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After all those Christmas and New Year celebrations, there's nothing like a hot cup of tea to warm you up and help you wind down. Put the kettle on, grab a book and join in this challenge.

Duration 1 to 31 January

Rules
Read a book for each of the steps below. Then if you like, have another cuppa and read some more. You may read the steps in order or out of order or skip steps, it's up to you.

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book

Levels
Have a cuppa - 1 to 5 books
Tea for two - 6 to 10 books
Tea party - 11-20 books
Tea festival - 21 or more books

Example

Step 1 Step 2
 - steamy (erotic fiction)  - black tea (black on cover)

Step 3 Step 4
 - strong (509 pages)  - one spoonful (#1)

Step 5
 - just a dash (chick lit)

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Time for Tea
Duration: 1st January - 31st January
Level: Tea for Two
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Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book

Time For Tea
Duration: Jan 1st- Jan 31st
Level: Tea Party
Books Completed: 15/15

Complete! 1/25/2015

First Cup:
Boil The Water: Evergreen by Rebecca Rasmussen 1/2/2015 (Makes you feel warm inside)
Choose Your Tea: After the End by Amy Plum 1/3/2015 (oolong tea)
Steep The Tea: Fast Forward by Juliet Madison 1/4/2015 (medium- 218 pages)
How Sweet?: Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier 1/7/2015 (two spoonfuls of sugar)
Anything Else?: When Evil Came to Good Hart by Mardi Jo Link 1/8/2015 (lemon)
Complete!

Second Cup:
Boil The Water: Twelve Days by Teresa Hill 1/10/2015 (makes you feel warm inside)
Choose Your Tea: Black Scales White Fur by Kylie Chan 1/10/2015 (black tea)
Steep The Tea: Funeral Food by Kathleen Taylor 1/12/2015 (medium- 256 pages)
How Sweet?: My Soul to Keep by Rachel Vincent 1/14/2015 (honey- book 3)
Anything Else?: The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez 1/16/2015 (no milk- fiction)
Complete!

Third Cup
Boil The Water: The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin 1/18/2015 (I author)
Choose Your Tea: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs 1/19/2015 (black tea)
Steep The Tea: Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis 1/22/2015 (medium- 295 pages)
How Sweet?: Bloodbond Prophecy Spellbound, N. Dakota Shifters 1 by Elle Saint James 1/24/2015 (one spoonful of sugar)
Anything Else?: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell 1/25/2015 (no milk)

I'm in! Here's the books I plan to read - subject to change



Time for Tea – Duration 1/1/2015-1/31/2015 – Have a Cuppa
0/5 completed
Boil- One Hundred Names by Cecelia Ahern
White Tea- Next Queen of Heaven by Gregory Maguire
Strong – Fateful by Claudia Gray
No Sugar – Leigh Ann's Civil War by Ann Rinaldi
No Milk – Landing by Emma Donoghue

This sounds fun. I'm in!

Time For Tea
Duration: January 1 - January 31
Level: Have a cuppa - 1 to 5 books
Books Completed: 5/5

Step 1 - Boil the water
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Red - rooibos tea
The Count of Monte Cristo

Step 3 - Steep the Tea
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
The Great Gatsby

Step 4 - Sweet?
No sugar
Me Before You

Step 5 - Black or white?
No Milk
Cranford

Welcome to the challenge Stephanie, Cait, Cassie and Christine!

Time for Tea
January 1, 2015 - January 31, 2015
2/5

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read a book that is a bit "steamy".
Backstage Pass (22/01)

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read a book with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Green tea
The Undomestic Goddess

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read a book with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea.
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
The Notebook

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read a book to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Bridget Jones's Diary

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read a book to indicate what else to add to your tea.
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Slammed (22/02)

NBRC: Time for Tea
Duration: January 1st - 31st, 2015
Level: Have a cuppa - 1 to 5 books

Books Read: 5/5

✔Step 1 - Boil the water: Read book where the author's name begins with B, O, I or L.
Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning - Jan 6 - ★★★★★

✔Step 2 - Choose your tea: black tea - Read book with black cover.
The Collector by Victoria Scott - Jan 20 - ★★★½

✔Step 3 - Steep the tea: Strong - 301 pages or more
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - Jan 29 - ★★★★☆

✔Step 4 - Sweet? Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr - Jan 5 - ★★★★☆

✔Step 5 - Black or white? Lots of milk - Young Adult genre book
Golden Son by Pierce Brown - Jan 10 - ★★★★☆

Duration 1 to 31 January

Rules
Read a book for each of the steps below. Then if you like, have another cuppa and read some more. You may read the steps in order or out of order or skip steps, it's up to you.


Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book

Levels
description Have a cuppa - 1 to 5 books
description Tea for two - 6 to 10 books
description Tea party - 11 or more books

Welcome to the challenge Maureen, Jane and Stacie!

Time For Tea
Duration: January 1/15 - January 31/15

Level Tea party - 11 or more books

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
Over the Line by Cindy Gerard 01/03/15 ****
The I-5 Killer by Ann Rule 01/06/15 ***
Saving Sophie by Cate Beauman 01/17/15 ****
Under the Wire by Cindy Gerard 01/15/15 ****

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea Tragic Beauty: The Lost 1914 Memoirs of Evelyn Nesbit by Evelyn Nesbit 01/06/15 ***
Green - green tea The Vintage Teacup Club by Vanessa Greene 01/11/15 ***
White - white tea The Guest Book by Marybeth Whalen 01/04/15 ****
Brown - oolong tea The Bastard by John Jakes 10/12/15 *****
Red - rooibos tea Dissolution by C.J. Sansom 01/01/15 *****
Orange - herbal tea True North by Marie Force 01/23/15 ****

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea Strong - 301 pages or more
Queen Elizabeth I by J.E. Neale 01/02/15 *** 416 pgs
Elisabeth: The Struggle for the Throne by David Starkey 01/10/15 **** 384 pgs
Catch Me by Lisa Gardner 01/14/15 *** (466 pgs)
Witchfall by Victoria Lamb 01/13/15 *** (336 pgs)
Sovereign by C.J. Sansom 01/21/15 ***** (661 pgs)
Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr 01/22/15 **** (416 pgs)

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One Secret Summer by Lesley Lokko 01/07/15 ****
The Deep End by Joy Fielding 01/16/15 ***
A Sound Among the Trees by Susan Meissner 01/25/15 ****
The Outcast by Jolina Petersheim 01/26/15 ****

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
The Roots of the Olive Tree by Courtney Miller Santo 01/05/15 *****
The Prey by Allison Brennan 01/08/15 ****
You're Not You by Michelle Wildgen 01/27/15 ****

January 2015

Level-Have a cuppa

Step 1 - Boil the water
O-Out of my Mind 1-11-15

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Black - black tea-Blackbird 1-9-15

Step 3 - Steep the tea-The Twilight Prisoner 1-3-14
Medium - 151 to 300 pages

Step 4 - Sweet? Property 1-9-15
No sugar - Stand alone novel

Step 5 - Black or white?-The Grimm Conclusion 1-5-15
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book

I'm going to have:
A cup of tea (5 books)

Piping hot: Jacob 1/23
Black: Night's Slow Poison 1/17
Medium steep: In the Devil's Nebula 1/7
Sweetened with 2 sugars: Searching for Dragons 1/4
With lots of milk: Rebel Belle

I'll have A cup of tea: 5 books

1. Read a book with the author's name beginning with B, O, I or L
All The Bells on Earth by James Blaylock
finished 1/25/2015
2. Choose your tea - Read a book with a color on the cover to match your type of tea
White - The Lost Books of The Odyssey - finished 1/3/2015
Green - Age Of Bronze Volume 3A: Betrayal - finished 1/2/2015
4. Sweet? Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
Artificial sweetener - fourth in series - The Grey King - finished 1/1/2014
No sugar - Standalone novel - Alif the Unseen 1/25/2015

I'm in - I'll "have a cuppa!" ;)

Time for Tea Challenge
Duration: 1 - 31 January 2015
Status: 5/5

✔Step 1 - Boil the water: B
Hearse and Buggy by Laura Bradford 2 Jan

✔ Step 2 - Choose your tea: Oolong tea
Working Stiff by Annelise Ryan 23 Jan

✔Step 3 - Steep the tea: Medium
Ryder's Wife by Sharon Sala (249 pp.) 5 Jan

✔Step 4 - Sweet?: Honey
Cowboy with a Cause (Cowboy Cafe #3) by Carla Cassidy 6 Jan

✔ Step 5 - Black or white?: Soy milk
That Old Flame of Mine by J. J. Cook 25 Jan

Welcome to the challenge Nay Nay, Lisa, Lara, Beth, Deb, Jenn & Arena!

I'll start with one cup, and see if there's time for more.

Time For Tea
Duration: 01/01/15 - 01/31/15
Level: Have a cuppa
Finished: 0/5

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book

I have been in a bit of a reading funk. Hopefully this challenge will help get me out of it.

