really want to reach.

This is the place to Create-Your-Own-Reading Challenge for 2018.

I've used the acronym SMART to explain how you can put yours together.

SPECIFIC - Sure we have goals and resolutions, but for this challenge you need to be specific on what you will read. Are you going for all classics, books of a specific author, books you already own, etc? You set the parameters, but make sure there is one.

MEASURABLE - Please don't say as many as I can read, please :). Knowing the titles in advance is not required, but you need to put a number of books as your goal. This is a requirement to participate in this challenge.

ATTAINABLE - Be realistic for this challenge. I know how we can go overboard, but you know, how many hours you read in a day. Do not set yourself up to fail. On this note, you are only allowed to have one Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge entry.

REWARDING - A tenet I follow everytime I create and/or join a challenge, is that it should be fun. This is not a punishment, but an activity that you really want to do. You get a better chance of completing it, if you are enjoying yourself.

TIME-BOUND - This challenge is good for the whole year. If you want to set a different start and end date, its up to you, but make sure I can see the duration period of your challenge.

Here is the suggested format:

Challenge Title:
Duration:
Number of Books:
Challenge Description:
List of Books: (you can post it in advanced or post as you complete them)

Challenge Title: Audiobooks A-Z
Duration: Jan 01/18 - Dec 31/18
Number of Books: 26
Challenge Description: Read one audiobook that starts with each letter of the alphabet.
List of Books:

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

2018 Create-Your-Own Challenge
Challenge Title: Taking Control of My DTB TBR Pile: Part 6 AND Make Use of My Kindle Unlimited Membership
Duration: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Number of Books: 12 "Old" + 36 "Kindle Unlimited" books = 48 total


Challenge Description:
Part 1: Read "old" paperback books that I own, then give away/trade in/donate books that are not going to be "keepers".
Part 2: Read Kindle Unlimited Books to make use of my membership.

List of Books:
Part 1: Out With The Old
01: The Laird by Juliana Garnett - 01/31/18
02: Shooting Star by Colby Hodge - 05/22/18
03: The Deed by Lynsay Sands - 08/25/18
04: The Key by Lynsay Sands - 09/18/18
05: To Touch the Stars by Tess Mallory - 09/30/18
06: Montana Morning by Jill Limber - 10/13/18
07: The Chase by Lynsay Sands - 11/11/18
08: Scandalous by Karen Robards - 12/14/18
09: A Time-Travel Christmas by Megan Daniel - 12/25/18
10: The Rancher and His Unexpected Daughter by Sherryl Woods - 12/29/18
11: The Littlest Angel by Sherryl Woods - 12/30/18
12: Natural Born Trouble by Sherryl Woods - 12/31/18




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Part 2: Use Kindle Unlimited Membership
01: Asking for Trouble by Rosalind James - 01/09/18
02: My Kind of You by Tracy Brogan - 01/21/18
03: Fire in His Fury by Ruby Dixon - 02/20/18
04: Shifter's Sacrifice by Lisa Ladew - 03/15/18
05: Cement Heart by Beth Ehemann - 03/24/18
06: Worlds Collide by J.L. Hendricks - 03/31/18
07: Second to None by Nancy Herkness - 04/06/18
08: Accidentally Hers by Jamie Beck - 04/30/18
09: Wild Heart by Beth Ehemann - 06/01/18
10: Even the Score by Beth Ehemann - 06/03/18
11: Close to Perfect: A Prequel to the Perfect, Indiana series by Barbara Longley - 06/10/18
12: Worlds Explode by J.L. Hendricks – 06/12/18
13: Worlds Entwined by J.L. Hendricks - 06/27/18
14: Secretly Hers by Jamie Beck - 07/04/18
15: Almost like Love by Abigail Strom - 07/17/18
16: Meant to Be by Terri Osburn - 07/31/18
17: Fire In His Spirit by Ruby Dixon - 08/14/18
18: Christmas in Cupid Falls by Holly Jacobs - 08/31/18
19: It Had to Be Him by Tamra Baumann - 09/02/18
20: Second Time Around by Nancy Herkness - 09/03/18
21: Dare Me Once by Shelly Alexander - 09/07/18
22: Up to the Challenge by Terri Osburn - 09/10/18
23: Unexpectedly Hers by Jamie Beck - 09/30/18
24: Joyfully His: A Novella by Jamie Beck - 10/02/18
25: It Had to Be Love by Tamra Baumann - 10/06/18
26: Home to Stay by Terri Osburn - 10/10/18
27: More to Give by Terri Osburn - 10/13/18
28: Ex on the Beach by Kim Law - 10/22/18
29: Shower of Stars by Nancy Herkness - 11/20/18
30: Christmas in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk - 11/24/18
31: The Ugly Duckling Debutante by Rachel Van Dyken - 11/28/18
32: It Had to Be Fate by Tamra Baumann - 12/11/18
33: Hot Buttered Yum by Kim Law - 12/16/18
34: Two Turtle Island Doves by Kim Law - 12/17/18
35: Dragon's Heat by Lisa Ladew - 12/28/18
36: A Simple Heart: A Cupid Falls Novella by Holly Jacobs - 12/28/18

Challenge Title:Read down TBR list (17) and 5 short stories from kindle unlimited.

Duration: Jan 1, 2018 to Dec 31,2018

Number of Books: From part 2 is 5 short stories.

Challenge Description:I have 398+ books on my Tbr list. I plan to read it down.

Part 2 of my challenge is to read 5 short Stories off of kindle unlimited. (part 2 is separate from the tbr list)

I will post books after I read them.

PART ONE - TBR read down (Completed part 1)

1. (Finished)
2. (Finished)
3. (Finished)
4. (Set done)
5. (Finished Series)
6. (Finished)
7. (Finished)
8. (Finished)
9. (Finished Series)
10. (Finished)
11. (Finished)
12. (Finished)
13. (finished)
14.
(finished)
15. (finished)
16. (finished)
17. (finished)

Part 2 SHORT STORIES (under 200 pages) Completed part 2

(DONE) 58 pages
(DONE) 91 pages
(DONE) 38 pages
(DONE) 163 pages
(DONE) 53 pages

Challenge Title: Read 100 books
Duration: January 1-December 31 2018
Number of Books: 100+
Challenge Description: Read 100 books whether they are audio books or printed, mine or borrowed.

January

1. My True Love Gave to Me by Stephanie Perkins
2. Jagged by Kristen Ashley
3. Rock Chick Redemption by Kristen Ashley
4. Rev it Up by Julie Ann Walker
5. Chloe's Double Draw by Fiona Archer
6. Against the Wild by Kat Martin
7. On Broken Wings by Chanel Cleeton
8. One For the Money by Janet Ivanovich
9. Wild Man by Kristen Ashley
10. Law Man by Kristen Ashley

February
1. Faefever by Karen Marie Moning
2. Back to You by P. Creedon
3. Kaleidoscope by Kristen Ashley
4. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
5. Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich

March
1. The King by J R Ward
2. Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Ed Tarkington
3. Three to Get Deadly by Janet Ivanovich
4. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
5. In the Water by Paula Hawkins

April
1. Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning
2. Forever and a Day by Jill Shelves
3. Bounty by Kristen Ashley

May
1. Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning
2. Thrill Ride by Julie Ann Walker
3. Rock Chick Renegade by Kristen Ashley

June
1. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
2. Four to Score by Janet Ivanovich
3. P. S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
4. To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
5. High Five by Janet Evanovich

July
1. Always and Forever Lara Jean by Jenny Han
2. It Had to be you by Jill Shelves
3. Hot Six by Janet Ivanovich
4. To Tame a Highland Warrior by Karen Marie Moning

August
1. Motorcycle Man by Kristen Ashley
2. Under the Mistletoe by Jill Shelves
3. Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley
4. The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
5. Seven Up by Janet Ivanovich
6. All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

Challenge Title: RRRC Countdown - MODIFIED to remove page requirement

Read the corresponding number of books published in that year:
2011 - read 11 books pub in 2011
2012 – read 12 books published in 2012, etc.

