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DAFFODIL
D-Displaced 3/13 ★★1/2
A-Always Have, Always Will 3/5 | ★★★★
F- The Finn Factor - Curious 3/12 ★★★★
F-Fourth and Long 3/16 ★★★
O- O'Tierney, Raine - I'll Always Miss You 3/14 ★★★★
D:Displaced 3/13 ★★1/2
I-I'll Always Miss You 3/14 ★★★★
L- Lord Original Buttersworth- YES 3/7 ★★★★
GREEN
G: Grace, Aria-Best Chance 3/11 ★★★★
R-Riley Hart-Losing Control 3/7 ★★★ 1/2
E-Ever the Same| 3/2 | ★★★★
E-Elizabeth Reyes-Tangled | 3/15 ★★★ (m/f)
N-Need You Now 3/8 ★★★
BONUS
Middle Name Pride Day: Read a book who's author uses their middle name Rock Star Baby 3/18 ★★ Erin M. Leaf
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you'd like!-Here For You 3/3 ★★★

Words Associated With March:
•DAFFODIL•
Dirty Sweets by Rhys Ford ~ 3/8/15 ~ 3★
A.M. Arthur - Stand By You ~ 3/15/15 ~ 3.5★
Fire and Water by Andrew Grey
Fyn Alexander - Winter Hearts ~ 3/26/15 ~ 3.5★
Of Gods and Monsters: Menoetius by Wulf Francu Godgluck
Dead Man and the Lustful Spirit by Lou Harper ~ 3/9/15 ~ 3★
Inman, John - Head-on
Love Means... No Limits by Andrew Grey
Birthdays in March:
•DANIEL CRAIG•
Charles, K.J. - A Case of Spirits ~ 3/8/15 ~ 3.5★
Raine O'Tierney - Bowl Full of Cherries ~ 3/5/15 ~ 3.5★
Aria by Shira Anthony ~ 3/17/15 ~ 3.5★
I.D. Locke - ZA: Week 1 ~ 3/10/15 ~ 4★
Gillian St. Kevern - The Case of the Insufferable Slave
BONUS:
St. Patrick's Day: Read a book with a green cover
Hook, Line, & Sinker by Piper Vaughn ~ 3/13/15 ~ 3.5★
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you'd like!
Full Circle by Riley Hart ~ 3/3/15 ~ 3.5★

Read: 8/8
Words Associated With March:
P - Price, Jordan Castillo - Life is Awesome → ★★★★★ | 3/13
I - Innocence → ★★★★★ | 3/5
S - Signs → ★★★★☆ | 3/22
C - Count Your Blessings → ★★★☆☆ | 3/15
E - Eli Easton - How to Howl at the Moon → ★★★★★ | 3/2
S - Summer Son → ★★★☆☆ | 3/7
Bonus:
Middle Name Pride Day: Read a book who's author uses their middle name
Brothers LaFon, Part One: Crucial Lessons → ★★★★★ | 3/10
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you'd like!
The Cop and the Geek → ★★★★☆ | 3/6

March
10/10 Complete
I: Inside Out Mar 13 ★★★
D: Cara Dee Aftermath Mar 11 ★★★★★
E: Everything I Know Mar 3 ★★★★
S: Secrets Mar 7 ★★★




C: Rebecca Cohen, Saving Crofton Hall Mar 6 ★★★★
A: Ava March, Sharp Love Mar 3 ★★★
E: Enslaved by a Rogue Mar 12 ★★
S: Scott Sapphire and the Emerald Orchid Mar 10 ★★★★
A: AM Arthur, Weight of Silence Mar 6 ★★★
R: Renae Kaye, The Shearing Gun Mar 1 ★★★★★