Time for Tea
Duration: 1st January - 31st January
Level: Have a cuppa
0/5

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate
Rughum & Najda

Step 2 - Choose your tea
White - white tea
Akata Witch

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Silhouette of a Sparrow

Step 4 - Sweet?
Honey - Book three in a series
Messenger

Step 5 - Black or white?
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Pantomime

Welcome to the challenge Anita & Sheila ☺

Time For Tea
Level: Tea for Two (6-10 books)

Completed: 9/10


Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
B - The Black Belt Librarian: Real-World Safety & Security
O - Our Dumb Century
I - The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
L - The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
White - white tea (Sex Lives of the Kings & Queens of England: An Irreverent Expose of the Monarchs from Henry VIII to the Present Day)

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea.
Medium - 151 to 300 pages (Ravish: The Awakening of Sleeping Beauty-265 pages)

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel (American Born Chinese)
One spoonful - Book one in a series (Maus, I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History)

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book (A Class Apart: Prodigies, Pressure, and Passion Inside One of America's Best High Schools)

Time to get back into the swing of things. I've taken two months off and I've missed my books!

Completed 5/6

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
Carnies by Martin Livings

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
The Doll
Green - green tea
Wool Omnibus

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea

Strong - 301 pages or more
Watership Down

Step 4
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
The Martian

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea

Lemon - Non fiction genre book
Stepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel, and Act the Way We Do

Welcome to the challenge Kellie and Sarenna!

I think I'll have a tea party!

Time For Tea
Duration: Jan 1st- Jan 31st
Level: Tea Party
Books Completed: 18/15

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy"
Captivated by You
Divide & Conquer
Armed & Dangerous

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages Three Cheers, Secret Seven
Medium - 151 to 300 pages Puzzle for the Secret Seven
Strong - 301 pages or more 11/22/63

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel Of A Boy
One spoonful - Book one in a series Never Never
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series Lover Eternal
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre The Two of Us
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book Warrior's Cross
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book Panic
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book Finnikin of the Rock
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book The Good Girl
Lemon - Non fiction genre book

If I read a book that is higher in a series than four would is just be lots of artificial sweetener or stay away from that for this challenge?

Stacie wrote: "If I read a book that is higher in a series than four would is just be lots of artificial sweetener or stay away from that for this challenge?"

If you can't use that book for one of the other categories, I could adjust the challenge to be Book four or later in a series if you like?

I think I have time for a few cups of tea. Not sure how many books but I'll post as I go along.

Time For Tea
Duration: Jan 1st- Jan 31st
Books Completed: 18

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.
1/16

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea 1/15
Green - green tea 1/3
White - white tea Brown - oolong tea 1/22
Orange - herbal tea 1/16

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages 1/22
Medium - 151 to 300 pages 1/26
Strong - 301 pages or more 1/4

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel 1/18
One spoonful - Book one in a series 1/6
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series 1/31
Honey - Book three in a series 1/2

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre 1/11
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book 1/25
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book 1/27
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book 1/18
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book 1/27
Lemon - Non fiction genre book 1/30

I have no idea why, but every time I see this thread I'm little confused. :P

I guess I should join it...


Duration: 1.1.-31.1.15
Level: Tea for two


: 10/10


First cup:


Step 1 - Boil the water
Dust of Snow by Indra Vaughn - 2.1.15 - ★★★ - author on I

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Red - rooibos tea - by Maya Banks - 08.01.15 - ★★★★

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Weak - under 150 pages - One Door Closes by G.B. Lindsey - 09.01.15 - ★★★

Step 4 - Sweet?
No sugar - Stand alone novel - Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence - 09.01.15 - ★★★

Step 5 - Black or white?
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book - Pretend by Riley Hart - 11.01.15 - ★★★


Second cup:
Step 1 - Boil the water
Keaton's Lessons by Lynn Hagen - 11.01.15 - ★★★ - author on L

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Green - green tea - by Sarah Addison Allen - 15.01.15 - ★★★★

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Medium - 151 to 300 pages - Rain and Whiskey by B.A. Tortuga - 15.01.15 - ★★

Step 4 - Sweet?
One spoonful - Book one in a series - The Elevator Mechanic (Workplace Encounters #1) by Serena Yates - 15.01.15 - ★★★

Step 5 - Black or white?
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book - Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles - 18.01.15 - ★★★

LOL, yes you should. I don't know why, but I kept thinking of you when I wrote this one up....

Welcome to the challenge Carmen and Tea! I can welcome you before you set up your post can't I?

Renee wrote: "Stacie wrote: "If I read a book that is higher in a series than four would is just be lots of artificial sweetener or stay away from that for this challenge?"