Level 3 - read for 2011-2018 - 116 books

2018
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1 Pet Jan 13 ★★★★
2 All The World's An Undead Stage Jan 20 ★★★★★
3 Big Man Feb 2 ★★
4 My Captain's Baby Feb 4 ★★
5 Finders Keepers Feb 5 ★★★★
6 Screams of the Season Mar 2 ★★★★ 240p
7 Two Man Station Mar 13 ★★★★
8 Together Tied Mar 16 ★★★★
9 Again! Again! Mar 16 ★★★
10 Infected: Throwaways Mar 21 ★★★★
11 Northern Stars Mar 23 ★★★
12 A King's Rival Mar 24 ★★★★
13 It started with an old, lame joke Mar 25 ★★
14 Exorcising the Exes Mar 27 ★★★★★
15 Twisted and Tied Apr 1 ★★★★
16. Theirs To Protect Apr 2 ★★★
17. Her Best Men: A Brother's Best Friends Reverse Harem Apr 3 ★★
18. A Scot's SurrenderApr 3 ★★★★★
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2017
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1 Dear Mona Lisa... Jan 2 ★★★★★
2 Longing for Shelter Jan 3 ★★★★★
3 The Forest of Dark Delights Jan 5 ★★★
4 Kairos Jan 6 ★★★
5 Rhino Ash Jan 9 ★★★★
6 Dyed and Gone to Heaven Jan 11 ★★★★
7 Tender Mercies Jan 16 ★★★
8 Gemini Keeps Capricorn Jan 17 ★★★
9 Leaning Into Always Jan 19 ★★★★
10 A Day Makes Jan 19 ★★★★
11 The Lawrence Browne Affair Jan 22 ★★★★★
12 I Do, or Dye Trying Jan 22 ★★★★
13 It Takes Two to Tumble Jan 24 ★★★★★
14. Skin After SkinJan 25 ★★★★★
15 Will & Patrick's Endless Honeymoon Jan 27 ★★★★★
16 The Devil of Pinesville Jan 28 ★★★★
17 Cocky Jan 29 ★★★
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2016
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1 Barbarian's Prize Jan 4 ★★★
2 Healing Touch Jan 7 ★★★★
3 The Private Secretary Jan 10 ★★★★
4 The Savage Son Jan 16 ★★★★
5 Assumed Dead Jan 17 ★★★
6 Romancing the Wrong Twin Jan 18 ★★★★
7 The Mangled Mobster Jan 26 ★★★★
8 Catching Heir Jan 26 ★★★
9 Just a Bit Wicked Jan 30 ★★★★
10 Shifting Gears Feb 3 ★★★★
11 Blood Lines Feb 3 ★★★★
12 On Fire Feb 12 ★★★
13 Snowed In, A M/M Anthology Feb 15 ★★★
14 Planet Sweshan Feb 16 ★★★
15 Getting His Wolf Feb 17 ★★★★
16 Seven-Card Stud Feb 26 ★★★
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2015
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1 Wedding Favors Jan 8 ★★★★
2 Mated to the Alien Jan 14 ★★
3 Fated to the Alien Jan 14 ★★
4 Bonded to the Alien Jan 14 ★★
5 Wedded to the Alien Jan 14 ★★
6 Light Years Away Jan 15 ★★★★
7 His Willing Slave Jan 21 ★★★
8 Drive Your Truck Jan 21 ★★★
9 Isaiah Jan 26 ★★★
10 F.I.S.T.S. Handbook For Individual Survival in Hostile Environments Jan 29 ★★★★★
11 When to Hold Them Jan 29 ★★★
12 As You Wish Jan 31 ★★★★
13 The Gilded Scarab Feb 23 ★★★
14 A Fashionable Indulgence Feb 26 ★★★★★
15 Best Chance Feb 26 ★★★
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2014
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1 Hissed as a Newt Jan 5 ★★★
2 Five Ways a Boy Can Break Your Heart Jan 20 ★★★
3 Heart's Beat Jan 29 ★★
4 Red Dirt Heart Feb 9 ★★★★★
5 Red Dirt Heart 2 Feb 11 ★★★★★
6 Red Dirt Heart 3 Feb 13 ★★★★★
7 A Tooth For a Fang Feb 14 ★★★
8 Sam and Aaron Feb 15 ★★★★
9 Drunk in Love Feb 16 ★★★★
10 Choosing Happy Feb 18 ★★★
11 Just Stay Feb 20 ★★★
12 The Last Thing He Needs Feb 21 ★★★★★
13 Hands On Feb 23 ★★★
14 The Ex Factor Feb 28 ★★★
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2013
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1 Normal Enough Jan 2 ★★★★
2 When Past Comes to Present Jan 6 ★★★★
3 The Magpie Lord Feb 6 ★★★★★
4 Interlude with Tattoos Feb 6 ★★★★★
5 Old Loyalty, New Love Feb 6 ★★★★
6 Face Value Feb 25 ★★★
7 Still Waters Feb 27 ★★★
8 Hunter of Demons Feb 27 ★★★★★
9 Hunter of Demons Feb 27 ★★★★★
10 Master of Ghouls Feb 27 ★★★★★
11 Reaper of Souls Feb 28 ★★★★★
12 Colorado Wild Mar 2 ★
13 Jack: Grime and Punishment Mar 6 ★★★★
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2012
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1 Monsters and Mayhem Jan 2 ★★
2 Little Red Riding Hood, You Sure Are Looking Good Jan 13 ★★★★
3 Thief Feb 15 ★★★
4 More Than Friends Feb 16 ★★★★
5 The Only Easy Day Feb 25 ★★★
6 Another Very Dirty Dozen Mar 2 ★★★★
7 Alien 'n' Outlaw Mar 2 ★★★★
8 Fortune Hunter Mar 7 ★★★
9 In His Corner Mar 16 ★★★
10 Stronger Where It Counts Apr 16 ★★★
11 In Search of Saints Apr 26 ★★★★
12 Some Things Shouldn't Be a Chore (In Which Tony Stark Builds Himself Some Friends May 21 ★★★★
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2011
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1 According To Hoyle Feb 2 ★★★★
2 The Rise of Alec Caldwell: Volume One Feb 11 ★★★
3 Guarding Morgan Feb 25 ★★★
4 Spice ‘n’ Solace Mar 1 ★★★★
5 Dance With Me Mar 4 ★★★★★
6 Maelstrom 1 Mar 5 ★★★
7 Maelstrom 2 Mar 5 ★★★
8 Maelstrom 3 Mar 5 ★★★
9 Maelstrom 4 Mar 5 ★★★
10 Maelstrom 5 Mar 5 ★★★★
11 Maelstrom 6 Mar 5 ★★★★
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reserved

Challenge Title: author chain connections
Duration: jan-dec 2018
Number of Books: minimum of 64
READ: 31/64
Challenge Description: reading through owned collection with author chains

* author name has some derivative connection to author above in that chain; not time read limited with the exception of having to be read in 2018.
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*chain the susan:
Susan Elizabeth Phillips : First Lady june 2018
Michael R. Phillips
Judith Michael : The Real Mother july 2018
Judith Viorst : Lulu Is Getting a Sister: june 2018

*chain the liz:
Liz Carlyle
Elizabeth Lowell
Elizabeth Elgin : Turn Left At The Daffodils jan. 2018
Elizabeth Lenhard : (It's a Purl Thing) march 2018
Elizabeth Lynn Casey : Sew Deadly jan. 2018
Lynn Austin : Though Waters Roar jan. 2018
Sherrilyn Kenyon : Acheron may 2018



*chain the barbara:
Barbara Bush: A Memoir : Barbara Bush : apr 2018
Barbara Smith :
Alexander McCall Smith :
Victoria Alexander :
Victoria Jenkins :
Beverly Jenkins :
Beverly Allen :
Sarah Addison Allen :
Heather Allen :
Heather Graham : Ghost Shadow oct 2018

*chain the brenda:
Brenda Woods
Sherryl Woods : Flirting with Disaster : apr 2018
Suzanne Woods Fisher
Anne Osterlund : Exile feb. 2018
Ann Rinaldi : The Ever-After Bird feb 2018
Jayne Ann Krentz : Dawn in Eclipse Bay jan. 2018
Ann Romney : In This Together: My Story nov 2018
Joanna Pearson : The Rites Wrongs of Janice Wills march 2018
Joanne Pence : Cook's Night Out may 2018


*chain the louise:
Louise Rennison : Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants feb. 2018
Mary Louise Kelly :
Mary Jo Putney :
Jo Nesbø :
Jodi Picoult : The Tenth Circle aug 2018