The Challenge Factory
March 2015 TCF's Monthly Challenge
P-The Pack or the Panther,Tara Lain,(Tales of the Harker Pack, #1) finished 3/4/2015 4★
I-A Matter of Trust,A.C. Katt,(Indiscreet, #1) finished 3/15/2015 3★
S-Skylar M. Cates,The Only Guy,(The Guy, #2) finished 3/4/2015 4★
C-Clockwork Bargain,Therese Woodson,(Aerial City, #2) finished 3/1/2015 4★
E-End of the Trail,Jane Elliot,(End Of The Trail, #1) finished 3/22/2015 4★
S-Butterflies,K.J. Charles,(The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal, #2) finished 3/1/2015 4★
National Women's History Month:All of your books must be by female authors
National Chip & Dip Day: All of your books must be part of a series
St. Patrick's Day: Read a book with a green cover Fool's Errand finished 3/22/2015 4★
Irish American Month: Read a book set in Ireland or with an Irish character Dirty Kiss finished 3/6/2015 4★
Middle Name Pride Day: Read a book who's author uses their middle name Alien Quest finished 3/21/2015 4★
March Madness: Read a book with an athlete in it The Right Words finished 3/17/2015 3★
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you'd like ! Love is a Stranger finished 3/8/2015 4★
11/11 read FINISHED - 3/22/2015!

March
Completed: 10/11
✔G:***BONUS*** St. Patrick's Day: Read a book with a green cover ~ Bound by Flames 3/1/15 ✿✿✿✿✿
✔R: S.E. Reign, Cornered 3/29/15 ✿✿✿
✔E: Eleanor & Park 3/24/15 ✿✿✿✿
✔E: Evil Under the Sun 3/27/15 ✿✿✿✿
✔N: Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography 3/4/15 ✿✿✿✿✿
✔C: Amanda Carlson, Aces Wild 3/11/15 ✿✿✿✿
✔L: Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird 3/18/15 ✿✿✿✿✿
O: Out of the Dark
✔V: ***BONUS*** National Goof Off Day: Read any book you'd like! ~ Toys 3/25/15 ✿✿✿✿
✔E: ***BONUS*** March Madness: Read a book with an athlete in it ~ The Great Gatsby 3/30/15 ✿✿✿✿
R:









DONE
Words Associated With March: Caesar
C - Clean Sweep 7/3/15
A - Andrews, Ilona - Burn for Me 10/3/15
E - Easy Love 9/3/15
S - Separation 6/3/15
A - A Farewell to Arms 2/3/15
R - Rachel Vincent - Never to Sleep 7/3/15






Birthdays in March: JJ Watt
J - Jaci Burton - Playing to Win 2/3/15
J - Jaci Burton - Thrown by a Curve 4/3/15


W - Winters, Pepper - Tears of Tess 1/3/15
A - Ashley, Kristen - Rock Chick Regret 19/3/15
T - Thea Harrison - Dragon Bound 21/3/15
T - Tara Sivec - Love and Lists 30/3/15




BONUS
St. Patrick's Day: Motorcycle Man 28/3/15
Irish American Month: Easy Love 9/3/15
Middle Name Pride Day: J.J. McAvoy - American Savages 25/3/15
March Madness: Playing to Win 2/3/15
National Goof Off Day: Thrown by a Curve 4/3/15






Duration: March 1/15 - March 31/15
Words Associated With March:
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Birthdays in March:
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Begins: 01March15 / Ends: 31March15
10/7 completed
SPELL - Madness
M - MATHIS, Ayana wrote The Twelve Tribes of Hattie ✔ – 07March15
A - Arranged Marriage: Stories ✔ – 30March15
D - DAIRMAN, Tara wrote All Four Stars ✔ - 22March15
N - NAOMI Novik wrote His Majesty's Dragon ✔ – 05Mar15
E - ELIZABETH Wein wrote Rose Under Fire ✔ – 11Mar15
S - STUART, Julia wrote The Matchmaker of Périgord ✔ – 13March15
S - Sprout ✔ – 29March15
BONUS Can Be Used in Place of one of your letters or on their own
St. Patrick's Day: Green cover -

Irish American Month: Read a book set in Ireland or with an Irish character
Middle Name Pride Day: Read a book who's author uses their middle name
March Madness: Read a book with an athlete in it - The Book of Unknown Americans ✔ – 16Mar15
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you'd like! - Burial Rites ✔ – 18Mar15