If you can't use that book for one of..."

I was just curious! No big deal :) thanks Renee.

Renee wrote: "LOL, yes you should. I don't know why, but I kept thinking of you when I wrote this one up...."

All this challenges should boost up my self-esteem. Here is Time for Tea, another group has Hot Tea.... :P

Time For Tea
Duration: Jan 1st- Jan 31st
Books Completed: 0/5
Level: Have a cuppa: 5 books

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.

L'Assommoir (The Dram Shop)

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Green - green tea



Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Medium - 151 to 300 pages


A Bend in the River (288 pages)


Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series

Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe #2)



Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

I'm in!

Date Started Jan 1
Date Completed:
Level: Tea Party
Finished 0/11

Step One-Boil the Water
Read books that are a bit "steamy"


Step Two-Choose Your Tea

Step Three-Steep the Tea

Step Four-Sweet?

Step 5-Black or White?

I'm in

Welcome to the challenge Emily, Sophie and Kari!

Oh i cant this month -.- im out

I'm In! I'm going to aim for level Tea Party 11+.

6/11

Step 1 - Boil The Water
Author name beginning with O.
01. Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien ★★★★☆ - 01.01.15


Step 2 - Choose Your Tea
I choose black tea. Read a book with a black cover.
01. Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs ★★★★☆ - 21.01.15
02. Zero Sight by B. Justin Shier ★★★☆☆ - 05.01.15


Step 3 - Steep The Tea
I like my tea strong! Read a book with 301 pages or more.
01. Beneath a Blood Red Moon by Heather Graham ★★☆☆☆ - 11.01.15


Step 4 - Sweet?
I like two spoonfuls of sugar. Read a book that is #2 in a series.
01. Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney ★★★☆☆ - 28.01.15


Step 5 - Black or White?
I like just a dash of milk in my tea. Read a book in the Romance/Chick Lit genre.
01. Loving Jack by Nora Roberts ★★★☆☆ - 20.01.15

Time For Tea
Duration: January 1 - January 31
Level: Tea for two (8, planned)
Books Completed: 4

Step 1 - Boil the water
B - Becoming Queen by Kate Williams 1/2
O - Onyx
I - Isabella: Braveheart of France
L - Huntress

Step 2 - Choose your tea
White Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson 1/1

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Strong - 301 pages+
A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness by S. Nassir Ghaemi 1/14

Step 4 - Sweet?
No Sugar How to Ruin a Queen: Marie Antoinette and the Diamond Necklace Affair by Jonathan Beckman 1/8

Step 5 - Black or white?
Cream - The Lies of Locke Lamora

Duration: 1st January - 31st January
Level: Tea for Two
Finished 1 Cup of Tea: 1/13/15

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
(view spoiler)[Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages+ Ruin Falls (hide spoiler)]

Step 4 - Sweet?
(view spoiler)[Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series (hide spoiler)]

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book



Step 1: Boil the Water | Steamy | Worthy by Lia Black | Kindle, 144 pages | Date Read 1/12/13 | ★★★☆☆
Step 2: Green - green tea | Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen | Kindle, 306 pages | Date Read 1/13/15 | ★★★★☆
Step 3: Steep the tea | Strong - 301 pages+ Ruin Falls | Eragon by Christopher Paolini | Hardcover, 509 pages | Date Read: 1/1/15 | ★★★☆☆
Step 4: Sweet? | One spoonful - Book one in a series | The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater | Kindle, 468 pages | Date Read: 1/3/15 | ★★☆☆☆
Step 5: Black or white? | Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book | Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind | Paperback, 820 pages | Date Read 1/3/15 | ★★★★★

Time for Tea
January 1 - January 31

Read a book for each of the steps below. Then if you like, have another cuppa and read some more. You may read the steps in order or out of order or skip steps, it's up to you.

Level: Tea for two - 6 to 10 books

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book

Cup #1:
Step 1: Read a "steamy" book
Kissing Under the Mistletoe by Marina Adair (01/02/15)
Step 2: Green tea = green cover
Saltwater Kisses: A Billionaire Love Story by Krista Lakes (01/03/15)

Step 3: Strong - 301+ pages
Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke (01/08/15)
*320 Pages

Monthly/Seasonal Challenges: Time for Tea
Duration: January 1, 2015 - January 31, 2015
Level: Have a Cuppa
Completed: 5/5

Step 1 - Boil the water
Addison Moore-3:AM Kisses

Step 2 - Black
Elizabeth Hall-Miramont's Ghost

Step 3 - Medium
Rene Denfeld-The Enchanted

Step 4 - No sugar
William Kent Krueger-Ordinary Grace

Step 5 - No milk
Kristin Maddock-The Enchanted Orchards

Time for Tea – Duration 1/1/2015-1/31/2015 – Have a Cuppa
0/5 completed

Boil- A Catered Valentine's Day
Red Tea - Die for Me
Strong – Dark Witch
One Spoonful – Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure
Just a Dash - Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire

Time for Tea
Duration: 1st January - 31st January
Level: Have a cuppa (for now)

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book

'Kari Ramírez wrote: "Oh i cant this month -.- im out"

Sorry you can't fir it in this month Kari. Feel free to come and play any time you like though.