*chain the penny:
Louise Penny
Penny Jordan
Sophie Jordan
Sophie Hannah
Kristin Hannah : The Great Alone july 2018
James Hannah
James Patterson : Treasure Hunters feb. 2018
Miranda James : Dead with the Wind sept 2018
James A. Michener : Chesapeake apr 2018
James Lee Burke :Cimarron Rose oct 2018
Mackenzi Lee : The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue feb. 2018
Anna Lee Huber : The Anatomist's Wife oct 2018

*chain the stephanie:
Stephanie Perkins : Anna and the French Kiss march 2018
Stephanie Bond
Stephanie Laurens
Stephen King : Mr. Mercedes jan 2018
Karen Kingsbury
Karen Harper : Upon a Winter's Night jan. 2018
Karen Marie Moning : Feverborn dec. 2018
Marie Bostwick :

*chain the peters:
Peter Danielson :
Elizabeth Peters :
Elizabeth Chadwick :
Elizabeth Gilbert :
Gilbert Morris :
Rebecca Morris :
Rebecca Brandewyne :
Rebecca Ann Collins :

*chain the carr:
Robyn Carr
Philippa Carr
Philippa Gregory
Phillipa Ashley
Kristen Ashley : Fire Inside june 2018

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Challenge Title: Discovering New Authors and Series
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2018
Number of Books: 12
Challenge Description: Read a book by a new-to-me author that is a part of a series in hopes of discovering new series that I want to continue reading.
12/12

1. Don't Tempt Me by Lori Foster (The Guthrie Brothers) 1/18/18

2. Every Dog Has His Day by Jenn McKinlay (Bluff Point) 4/22/18

3. Head Over Heels by Jennifer Dawson (Something New) 4/29/18

4. One and Only by Jenny Holiday (Bridesmaids Behaving Badly) 5/25/18

5. The Dry by Jane Harper (Aaron Falk) 6/2/18

6. Wait for Me by Samantha Chase (Montgomery Brothers) 6/28/18

7. Wrapped In You by Jules Bennett (The Monroes) 6/30/18)

8. Must Love Babies by Lynette Austin (Must love Babies) (8/11/18)

9. Kiss of the Spindle by Nancy Campbell Allen (Steampunk Proper Romance) (8/25/18)

10. The Prey by Allison Brennan (The Predator Trilogy) (9/4/18)

11. Riverbend Road by RaeAnne Thayne (Haven Point) (9/21/18)

12. The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead (Glittering Court) (10/6/18)

Challenge Title: Kindle Unlimited
Duration: 1/1/18-12/31/18
Number of Books: 36 (minimum 3 a month)
Challenge Description: Use my KU benefits

Jan:
1. Reckless Seduction 1/14 ★★★
2. Enemy Of My Enemy 1/27 ★★★★★
3. The Easy Way 1/25 ★★★★★

Feb:
1. The Backup Boyfriend 2/20 ★★★
2. Torch 2/15 ★★★★★
3. Enemy Within 2/14 ★★★★★

March
1. Perfect Imperfections 3/8 ★★★★
2. Devour 3/26 ★★★★
3. Beauty and His Beast 3/6 ★★★

April
1. Accidentally Hers 4/26 ★★
2. Forced Disappearance 4/29 ★★★
3. Dyeing to be Loved 4/27 ★★★

May
1. Dirty Kiss 5/11 ★★★
2. Colorado Wild 5/13 ★★
3. Unscripted Love 5/24 ★★

June
1. Not a Game 6/1 ★★★★
2. Sinner's Gin 6/24 ★★★★★
3. Trust with a Chaser 6/7 ★★★★

July
1. Something in the Way He Needs 7/7 ★★★
2. Psycho Romeo 7/9 ★★★★
3. In the Shadows 7/11 ★★★★★

Aug
1. Delivering Dante 8/7 ★★★★
2. Tease 8/1 ★★★★
3. Hide and Keep 8/27 ★★★★

Sept
1. Fake Out 9/3 ★★★★
2. Through These Eyes 9/4 ★★★
3. Ice, Snow, & Mistletoe 9/15 ★★★

Oct
1. Taxes and Tardis 10/2 ★★★★
2. Texas Wedding 10/7 ★★★
3. The Winter Spirit 10/7 ★★★

Nov
1. A Very Marian Christmas 11/23 ★★★★
2. Mr. Frosty Pants 11/23 ★★★
3. In the Requiem 11/30 ★★★★★

Dec
1. All I Want for Christmas...Is My Sister's Boyfriend 12/10 ★★★★
2. The Crush 12/4 ★★
3. In the Requiem 12/1 ★★★★★

I don't use KU as much as I should. So, I'm going with KU for this.

Title: Become a KU Addict
Amount: Minimum of 1 a month

January
Rebelling Love 1/28

February

March
A Well Placed Wish 3/30

April

May
No Filter 5/27

June
I Dare You 5/6

July
Dirty X6 7/1
Something Different 7/2
The Bonus 7/15
Songbird 7/17

August
Stolen Love 8/10
Dirty Dealings 8/10

September
October
November
December

Series Wrap Up Challenge
24/60 read

One & Done 25 books
(Only one book left in the series! What am I waiting for?)
1. A Shiver of Light
2. Assassin's Hunger 7/2
3. Bitterblue 12/7
4. Body Thief 11/22
5. The Boy Is Back 3/8
6. Breakout
7. For All Time 1/13
8. The Grimrose Path
9. Labyrinth of Stars 9/22
10. Leave Tomorrow Behind 1/14
11. Remembrance 11/6
12. Sapphique 9/21
13. Secondhand Souls 3/4
14. The Bride Wore Size 12 1/19
15. The Forever Song 6/20
16. The Iron Knight
17. The Last Word
18. The Ripper Affair 8/31
19. United We Spy 1/28
20. Vanguard 11/18
21. Twice as Hot
22. Wild Card 8/7
23. Winter 10/26
24. Ashes 2/11
25. Zombie Island 11/17

Two to Go 20 books
(Two left isn't bad. Just finish them!)
1. The Undead Pool
2. The Witch With No Name
3. The Terminal State
4. The Final Evolution
5. Bitten in Two
6. The Deadliest Bite
7. Bleeding Through 2/3
8. Poisoned Ground 2/18
9. Fallen
10. The Taking
11. Iron Crowned
12. Shadow Heir
13. Taming the Highland Bride
14. The Hellion and the Highlander
15. Memory's Embrace
16. My Darling Melissa
17. Faerie Winter 1/13
18. Faerie After 1/21
19. Emma And The Outlaw
20. Caroline and the Raider

Only Three Left 15 books
(Stuck in the middle. Wrap it up!)
1. Undead and Unwary
2. Undead and Unforgiven
3. Undead and Done
4. Damien
5. Noah
6. Adam
7. Blood Promise
8. Spirit Bound
9. Last Sacrifice
10. This Side of the Grave
11. One Grave at a Time
12. Up from the Grave
13. Revenant 2/17
14. Geist
15. Dominion

Don't Get Behind! Series Challenge
(2018 new releases in caught up series)

1. Restore Me 4/23
2. The Plastic Magician
3. The Wild Dead 7/23
4.The Guilty Dead 11/4
5.Look Alive Twenty-Five 12/25

Challenge Title: Read in 5's
Duration: Jan 1 - Dec 31
Number of Books: 50
Challenge Description: Read 5 books from my TBR per year of GR's membership
List of Books: as read


50/50 - finished Oct 28th

2018
1- A Way with You - 2/2 - 4★
2- Something Permanent - 2/6 - 3.5★
3- Sanctuary Found - 4/4 - 5★
4- Psycho Romeo - 4/3 - 4★
5- Skin After Skin - 3/31 - 4★

2017
1- Hard Wired - 1/1 - 4★
2- Waiting for Candy - 1/2 - 3.5★
3- Trick-or-Treat - 1/2 - 3★
4- Christmas Outing - 1/5 - 4★
5- The Alpha Prince - 1/6 - 5★

2016
1- Forgive and Forget - 3/24 - 3.5★
2- What Lies Between Us - 3/23 - 4★
3- Demon Duke - 3/14 - 4★
4- Happy - 3/5 - 3★
5- Love Can't Conquer - 5/12 - 3.5★

2015
1- Played! - 1/4 - 3.5★
2- All Man - 1/4 - 3.5★
3- Better Than Safe - 1/8 - 4.5★
4- New Beginnings - 1/17 - 2.5★
5- Follow My Lead - 1/23 - 3.5★