Duration: March 1 - March 31
Finished: 8/8 <--DONE! :)
✔ C: Christine Baker Kline - Orphan Train 03/06/2015
✔ A: Atkinson, Kate - Case Histories 03/11/2015
✔ E: Ee, Susan - World After 03/20/2015
✔ S: Sheri Lee Fink - Five Days at Memorial 03/12/2015
✔ A: Ann Leckie - Ancillary Sword 03/30/2015
✔ R: Robinson, Kim Stanley - The Years of Rice and Salt 03/22/2015
Bonus
+ St. Patrick's Day: Read a book with a green cover
✔

+ Irish American Month: Read a book set in Ireland or with an Irish character
✔


READ: 12/12
✔M: The Recruit - Monica McCarty 3/27
✔A: Alice in Zombieland - Gena Showalter 3/3
✔D: So Damn Lucky - Deborah Coonts 3/8
✔N: Visions of Heat - Nalini Singh 3/29
✔E: Endsinger - Jay Kristoff 3/18
✔S: SEAL of Honor - Tonya Burrows 3/10
✔S: Sunrise with a Notorious Lord - Alexandria Hawkins 3/8







Bonus
✔St. Patrick's Day: Read a book with a green cover

✔Irish American Month: Read a book set in Ireland or with an Irish character

✔Middle Name Pride Day: Read a book who's author uses their middle name

✔March Madness: Read a book with an athlete in it

✔National Goof Off Day: Read any book you'd like!

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

P: A Brush of Darkness by Allison Pang
I: Satan's Sword Imp #2
S: The Darkest Passion by Gena Showalter
C: Maplecroft by Cherie Priest
E: The Benson EIT #2.5
S: Snow White
J: Reckoning by S.J. Harper
J: Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors Jane Jameson #4
W:Irish American Month: Read a book set in Ireland or with an Irish character Darkfever
A: Darkest Before Dawn by Amelia Hutchins
T: Tracker
T: National Goof Off Day: Dirty Deeds

From YA Genre
I If You Stay 3-8-15
D Donna Jo Napoli-Beast 3-5-15
E The Ever After Bird 3-9-15
S S A Bodeen-The Raft 3-7-15

Duration: March 1- March 31
Finished: 0/4
I
Dowell, Frances O'Roark Ten miles past normal
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M Her Death of Cold by Ralph McInerny - 3/9/15
A Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery - 3/13/15
D Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney - 3/3/15
N A New Chapter by Kristin Eckhardt - 3/16/15
E Mrs. Jeffries Plays the Cook by Emily Brightwell - 3/24/15
S In the Blood by Steve Robinson - 3/18/15
S Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins - 3/5/15

TCF's March 2015 Monthly Challenge
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Bonus!
St. Patrick's Day: Read a book with a green cover
Middle Name Pride Day: Read a book who's author uses their middle name
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12/12
DONE
D Don't Make Me Choose Between You and My Shoes 3/9 ★★★★
A Around the World in Eighty Days 3/13 ★★★★★
F Fletcher, Jessica Nashville Noir 3/13 ★★★
F 52 Steps To Murder 3/16 ★★★★
O using bonus middle name: Mary Higgins Clark Loves Music, Loves to Dance 3/26 ★★★★
D The Dress Shop of Dreams 3/7 ★★
I If You Ask Me 3/25 ★★★★
L Last Wolf Standing 3/1
St. Patrick's Day: green cover Don't Let 3/10 ★★★★
Middle Name Pride Day: author uses their middle name Jayne Ann Krentz Falling Awake 3/1 ★★★★
March Madness: athlete in it Slow Heat 3/10 ★★
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you'd like! The Black Echo 3/5 ★★★★


TCF: March Challenge
National Women's History Month: All books must be by female authors.
Duration: March 1st - 31st
Books Read: 6/6
✔P - Patricia Briggs | Dead Heat - Mar 6
✔I - Interview with the Vampire | Anne Rice - Mar 20
✔S - Seanan McGuire | A Local Habitation - Mar 8
✔C - Claimed By Shadow | Karen Chance - Mar 7
✔E - Elizabeth Vaughan | Warprize - Mar 23
✔S - Sarah Brown | Mean Streak - Mar 16







