MobileRead Book Challenges discussion

For 2021 I would like to focus on one series.

I have chosen: The Black Dagger Brotherhood, of which I have 13 of the novels in paperback; its spinoff, Black Dagger Legacy , of which I have 1 of the novels in paperback, and the crossover series, Fallen Angels, of which I have 1 of the novels in paperback.

I will follow the suggested Reading Order from J.R. Ward's site.
**Found this list w/ the novellas included.
***Found this list w/ the crossover series included.

To prevent burnout, I'll look for short stories. Right now, I'm leaning toward the Amazon Original Stories Collections.

Black Dagger Brotherood : 7 of 19 Read




Novellas:

Black Dagger Legacy : 0 of 5 Read

Fallen Angels : 1 of 6 Read

Amazon Original Stories:





2021 Thread Now Activated.....

FIRST!

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Second!

:D

Good Luck Nyssa!

Thank you, GA. :D

...currently fighting the urge to start my 2021 reading challenge now.

Nyssa wrote: "...currently fighting the urge to start my 2021 reading challenge now."

Same. Sort of. My current read is going so slowly that I'm not even trying to finish it this year. LOL

Aww, that's frustrating.

I was looking for an end-of-year novel like a week ago but couldn't concentrate on anything in particular.

The first read of 2021 is complete!

Dark Lover - 4 Star Review

Nyssa wrote: "The first read of 2021 is complete!

Dark Lover - 4 Star Review "

Awesome! I hope to get my first one in tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks. :) You've got this!

Lover Eternal - 4 Stars (Upgraded from 3)

Zikora: A Short Story - 4 Stars (Felt too incomplete for a 5th star)

I see a trend here ... lol

Lover Awakened -5 Stars
I love this story.

I won a giveaway!

I did not know at the time that it would be a no longer advanced, uncorrected copy, but hey, I won it anyway.

It is Ink & Sigil

LOL Congrats! Winning is winning! :D It's a bit weird to do a giveaway for an uncorrected copy of an already-released book, but still.

I've been curious about Hearne's new series. I gave up on Iron Druid around 3 or so books in because the snark was just getting to be too much for me. But I really liked it up till that point, so yeah, I'm curious.

Christa wrote: "LOL Congrats! Winning is winning! :D It's a bit weird to do a giveaway for an uncorrected copy of an already-released book, but still."

Odd but true. I'm trying to add a pic but have no idea how to do so. I can't seem to generate a shareable link.

I had Iron Druid on my Wishlist for the longest time but never got around to it.

They've started another giveaway for Ink & Sigi if you're interested.

I just checked and my library has two copies of it, so I added it to my Overdrive wishlist so that I don't forget about it. I was going to try to use the library less this year, but... I also said I wasn't going to eat a cupcake today and you can guess how that went. LOL

LOL! That's hilarious because we had one cupcake left earlier today, but my daughter got to it before I could. Sometimes, there are just not enough cupcakes!

Lover Revealed - 5 Stars

Ark - Short story; Oddly interesting - 3 Stars.

So, according to this, Black Dagger Universe Novels , J.R. Ward's Fallen Angelsseries crosses over with BDB & Legacy... So... I'm going to see if I can squeeze them into this year as well.

I know... I can never leave well enough alone.

Lover Unbound - 4.5 Stars

I forgot to update this one after I read it:
Summer Frost - 3 Stars

Better than I remembered:
Lover Enshrined - 4 Stars

Beautiful as always.
Father Mine - 5 Satrs

I did not remember a darn thing from this book, so I was lucky enough to reread it for the very first time.

Lover Avenged - 5 Stars

And with this book, I have officially read more pages in the month of January than I read in the entirety of 2020!

Nyssa wrote: "And with this book, I have officially read more pages in the month of January than I read in the entirety of 2020!"

Congrats! That's awesome!

I'm still on book 2 of the year. LOL But I ain't even worryin' about it.

Christa wrote: "Congrats! That's awesome!"

Thanks. :) It just underlines how craptastic 2020 was for me.

Christa wrote: "I'm still on book 2 of the year. LOL But I ain't even worryin' about it."

Exactly! I hope you're enjoying your reading journey! <3

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Emergency Skin - 5 Stars

And I've now, technically, completed my challenge for the year. LOL
I'm delighted to have had the reading month I've had.

I started a new job the week before last, so I will not be blazing through the books as quickly, anymore but it was fun while it lasted.

I caught up on all of the BDB series rereads, except one, and I'm beginning the crossover series, Fallen Angel.

So no matter what happens from here on out, January was a great month!

Covet - 3 Stars

Fallen Angels definitely has a different feel, which is not a bad thing, just unexpected - I guess. I'm glad I'll be switching off between BDB and FA. I don't know that I would enjoy reading the FA books back to back.

Heh! I didn't realize then just how foreshadowing my comments in message 32 would become.

Covet was the last thing I read before this month! That's crazy (and sad)!!

But I'll just keep moving forward...

Thankfully, two collections of short stories have brought me back to the world of the reading, Black Stars, a Science Fiction collection, and Southern Belle Insults, a series about a woman changing her life.
I ended up reading almost as many titles in the past two weeks as I did the first two months.

LOL Life happens. Sometimes reading also happens, but sometimes it does not.

Happy New Year! Let's hope 2022 is what we all thought 2021 was going to be. I'm cautiously optimistic.

Happy New Year! :)

May your 2022 be as wonderful as you are!