2014
1- Understanding Jeremy - 1/12 - 3.5★
2- Home Run - 1/15 - 3.5★
3- Dead Man and the Army of Frogs - 1/22 - 3.5★
4- Just A Little Bad - 1/25 - 3.5★
5- Personal Secrets - 3/7 - 4★

2013
1- Loving Hector - 1/21 - 3.5 ★
2- Rainbow Courage - 3/23 - 3.5★
3- After the End - 4/23 - 4★
4- Meet Me in the Middle - 7/12 - 3★
5- Chasing the Dream Anthology - 7/6 - 3★

2012
1- Incubus Call - 3/31 - 3★
2- Frog - 3/6 - 4★
3- Miles To Go - 5/12 - 3.5★
4- Sidecar - 5/12 - 5★
5- Quid Pro Quo - 10/28 - 3★

2011
1- Possession - 1/16 - 3★
2- Touch My Wolf - 3/7 - 3★
3- Bulletproof - 4/21 - 4.5★
4- Divide & Conquer - 7/5 - 5★
5- Acquainted with the Night - 7/3 - 5★

2010
1- Fun With Dick and Shane - 3/8 - 4★
2- Two Pillars Position - 3/7 - 3★
3- The Positions of Love - 2/25 - 3★
4- My Life In Your Hands - 5/4 - 3.5★
5- Sticks & Stones - 5/15 - 4★

2009
1- A Permanent Arrangement 1/2 - 4★
2- Boys in the Band 1: Opening Act - 1/2 - 3★
3- Flipping Out - 1/2 - 3★
4- Playing House - 1/5 - 3★
5- Making Time - 1/8 - 3★

🏔⚔️📚Mount TBR📚⚔️🏔

Duration: 2018
Number of Books: 40 kindle books + 40 ☠️🌳 books
Challenge Description: I have a lot of books. Instead of reading those books lately I've been reading library, audiobooks, or new ones. I'd like to make a dent in these poor guys I've been neglecting so I propose to read 10% of them this year. That's about 40 books from my kindle library & 40 from regular ole paperback/hardcovers.

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1. Beginner's Guide: Love and Other Chemical Reactions
2. Hamilton's Battalion: A Trio of Romances
3. Must Love Cowboys
4. Loving the Marquess
5. Romancing the Inventor
6. Maid for Love
7. Fool for Love
8. Ready for Love
9. Little White Lies
10. Breath of Fire
11. Storm and Silence
12. The Bronze Horseman
13. Night Song
14. At Any Price
15. Fool's Gold
16. Beg
17. Dirty
18. A Geek Girl's Guide to Murder
19. The Shattered Rose
20. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
21. The Zookeeper’s Dilemma
22. In Her Closet
23. Fair Play
24. Along Came Love
25. What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved
26. The Last Viking
27. A Taste of Heaven
28. Stepping to a New Day
29. The Cryptographer
30. North of Need
31. The Debutante Is Mine
32. The Second Lie
33. Paper Princess
34. Star Champion: The Champion of Barésh
35. Eidolon
36. Stray
37. The Missing Butterfly
38. One True Pairing
39. A Knight to Remember
40. A Chance at Love
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1. Static
2. The Edge of Midnight
3. Night Song
4. The Last True Cowboy
5. Someone to Watch Over Me
6. Goodnight Tweetheart
7. Earth Bound
8. Northern Lights
9. Nefertiti
10. Song of Blood & Stone
11. Dark Witch
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ML #13

Challenge Title: The Power of Three


Duration: January 1 – December 31
Number of Books: 36
Challenge Description: I have three specific goals in mind—
(1) Use my Kindle Unlimited subscription more consistently
(2) Don't just decorate shelves with physical books: read them, too
(3) Donating to charity bundles is great, but those books are collecting electronic dust

With respect to the above, each month I want to read one Kindle Unlimited book, one physical book, and one charity bundle book.

Backlog sources for some of these goals:
- Monthly Book Club
- Humble Bundle
- Storybundle

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COMPLETED: 36/36
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December : 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: Sensing Danger 3★
2) ✔ Physical Book: Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories 3★
3) ✔ Charity Book: Orconomics 5★



November : 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: Everybody Panic: The 2018 Fark Fiction Anthology 4★
2) ✔ Physical Book: F****ing Apostrophes 5★
3) ✔ Charity Book: Trixter 2★



October : 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: An Earl in Wolf's Clothing 3★
2) ✔ Physical Book: Weave a Circle Round 3★
3) ✔ Charity Book: Masque 3★



September : 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: Smart Girl 3★
2) ✔ Physical Book: The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library 4★
3) ✔ Charity Book: Revolutionary Magic 3★




August : 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: His Banana 3★
2) ✔ Physical Book: Hard in Hightown 4★
3) ✔ Charity Book: Once Upon A Kiss: 17 Romantic Faerie Tales 4★



July : 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: The Highlander's Folly 3★
2) ✔ Physical Book: Song of Myself 4★
3) ✔ Charity Book: The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal 4★




June : 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: Veronica's Dragon 3★
2) ✔ Physical Book: Wuthering Heights The Graphic Novel: Quick Text 3★
3) ✔ Charity Book: Cocktales 4★



May : 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: A Madness Most Discreet 5★
2) ✔ Physical Book: The One 2★
3) ✔ Charity Book: All These Shiny Worlds: The 2016 ImmerseOrDie Anthology 4★



April : 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: Lovers and Madmen 4★
2) ✔ Physical Book: A Conjuring of Light 4★
3) ✔ Charity Book: The Pale Waters 2.5★



March : 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: In The Corsair's Bed 3★
2) ✔ Physical Book: Poetry Magazine March 2018 4★
3) ✔ Charity Book: For Love or Vengeance: A novel in The Calling is Reborn Vampire series 2★



February : 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: The Seventh Bride 5★
2) ✔ Physical Book: Adulthood Is a Myth 5★
3) ✔ Charity Book: Chuck's Unicorn Tinglers: Volume 1 –1000000★ (yes, negative)
(I feel like I need a disclaimer here: the only reasons I bought any bundle involving a Chuck Tingle book is because (1) it was supporting two great charities, and (2) I reviewed his books for a "Valentine's" newspaper column. My poor readers.)



January : 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: The Heiress's Deception 4★
2) ✔ Physical Book: The Bear and the Nightingale 3.5★
3) ✔ Charity Book: Christmas at Glosser's 3★

Create Your Own Challenge
Challenge Title: The Triple Challenge
Duration: Jan 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
Number of Books: 14/14

Part I - 10 Oldest TBR Books
Read the 10 oldest books from my GoodReads TBR list.
1.A Man in a Million by Jessica Bird (7/23)★★★★★
2.Thunder & Roses by Mary Jo Putney (5/16)★★★★1/2
3.My Lady's Champion by Claire Delacroix (3/13)★★★1/2
4.The Redemption of Deke Summers by Gayle Wilson (1/22)★★★1/2
5.Ravished by Amanda Quick (7/9)★★★★1/2
6.Yours 2 Keep by Various Authors (6/26)★★★1/2
7.The Miracle Baby by Janice Kay Johnson (9/23)★★★★
8.Dangerous Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice (2/7)★★★
9.3 Brides for 3 Bad Boys by Lucy Monroe (9/11)★★★★★
10.Pure Temptation by Vicki Lewis Thompson (2/12)★★★★★

Completed 10/10


Part II - Book to Movie
Read at least three books that were made into movies and then watch the movie.
1.Boy Erased by Garrard Conley (1/21)★★★★1/2
2.The Death Cure by James Dashner (3/6)★★★★★ *MW (6/2)
3.We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee (10/4)★★★★

Read 3/3
*MW = Movies Watched 1/3


Part III - Finish Anthologies
I have a habit of starting anthologies because of one particular story and then not finishing them. So, I'm going to finish all anthologies started the previous year unless one of the stories in it is part of a series that I'm not caught up on.
1.The Watson Brothers by Lori Foster (1/2)★★★★1/2

Completed 1/1

TBR or Bust
Only books added to TBR before 1/1/18 count.
January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
7/7 COMPLETE

1. Read the book sitting on your shelf the longest. The Count of Monte Cristo 8/1
2. Read the book with the lowest average rating. Vassa in the Night 7/10
3. Read a book by your favorite author. Ash and Quill 2/12
4. Read the book that corresponds to the age you will be when you finally finish your entire TBR Serafina and the Black Cloak 3/11
5. Read a book under 200 pages. The Many Worlds of Albie Bright 6/7
6. Read a book you wish you could have read last year.The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2/16
7. Read a book only living on your TBR because of its cover. 7/15