3/1 - 3/31
0/10
St Patricks
S: Stealing Coal
T: Bearllionaire by:Terry Bolryder
P: Play
A: Soaring by:Kristen Ashley
T: Time Will Tell
R: Risking it All by:Tessa Bailey
I: Judgment in Death (In Death series
C: Caressed by Ice
K:
S: The Unleashing by:Shelly Laurenston
St. Patrick's Day: The Hooker and the Hermit
Irish American Month: Read a book set in Ireland or with an Irish character
Middle Name Pride Day: Figure of Speech by:Dana Marie Bell
March Madness: Read a book with an athlete in it
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you'd like!
To Read:











Finished:

M The Memory Keepers
a Afterworlds
d Dead Heat 08.03.2015 5*
n No Hurry to Get Home: The Memoir of the New Yorker Writer Whose Unconventional Life and Adventures Spanned the Century
e The Elites
s Splintered
s






C Cracked
r The Rook
a Adi Alsaid Let's Get Lost
i In a Sunburned Country
g Gina Damico Scorch





St. Patrick's Day: Read a book with a green cover

Irish American Month: Read a book set in Ireland or with an Irish character
Middle Name Pride Day: Read a book who's author uses their middle name
March Madness: Read a book with an athlete in it
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you'd like!


Duration: 3/1/15-3/31/15
Completed: 13/13 5/5 Bonus
Hard Level Theme: National Women’s History Month – Female Authors
C: Confess by Colleen Hoover - ♥♥♥♥♥ - 3/15/15
L: Lucky Break by Chloe Neill (Chicagoland Vampires) - ♥♥♥♥♥ - 3/2/15
O: The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher (Love Me With Lies) - ♥♥♥♥ - 3/9/15
V: Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop (The Others) - ♥♥♥♥♥ - 3/5/15
E: Easy Love by Kristen Proby (Beaudroux) - ♥♥♥♥♥ - 3/7/15
R: Rule Breaker by Harper Kincaid (Break on Through) - ♥♥♥ - 3/15/15
M: Owning Violet by Monica Murphy (Fowler Sisters) - ♥♥ - 3/4/15
A: Alex by Sawyer Bennett (Cold Fury Hockey) - ♥♥♥♥ - 3/8/15
D: Dark Debt by Chloe Neill (Chicagoland Vampires) - ♥♥♥♥♥ - 3/3/15
N: Blood Games by Chloe Neill (Chicagoland Vampires) - ♥♥♥♥♥ - 3/2/15
E: Dial M for Menage (Menage on 34th Street) by Emily Ryan-Davis - ♥♥♥
S: Stealing Rose by Monica Murphy (The Fowler Sisters) - ♥♥♥ - 3/14/15
S: Immune by Shannon Mayer (Rylee Adamson) - ♥♥♥♥ - 3/26/15
Can Be Used in Place of one of your letters or on their own
St. Patrick's Day: Take Me if You Dare by Nina Crespo (Birthday Dare) - ♥♥♥♥ - 3/16/15
Irish American Month: Iced by Karen Marie Moning - ♥♥♥♥ - 3/13/15
Middle Name Pride Day: Burned by Karen Marie Moning (Fever) - ♥♥♥♥ - 3/24/15
March Madness: The Fighter’s Block: Cole, Book II by Hadley Quinn (The Fighter’s Block) - ♥♥♥♥♥ - 3/22/15
National Goof Off Day: Thief by Tarryn Fisher (Love With Me Lies) - ♥♥♥♥ - 3/19/15

March 2015 TCF's Monthly Challenge
Duration: 3/1/2015 - 3/31/2015
Progress: 10 out of 10
B: Jim Butcher; White Night - **** - 3/3/2015
A: Alexander McCall Smith; The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - ***** - 3/1/2015
S: Small Favor by Jim Butcher - ***** - 3/4/2015
K: Kresley Cole; Untouchable - ***** - 3/28/2015
E: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell - ***** - 3/27/2015
T: Laini Taylor; Days of Blood & Starlight - ***** - 3/26/2015
B: John Berendt; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story - ***** - 3/29/2015
A: Alice Clayton; Wallbanger - **** - 3/10/2015
L: Loving a Lost Lord by Mary Jo Putney - ***** - 3/31/2015
L: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg - ***** - 3/30/2015