Welcome to the challenge Asha, Heather, Rachel, Shauna, Carol, Sherrie and Angel!

I'm in

Time for Tea
Duration: 1st January - 31st January
Level: Tea for Two
0/?

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
Green - green tea
White - white tea
Brown - oolong tea
Red - rooibos tea
Orange - herbal tea

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
Medium - 151 to 300 pages
Strong - 301 pages or more

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand alone novel
One spoonful - Book one in a series
Two spoonfuls - Book two in a series
Honey - Book three in a series
Artificial sweetener - Book four in a series

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
No milk - General fiction genre
Just a dash - Romance/chick lit genre book
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Cream - Fantasy/sci fi genre book
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Lemon - Non fiction genre book

I'm in for my first monthly challenge!!

Time for Tea
Duration: 1st January - 31st January
Level: Have a Cuppa
5/5 FINISHED :)

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are a bit "steamy", set in a hot climate or make you feel warm inside. Or books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L.

(The) Opposite of Loneliness- Marina Keegan




Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose.
Black - black tea
The Scorch Trials by James Dashner



Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Weak - under 150 pages
The Pigeon Needs a Bath by Mo Willems



Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea.
No sugar - Stand Alone Novel
Yes Please- Amy Poehler



Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
I'll Give You the Sun-Jandy Nelson

Time for Tea
Duration: 1st January - 31st January
Level: Have a cuppa
5/5

Step 1 - Boil the water
Hot climate: Mudbound 1/6/15

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Rooibos: Me Before You 1/8/15

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Medium: Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls 1/13/15

Step 4 - Sweet?
Two spoonfuls: The Son of Neptune 1/9/15


Step 5 - Black or white?
No milk - Wuthering Heights 1/15/15

Duration 1 to 31 January
Tea for Two
2/10

Step 1 - Boil the water


Step 2 - Choose your tea
Orange (herbal tea)- Kiss of Fire 1/2

Step 3 - Steep the tea


Step 4 - Sweet?
Two spoonfuls- Visions of Heat 1/1


Step 5 - Black or white?

So very excited to start another year of reading! Great challenge!

Time for Tea
Duration: January 1, 2015 - January 31, 2015
Level: Tea for Two
Completed: 10/10

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books where the author's name or title begins with B, O, I or L
L - Leviathan (Leviathan, #1) | Scott Westerfeld | 1/3/2015 | ★★★★

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Read books with a color on the cover to match the type of tea you choose
Black - black tea
Reamde |Neal Stephenson | 1/17/2015 | ★★★★

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Read books with page counts to indicate how strong you like your tea
Strong - 301 pages or more (481 p)
Behemoth (Leviathan, #2) | Scott Westerfeld | 1/8/2015 |

Step 4 - Sweet?
Read books to indicate how sweet you like your tea
No sugar - Stand alone novel
The Dark Horse | Marcus Sedgwick | 1/31/2015 | ★★★

Step 5 - Black or white?
Read books to indicate what else to add to your tea
Lots of milk - Young Adult/new adult genre book
Divergent (Divergent, #1) | Veronica Roth | 1/27/2015 | ★★★★




Second Cup

Step 1 - Boil the water
Read books that are set in a hot climate (Cancun, Mexico)
The Atlantis Complex (Artemis Fowl, #7) | Eoin Colfer | 1/25/2015 |

Step 2 - Choose your tea
Green - green tea
The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl, #6) | Eoin Colfer | 1/20/2015 | ★★★

Step 3 - Steep the tea
Medium - 151 to 300 pages (260 p)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler | Italo Calvino | 1/18/2015 | ★★★★

Step 4 - Sweet?
Honey - Book three in a series
Goliath (Leviathan, #3) | Scott Westerfeld | 1/29/2015 |

Step 5 - Black or white?
Soy milk - Mystery/thriller genre book
Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander, #1) | Henning Mankell | 1/31/2015 | ★★★★