Books I Own ( Kindle or Paperback)
January 1 2018 - December 31 2018

25/40

1 Elizabeth Lowell Only His 1/27
2 Karen Rose Every Dark Corner 2/18
3 Vicki L Thompson Nerds Like It Hot 3/13
4 Leslie Kelly Heated Rush 3/28
5 Elise Tittle Body Heat 4/2
6 Brenda Novak Her Darkest Nightmare 4/3
7 Catherine Mann Taking Cover 4/10
8 Evelyn Vaughn Forest Of The Night 5/9
9 Denise Swanson Murder Of A Barbie& Ken 5/26
10 Piers Anthony Cluster 6/2
11 Carol Keane The Secret Of The Forgotten Cave 6/8
12 Rebecca Winters Hero On The Loose 6/14
13 Jamie Sobrato The One That got Away 6/17
14 Elizabeth Bevarly My Man Pendleton 6/17
15 Lori Foster Little Miss Innocent 6/18
16 Christine Feehan Dark Fire
17 Gayle Wilson Renegade Heart
18 Anne Gracie Gallant Waif
19 Cindi Myers Do Me Right
20 Laura L. Guhrke Catch a Falling Heiress
21 Virginia Kantra Her Beautiful Assassin
22 Caridad Pineiro One Summer NIght
23 Doris Rangel Prenuptial Agreement
24 Carla Neggars Echo Lake
25 Sandra Brown Tough Customer
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I'll have to think about this so I'll be back with a personal challenge.

ETA: I still have 100s of books I add to my TBR when I joined GRs in 2009. I'm going to try to read 30 of them in 2018.

READ: 14/30

✔️1. Seduced By Your Spell - Lois Greiman 1/1
2. Antarktos Rising - Jeremy Robinson
✔️3. Moonlight Warrior - Janet Chapman 4/16
✔️4. Night Huntress - Yasmine Galenorn 2/20
✔️5. Demon Mistress - Yasmine Galenorn 3/17
✔️6. Bone Magic - Yasmine Galenorn 4/28
✔️7. Running Hot - Jayne Ann Krentz 9/26
✔️8. There and Now - Linda Lael Miller 12/15
9. Heir to Sevenwaters - Juliet Marillier
10. Sinjin - Julia Templeton


11. Instinctive - Cathryn Fox
12. The Invisible Ring - Ann Bishop
13. Dreams Made Flesh - Ann Bishop
14. Tangled Webs - Ann Bishop
15. The Shadow Queen - Ann Bishop
16. Primal - Lora Leigh
17. Assassin's Quest - Robin Hobb
18. The Compass Rose - Gail Dayton
19. Tell Me Lies - Jennifer Crusie
✔️20. Royal Assassin - Robin Hobb 6/16


21. The Charmed Sphere - Catherine Asaro
✔️22. The Care and Taming of a Rogue - Suzanne Enoch 6/9
✔️23. No One Heard Her Scream - Jordan Dane 11/14
✔️24. Outlaw Lovers: Jude and Luke - Jan Springer 8/16
✔️25. Over Her Dead Body - Kate White 5/28
26. Moon Craving - Lucy Monroe
✔️27. Dark Tournament - Elisa S. Amore 8/8
28. Raphael - D.B. Reynolds
✔️29. Not Quite a Husband - Sherry Thomas 6/20
30. Last Vampire Standing - Nancy Haddock

Unloved Book Challenge
1 January, 2018 to 31 December, 2018
Books that I own that have been waiting patiently to me to read and enjoy them

Read 16/50

Physical Books
5/25 read

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✔ Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson (24/3/2018) ★★★★★
✔ Rebel Queen by Michelle Moran (30/4/2018) ★★★★★
3. Queen of Fire by Anthony Ryan
4. A Hundred Pieces of Me by Lucy Dillon
5. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
✔ The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey (11/11/2018) ★★★★★
7. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
8. The Value of Risk: Swiss Re and the History of Reinsurance by Harold James
9. Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation--and Positive Strategies for Change by Linda Babcock
10. The Devil's Nebula by Eric Brown
11. Devices and Desires by K.J. Parker
12. Undead and Unpopular by MaryJanice Davidson
✔ Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris (4/3/2018) ★★★★★
14. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
15. Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
16. Shadow Moon by Chris Claremont
17. The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
18. The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
19. Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
20. Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
21. The Long Hard Road Out of Hell by Marilyn Manson
✔ Mercy by Jodi Picoult (27/8/2018) ★★★★★
23. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
24. Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
25. The Witness by Nora Roberts
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Kindle Books
11/25 read
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✔ 'Til Death: Volume One by Bella Jewel (5/7/2018) ★★★
✔ Larger Than Life by Jodi Picoult (13/2/2018) ★★★★★
✔ The Billionaire's Pursuit of Love by Jennifer St. George (6/1/2018) ★★★
4. The Ladies' Room by Carolyn Brown
5. Just What Kind of Mother Are You? by Paula Daly
6. Big Girls Don't Cry by Taylor Lee
7. After Disasters by Viet Dinh
8. The Anatomy of Jane by Amelia LeFay
✔ Dog on It by Spencer Quinn (1/9/2018) ★★★★
✔ The Studying Hours by Sara Ney (5/5/2018) ★★★★
11. In Twenty Years by Allison Winn Scotch
✔ Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh (4/3/2018) ★★★★★
✔ Bound by Flames by Jeaniene Frost (15/10/2018) ★★★★
✔ In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks (11/5/2018) ★★★★★
15. Smash Cut by Sandra Brown
✔ One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (22/5/2018) ★★★★★
✔ The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt (14/3/2018) ★★★★
18. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
19. The Ugly Stepsister by Aya Ling
20. Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier
21. Catastrophic by Dustin Stevens
22. The Dead Key by D.M. Pulley
23. Silver Bullet by S.M. Reine
✔ Krac's Firebrand by S.E. Smith (11/7/2018) ★★★★
25. To Wed a Wicked Highlander by Victoria Roberts
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2018 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge:

Challenge Title: Trim the Series
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2018
Completed: 2/23
Challenge Description: Complete all series with only one book remaining.

The Checquy Files #2: Stiletto
Witch Child #2: Sorceress
Little Blue Envelope #2: The Last Little Blue Envelope
Masque of the Red Death #2: Dance of the Red Death
If I Stay #2: Where She Went
The Sarantine Mosaic #2: Lord of Emperors
Slains #2: The Firebird
Code Name Verity #2: Rose Under Fire
The Shining #2: Doctor Sleep
Anna #2: Girl of Nightmares
Maus #2: Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
Holes #2: Small Steps

The Century Trilogy #3: Edge of Eternity
Across the Universe #3: Shades of Earth
Shades of Magic #3: A Conjuring of Light (1/15/18)
The Lord of the Rings #3: The Return of the King
The Paper Magician #3: The Master Magician
The Goddess Test #3: The Goddess Inheritance (1/1/2018)

The Lunar Chronicles #4.5: Stars Above

Robert Langdon #5: Origin
A Song of Ice and Fire #5: A Dance with Dragons

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #6: And Another Thing...

Anita Blake #25: Crimson Death

Challenge :
Read books with numbers in the title from 1 to 15 or more

Duration: January 1 – December 31

Completed: 10/15

✔ Number 01: One Last Night May 3, 2018 ★★★★☆
Number 02: Two Weeks in the Magnate's Bed
✔ Number 03: Three by Opal Carew March 5, 2018 ★★☆☆☆
✔ Number 04: The Big Four April 2, 2018 ★★★☆☆
Number 05: The Five Days of Christmas
✔ Number 06: Six-Week Marriage Miracle April 14, 2018 ★★★★★
Number 07: Seven-Year Seduction
Number 08: Not at Eight, Darling
✔ Number 09: Nine Days In Greece December 3, 2018 ★★★★★
✔ Number 10: The Ten-Day Baby Takeover August 28, 2018 ★★★★★
✔ Number 11: The Eleventh Hour Groom May 19, 2018 ★★★☆☆
✔ Number 12: Size 12 Is Not Fat May 19, 2018 ★★★★★
✔ Number 13: Lucky Number Thirteen March 7, 2018 ★★★★★
Number 14: Size 14 Is Not Fat Either
✔ Number 15: The 15 lb. Matchmaker December 19, 2018 ★★★★☆

Hello all. Drew here. I am ready to create my own challenge. This is going to be a general goal. I realize that if I try to complete too specific of a goal, I will not achieve it. So, to be realistic. the title of my goal will seem to many people as a general one. Here goes:

Challenge Title: 2-3 books per month
Duration: January 6 - December 31, 2018
Number of Books: Total for year=36 books
Challenge Description: I am going to try to read 2-3 books per month.
List of Books: I will post as I go.

Book 1: Bitten by Kelley Armstrong



--Drew

Challenge Title: Sweeping the Shelves
Duration: 1/1/18 - 12/31/18
Number of Books: 45
Challenge Description:
Read 5 books I've added to my GRs TBR list(s) in each year since I joined GRs in 2010

COMPLETE Shelved in 2010:
✔ 1. Geek Love Shelved: 6/28/10; Read: 2/18/18
✔ 2. Northern Lights Shelved: 3/22/10; Read: 3/11/18
✔ 3. The Knitting Circle Shelved: 12/3/10; Read: 4/10/18
✔ 4. Mistress of the Art of Death Shelved: 7/13/10; Read: 4/21/18
✔ 5. Virals by Kathy Reichs Shelved: 8/28/10; Read: 5/11/18

COMPLETE Shelved in 2011:
✔ 1. Deadly Decisions Shelved: 3/6/11; Read: 2/4/18
✔ 2. Just Kids Shelved: 2/13/11; Read: 3/28/18
✔ 3. 8 Sandpiper Way Shelved: 11/24/11; Read: 5/31/18
✔ 4. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Shelved: 2/18/11; Read: 6/19/18
✔ 5. The Surgeon Shelved: 12/4/11; Read: 7/9/18

COMPLETE Shelved in 2012:
✔ 1. The Immortalists Shelved: 4/10/12; Read: 5/6/18
✔ 2. The Black Tower Shelved: 1/26/12; Read: 5/13/18
✔ 3. The Apprentice Shelved: 8/1/12; Read: 7/12/18
✔ 4. Loving Jack Shelved: 2/19/12; Read: 8/18/18
✔ 5. American Gods Shelved: 2/27/12; Read: 8/20/18

COMPLETE Shelved in 2013:
✔ 1. The Husband's Secret Shelved: 11/4/13; Read: 6/22/18
✔ 2. The Madman’s Daughter Shelved: 11/29/13; Read: 7/22/18
✔ 3. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative Shelved: 2/28/13; Read: 7/24/18
✔ 4. Vanity Fare Shelved: 7/17/13; Read: 7/31/18
✔ 5. Slammed Shelved: 4/7/13; Read: 8/16/18

COMPLETE Shelved in 2014:
✔ 1. A Breath of Snow and Ashes Shelved: 10/29/14; Read: 3/6/18
✔ 2. Sweet Revenge Shelved: 1/11/14; Read: 3/7/18
✔ 3. An Appetite for Murder Shelved: 11/25/14; Read: 5/21/18
✔ 4. Murder With Puffins Shelved: 6/20/14; Read: 6/27/18
✔ 5. In America Shelved: 5/26/14; Read: 8/31/18

COMPLETE Shelved in 2015:
✔ 1. A Writer's Guide to Persistence: How to Create a Lasting and Productive Writing Practice Shelved: 4/7/15; Read: 1/14/18
✔ 2. Do or Diner Shelved: 8/10/15; Read: 3/24/18
✔ 3. Cranberry Bluff Shelved: 12/2/15; Read: 6/4/18
✔ 4. Firestorm Shelved: 4/16/15; Read: 6/30/18
✔ 5. Blindsight Shelved: 4/22/15; Read: 8/4/18

Shelved in 2016:
✔ 1. Captiva Shelved: 6/14/16; Read: 6/17/18
✔ 2. The Violin of Auschwitz Shelved: 4/24/16; Read: 8/2/18
✔ 3. Rework by Jason Fried Shelved: 9/19/16; Read: 11/26/18
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COMPLETE Shelved in 2017:
✔ 1. Arsenic and Old Lace Shelved: 12/30/17; Read 1/8/18
✔ 2. Three Men in a Boat Shelved: 10/1/17; Read 1/18/18
✔ 3. Burial Rites Shelved: 11/21/17; Read 2/5/18
✔ 4. Before We Were Yours Shelved: 11/20/17; Read 3/15/18
✔ 5. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Shelved: 12/20/17; Read 3/22/18

COMPLETE Shelved in 2018:
✔ 1. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Shelved: 2/24/18; Read 3/12/18
✔ 2. Year One Shelved: 3/6/18; Read 3/20/18
✔ 3. Takedown Twenty Shelved: 3/7/18; Read 3/23/18
✔ 4. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Shelved: 3/20/18; Read 3/27/18
✔ 5. New York to Dallas Shelved: 3/21/18; Read 3/31/18

Some great ideas of personal challenges. Want to. Participate but I'm going to have to think about this one.

Possible challenges that intrigued me...

# of books by year added to GR in last 3 years

Unloved Book Challenge
1 January, 2018 to 31 December, 2018
Books that I own that have been waiting patiently to me to read and enjoy them

Can't Read Just One! Series Challenge

KU Addict
Amount: Minimum of 3 a month

Read all NG ARC's

Challenge Title: Read My Netgalley ARCs
Duration:January 1 – December 31
Number of Books: 52
Challenge Description: to read the Netgalley books I have before requesting any more
List of Books: (you can post it in advanced or post as you complete them)

Older than 3 months (6)
X1:Her Last Lie DNF100% 4/12/18
✔2:Agatha Christie: A Mysterious life 4/5/18
✔3:Arminius: The Limits of Empire 4/3/18
4;The Passion of Cleopatra
5;The Big Book of Rogues and Villains
6;The Bookworm

Current titles
7;The Evil Trance
8Redeeming The Pirate: A Women's Action & Adventure Romance
9Forsaken
10The Sixth Day
11The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
12The Unfleshed: Tale of the Autopsic Bride
13Orca Rising
14Island of the Mad
15The Darwin Variant
16Preacher: The Legendary Mountain Man: How It All Began
17The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan Before Pearl Harbor
18The Luck of the Bride
19A Duke Like No Other
20SIDETRACKED: The Betrayal And Murder Of Anna Kithcart
21Pirate Heiress
22American Detective: Behind the Scenes of Famous Criminal Investigations
23Dead Fish
24Into the Storm: Two Ships, a Deadly Hurricane, and an Epic Battle for Survival
25Blood Demons
26Pitchfork Pass
27White Houses
28My Lady Captor
29The Legend of Perley Gates
30Creature From The Crevasse
✔31Inquisition4/8/18
32High Alert
33Last Night
34The Hunger
35After Anna
36The Neighbor
37The Chuckwagon Trail
38Ride the Savage Land
39No Justice in Hell
40Graves of Wrath
41The Sheikh's Captive American
42:One Last Breath
43:Our House
44:Deadly Secrets
45:The Good Twin
46:Woodcutter
47:The Sheikh's Determined Lover
48:Dark Lies
50:The Devil to Pay
51:Evil Never Sleeps
52:The Angel Makers



number of Netgalley books off my list:25

Romance Readers Reading Challenges
2018 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge
Duration: 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2018
With the year ending, most of us have started looking forward to the new year and have some reading goals we really want to reach.

This is the place to Create-Your-Own-Reading Challenge for 2018.

Challenge Title: Past RRRC Picks
Duration: 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2018
Number of Books: 20
Challenge Description: I need to read 20 books from past RRRC Pick-It-For-Me Challenges from 2017 and earlier
List of Books:

1. September 2013: That Scandalous Summer by Meredith Duran - ***** - 4/28/2018 - 372 Pages
2. October 2013: Irish Girls Are Back in Town by Cecelia Ahern - ***** - 4/17/2018 - 384 Pages
3. August 2017: Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb - ***** - 3/28/2018 - 354 Pages
4. March 2012: Show No Mercy by Cindy Gerard - **** - 3/10/2018 - 359 Pages
5. December 2013: Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen - *** - 1/24/2018 - 404 Pages
6. August 2017: Big Rock by Lauren Blakely - ***** - 1/4/2018 - 247 Pages
7. November 2011: Bitten by Kelley Armstrong - ***** - 5/8/2018 - 436 Pages
8. May 2012: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig - ***** - 5/11/2018 - 400 Pages
9. June 2016: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas - ***** - 6/5/2018 - 454 Pages
10. April 2012: The Perfect Play by Jaci Burton - **** - 6/6/2018 - 324 Pages
11. December 2014: Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - ***** - 6/11/2018 - 384 Pages
12. January 2017: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli - ***** - 6/22/2018 - 303 Pages
13. July 2011: Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning - ***** - 8/27/2018 - 309 Pages
14. July 2011: The Lion's Lady by Julie Garwood - **** - 9/16/2018 - 360 Pages
15. August 2014: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn - ***** - 10/22/2018 - 384 Pages
16. May 2017: Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb - ***** - 12/18/2018 - 371 Pages

Susan A wrote: "Challenge Title: RRRC Countdown - MODIFIED to remove page requirement

Read the corresponding number of books published in that year:
2011 - read 11 books pub in 2011
2012 – read 12 books published..."


Finished. (message 6) Thanks for hosting this challenge

I'm finished, see message 20, please. I love seeing everyone's challenges and updates, lots of great ideas here.

Great job Susan A and Courtney!!

There are so many good ideas in this thread! I think I'm going to go with some variation of an owned books challenge. Will post my list in a bit.

2018 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018
Total Books Completed:

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Challenge Description: Complete at minimum 20 of the books that I own and have yet to read. I also want to take advantage of my Amazon Prime benefit of one free Kindle book per month.

0/20 Completed

1. The Brides of Christmas

2. Street Game

3. The Sound and the Fury

4. Tempt Me with Darkness

5. The Viking's Woman

6. Train from Marietta

7. To Kill a Mockingbird

8. I'd Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts

9. When Passion Rules

10. Gentlemen and Players

11. The Legacy

12. Uglies

13. The Dragon Lord's Daughters

14. His Little Black Book

15. The Good Guy

16. The Heretic's Daughter

17. Eternal Lover

18. Private Arrangements

19. Horns

20. Tease




First Reads Picks

August: The Storyteller's Secret

September:

October:

November:

December:

23/30

read books published every year of my life and books older than me

2000-
2001-
2002- The Summons
2003-
2004- The People of Sparks
2005- Milkweed
2006- The Prophet of Yonwood, Larklight, The Road
2007-
2008-
2009-
2010- Small Persons with Wings
2011-
2012- Gone, Gone, Gone, The Librarian of Auschwitz
2013- The 5th Wave
2014- The Infinite Sea
2015-
2016- The Last Star, The Rains
2017- Strange the Dreamer
2018- Bridge of Clay, Someday, Wildcard, Puddin'

Books published before I was born
1994- The Prince of West End Avenue
1998- Someone Like You, Interpreter of Maladies
1992-Salamandastron

Romance Readers Reading Challenge ~
2018 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge ~
Duration: my start date is 22 Sept - 31 Dec (2018)
My plan is to read 70 kindle books ~

completed 70/70

I need to clear quite a lot of kindle books, so that I can transfer them to my cloud and then buy more! 

1. The Captain's Heart Suzanna Medeiros 5☆
2. The Duke of Seduction Darcy Burke 5☆
3. A Match Made in Duty Meara Platt 4☆
4. A Most Scandalous Christmas Kelly Boyce 3☆
5. A Hint of Scandal Kelly Boyce 5☆
6. Lady Hope's Dashing Devil Ava Stone 4☆
7. The Debutante's Daring Proposal Annie Burrows 3☆
8. Barely a Master Heather Boyd 4☆
9. Dashing All the Way: A Christmas Anthology Celeste Bradley, Eva Devon, Elizabeth Essex and Heather Snow 3.5☆
10. The Major Meets His Match (Mills & Boon Historical) Annie Burrows 5☆
11. Hardly a Stranger Heather Boyd 4☆
12. The Marquess Tames His Bride Annie Burrows 4☆
13. Last Night with the Earl Kelly Bowen 4☆
14. Mistletoe and the Major Anna Campbell 5☆
15. Wicked Deception Carole Mortimer 4☆
16. The Lady in Red Kelly Bowen 4☆
17. The Christmas Stranger Anna Campbell 5☆
18. Wicked Captive Carole Mortimer 5☆
19. Midsummer Delights: A Short Story Collection Eloisa James 5☆
20. His Elusive Nightingale Aileen Fish 4☆
21. Wicked Temptation Carole Mortimer 5☆
22. The Risk of Rogues Sabrina Jeffries 2.5☆
23. My Lady's Lover Nicola Davidson 3☆
24. To Tame a Wicked Widow Nicola Davidson 4☆
25. My Duke's Desire Tammy Andresen 4☆
26. London's Wicked Affair Anabelle Bryant 5☆
27. A Marquess for Christmas Aileen Fish 4☆
28. Marrying the Wrong Earl Callie Hutton 5☆
29. Denying the Duke Callie Hutton 5☆
30. Wicked Sinner Carole Mortimer 5☆
31. Just a Dream Heather Boyd 5☆
32. The Winter Duchess Jillian Eaton 3☆
33. Never a Gentleman Heather Boyd 5☆
34. Vision Of Danger Wendy Vella 5☆
35. Once a Husband Heather Boyd 5☆
36. Submitting to the Rake Em Brown 3☆
37. Submitting to the Baron: A Romantic Historical Erotica Part 1 - Em Brown 4☆
38. Once Upon a Duke Erica Ridley 3.5☆
39. Master vs. Mistress Em Brown 4☆
40. Seducing the Master Em Brown 4☆
41. Mastering The Marchioness Em Brown 4☆
42. The Gentlemen's Club Emmanuelle de Maupassant 3☆
43. Once Upon a Christmas Eve Elizabeth Hoyt 5☆
44. Lizzie's Earl Fiona Miers 4☆
45. Wicked Christmas Carole Mortimer 5☆
46. A Rake's Ruin Maggie Dallen 4☆
47. A Very Wicked Christmas Anthology Heather Boyd, et al. 3.5☆
48. Worth of a Lady Tarah Scott 4☆
49. A Duke's Distraction Maggie Dallen 5☆
50. Summer Passions Michelle McMaster 5☆
51. His Christmas Match Jane Charles 5☆
52. A Diamond for a Duke Collette Cameron 3☆
53. The Marriage Wager Tarah Scott 4☆
54. A Day for Love Mary Balogh 4☆
55. Weathering Captain Storm Jane Charles 5☆
56. Defying the Earl Anabelle Bryant 4☆
57. A Gentleman's Gamble Maggie Dallen 4☆
58. Surrender to Sin Nicola Davidson 5☆
59. The Christmas Affair Heather Boyd 4☆
60. An Affair So Right Heather Boyd 4☆
61. Christmas Spirits Jane Charles 4☆
62. A Lady by Chance Tarah Scott 4☆
63. The Devil's Submission Nicola Davidson 5☆
64. For the Duke’s Eyes Only Lenora Bell 3☆
65. An Indecent Wager Georgette Brown 2☆
66. Ready Set Rogue Manda Collins 4☆
67. Good Dukes Wear Black Manda Collins 4☆
68. A Honeymoon Masquerade Victoria Vane 4☆
69. Tempting Two Victoria Vane 4☆
70. The Devil Wears Plaid Teresa Medeiros 4☆

Challenge Title:Read down TBR list (17) and 5 short stories from kindle unlimited. Completed see Message 4. Though I added more TBR Than read down.

Finished - see post 37.
Another enjoyable challenge!

Create Your Own Challenge
Challenge Title: The Triple Challenge
Duration: Jan 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
Number of Books: 14/14 - All Done!

Part I - 10 Oldest TBR Books
Read the 10 oldest books from my GoodReads TBR list.
1.A Man in a Million by Jessica Bird (7/23)★★★★★
2.Thunder & Roses by Mary Jo Putney (5/16)★★★★1/2
3.My Lady's Champion by Claire Delacroix (3/13)★★★1/2
4.The Redemption of Deke Summers by Gayle Wilson (1/22)★★★1/2
5.Ravished by Amanda Quick (7/9)★★★★1/2
6.Yours 2 Keep by Various Authors (6/26)★★★1/2
7.The Miracle Baby by Janice Kay Johnson (9/23)★★★★
8.Dangerous Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice (2/7)★★★
9.3 Brides for 3 Bad Boys by Lucy Monroe (9/11)★★★★★
10.Pure Temptation by Vicki Lewis Thompson (2/12)★★★★★

Completed 10/10


Part II - Book to Movie
Read at least three books that were made into movies and then watch the movie.
1.Boy Erased by Garrard Conley (1/21)★★★★1/2 *MW (11/16)
2.The Death Cure by James Dashner (3/6)★★★★★ *MW (6/2)
3.We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee (10/4)★★★★ *MW (11/8)

Read 3/3
*MW = Movies Watched 3/3


Part III - Finish Anthologies
I have a habit of starting anthologies because of one particular story and then not finishing them. So, I'm going to finish all anthologies started the previous year unless one of the stories in it is part of a series that I'm not caught up on.
1.The Watson Brothers by Lori Foster (1/2)★★★★1/2

Completed 1/1

Great job all you finishers!!

Congratulations everyone!!

I have finished 341 books out of 350 books for my Goodreads 2018 challenge. 9 more till December 31, 2018.

I have finished 341 books out of 350 books for my Goodreads 2018 challenge. 9 more till December 31, 2018.

Sexyladi wrote: "I have finished 341 books out of 350 books for my Goodreads 2018 challenge. 9 more till December 31, 2018."

I'm sure you can knock out 9 in a month!! Great job!

Thanks Kristina I will try!!!

I made it!!! Completed in post #18. There were a few rocky months, but I was determined to meet these goals. I discovered a handful of superb books, plenty of good ones, and a few terrible ones.

Challenge Title: The Power of Three


Duration: January 1 – December 31
Number of Books: 36
Challenge Description: I have three specific goals in mind—
(1) Use my Kindle Unlimited subscription more consistently
(2) Don't just decorate shelves with physical books: read them, too
(3) Donating to charity bundles is great, but those books are collecting electronic dust

With respect to the above, each month I want to read one Kindle Unlimited book, one physical book, and one charity bundle book.

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COMPLETED: 36/36
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December: 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: Sensing Danger 3★
2) ✔ Physical Book: Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories 3★
3) ✔ Charity Book: Orconomics 5★



November: 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: Everybody Panic: The 2018 Fark Fiction Anthology 4★
2) ✔ Physical Book: F****ing Apostrophes 5★
3) ✔ Charity Book: Trixter 2★



October: 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: An Earl in Wolf's Clothing 3★
2) ✔ Physical Book: Weave a Circle Round 3★
3) ✔ Charity Book: Masque 3★



September: 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: Smart Girl 3★
2) ✔ Physical Book: The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library 4★
3) ✔ Charity Book: Revolutionary Magic 3★




August: 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: His Banana 3★
2) ✔ Physical Book: Hard in Hightown 4★
3) ✔ Charity Book: Once Upon A Kiss: 17 Romantic Faerie Tales 4★



July: 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: The Highlander's Folly 3★
2) ✔ Physical Book: Song of Myself 4★
3) ✔ Charity Book: The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal 4★




June: 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: Veronica's Dragon 3★
2) ✔ Physical Book: Wuthering Heights The Graphic Novel: Quick Text 3★
3) ✔ Charity Book: Cocktales 4★



May: 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: A Madness Most Discreet 5★
2) ✔ Physical Book: The One 2★
3) ✔ Charity Book: All These Shiny Worlds: The 2016 ImmerseOrDie Anthology 4★



April: 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: Lovers and Madmen 4★
2) ✔ Physical Book: A Conjuring of Light 4★
3) ✔ Charity Book: The Pale Waters 2.5★



March: 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: In The Corsair's Bed 3★
2) ✔ Physical Book: Poetry Magazine March 2018 4★
3) ✔ Charity Book: For Love or Vengeance: A novel in The Calling is Reborn Vampire series 2★



February: 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: The Seventh Bride 5★
2) ✔ Physical Book: Adulthood Is a Myth 5★
3) ✔ Charity Book: Chuck's Unicorn Tinglers: Volume 1 –1000000★ (yes, negative)
(I feel like I need a disclaimer here: the only reasons I bought any bundle involving a Chuck Tingle book is because (1) it was supporting two great charities, and (2) I reviewed his books for a "Valentine's" newspaper column. My poor readers.)



January: 3/3
1) ✔ Kindle Unlimited: The Heiress's Deception 4★
2) ✔ Physical Book: The Bear and the Nightingale 3.5★
3) ✔ Charity Book: Christmas at Glosser's 3★


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2018 Create-Your-Own Challenge
Challenge Title: Taking Control of My DTB TBR Pile: Part 6 AND Make Use of My Kindle Unlimited Membership
Duration: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Number of Books: 12 "Old" + 36 "Kindle Unlimited" books = 48 total


I finished just in time!!!



Challenge Description:
Part 1: Read "old" paperback books that I own, then give away/trade in/donate books that are not going to be "keepers".
Part 2: Read Kindle Unlimited Books to make use of my membership.


List of Books:
Part 1: Out With The Old
01: The Laird by Juliana Garnett - 01/31/18
02: Shooting Star by Colby Hodge - 05/22/18
03: The Deed by Lynsay Sands - 08/25/18
04: The Key by Lynsay Sands - 09/18/18
05: To Touch the Stars by Tess Mallory - 09/30/18
06: Montana Morning by Jill Limber - 10/13/18
07: The Chase by Lynsay Sands - 11/11/18
08: Scandalous by Karen Robards - 12/14/18
09: A Time-Travel Christmas by Megan Daniel - 12/25/18
10: The Rancher and His Unexpected Daughter by Sherryl Woods - 12/29/18
11: The Littlest Angel by Sherryl Woods - 12/30/18
12: Natural Born Trouble by Sherryl Woods - 12/31/18




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Part 2: Use Kindle Unlimited Membership
01: Asking for Trouble by Rosalind James - 01/09/18
02: My Kind of You by Tracy Brogan - 01/21/18
03: Fire in His Fury by Ruby Dixon - 02/20/18
04: Shifter's Sacrifice by Lisa Ladew - 03/15/18
05: Cement Heart by Beth Ehemann - 03/24/18
06: Worlds Collide by J.L. Hendricks - 03/31/18
07: Second to None by Nancy Herkness - 04/06/18
08: Accidentally Hers by Jamie Beck - 04/30/18
09: Wild Heart by Beth Ehemann - 06/01/18
10: Even the Score by Beth Ehemann - 06/03/18
11: Close to Perfect: A Prequel to the Perfect, Indiana series by Barbara Longley - 06/10/18
12: Worlds Explode by J.L. Hendricks – 06/12/18
13: Worlds Entwined by J.L. Hendricks - 06/27/18
14: Secretly Hers by Jamie Beck - 07/04/18
15: Almost like Love by Abigail Strom - 07/17/18
16: Meant to Be by Terri Osburn - 07/31/18
17: Fire In His Spirit by Ruby Dixon - 08/14/18
18: Christmas in Cupid Falls by Holly Jacobs - 08/31/18
19: It Had to Be Him by Tamra Baumann - 09/02/18
20: Second Time Around by Nancy Herkness - 09/03/18
21: Dare Me Once by Shelly Alexander - 09/07/18
22: Up to the Challenge by Terri Osburn - 09/10/18
23: Unexpectedly Hers by Jamie Beck - 09/30/18
24: Joyfully His: A Novella by Jamie Beck - 10/02/18
25: It Had to Be Love by Tamra Baumann - 10/06/18
26: Home to Stay by Terri Osburn - 10/10/18
27: More to Give by Terri Osburn - 10/13/18
28: Ex on the Beach by Kim Law - 10/22/18
29: Shower of Stars by Nancy Herkness - 11/20/18
30: Christmas in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk - 11/24/18
31: The Ugly Duckling Debutante by Rachel Van Dyken - 11/28/18
32: It Had to Be Fate by Tamra Baumann - 12/11/18
33: Hot Buttered Yum by Kim Law - 12/16/18
34: Two Turtle Island Doves by Kim Law - 12/17/18
35: Dragon's Heat by Lisa Ladew - 12/28/18
36: A Simple Heart: A Cupid Falls Novella by Holly Jacobs - 12/28/18

Bookchaser wrote: "2018 Create-Your-Own Challenge
Challenge Title: Taking Control of My DTB TBR Pile: Part 6 AND Make Use of My Kindle Unlimited Membership
Duration: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Number of Boo..."

Well done, Bookchaser!