Words Associated With March:
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Birthdays in March:
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The Challenge Factory
March 2015 TCF's Monthly Challenge
P-The Pack or the Panther,Tara Lain,(Tales of the Harker Pack, #1) finished 3/4/2015 ..."
Complete! Onto April! :)

March 2015 TCF's Monthly Challenge
M Her Death of Cold by Ralph McInerny - 3/9/15
A Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery - 3/13/15
D Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney - 3/3/15
N A New Chapter by Kristin Eckhardt - 3/16/15
E Mrs. Jeffries Plays the Cook by Emily Brightwell - 3/24/15
S In the Blood by Steve Robinson - 3/18/15
S Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins - 3/5/15

DONE
Words Associated With March:
Caesar
C - Clean Sweep 7/3/15
A - Andrews, Ilona - Burn for Me 10/3/15
E - [book:Easy Love|..."
DONE!

March 2015 Monthly Challenge
Begins: 01March15 / Ends: 31March15
10/7 completed
SPELL - Madness
M - MATHIS, Ayana wrote The Twelve Tribes of Hattie ✔ – 07March15
A - Arranged Marriage: Stories ✔ – 30March15
D - DAIRMAN, Tara wrote All Four Stars ✔ - 22March15
N - NAOMI Novik wrote His Majesty's Dragon ✔ – 05Mar15
E - ELIZABETH Wein wrote Rose Under Fire ✔ – 11Mar15
S - STUART, Julia wrote The Matchmaker of Périgord ✔ – 13March15
S - Sprout ✔ – 29March15
BONUS Can Be Used in Place of one of your letters or on their own
St. Patrick's Day: Green cover -

Irish American Month: Read a book set in Ireland or with an Irish character
Middle Name Pride Day: Read a book who's author uses their middle name
March Madness: Read a book with an athlete in it - The Book of Unknown Americans ✔ – 16Mar15
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you'd like! - Burial Rites ✔ – 18Mar15

READ: 12/12
✔M: The Recruit - Monica McCarty 3/27
✔A: Alice in Zombieland - Gena Showalter 3/3
✔D: So Damn Lucky - Deborah Coonts 3/8
✔N: Visions of Heat - Nalini Singh 3/29
✔E: Endsinger - Jay Kristoff 3/18
✔S: SEAL of Honor - Tonya Burrows 3/10
✔S: Sunrise with a Notorious Lord - Alexandria Hawkins 3/8







Bonus
✔St. Patrick's Day: Read a book with a green cover

✔Irish American Month: Read a book set in Ireland or with an Irish character

✔Middle Name Pride Day: Read a book who's author uses their middle name

✔March Madness: Read a book with an athlete in it

✔National Goof Off Day: Read any book you'd like!

CHALLENGE COMPLETE
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How It Works:
○Below there will be a list of words associated with March You will choose 1 or more word from the list and choose/read books that either the •Title •Author or •Series begins with each letter!
○To Move up to the Hard Level you will choose books from the same Genre or Theme (Listed Below) for each word you read! *If you do more than one word you can use a different genre or theme for each word☺
There will be a couple of Bonus Options for those who want to add a little something extra!
•Some Info to Keep In Mind•
♦You CAN do re-reads as long as they are read during challenge.
♦You CAN change you •Books & •Level of Difficulty at any time during the challenge.
♦Update your orginal list, as well as updating a post occasioanlly.
•Strike out Finished Books
•Rate your Finished Books 1-5 ♥'s 1 5 Being the Best!
•Add a tally of completed books to Orginal Post= 0/5 completed!
If you have questions Please ask me here, or PM me or any of the Mods!
March Words to Choose From:
Words Associated With March:
•St. Patrick's (Day) •Clover •Green •Ides •Madness
•Basketball •Caesar •Pisces •Daffodil •Bloodstone
Birthdays in March:
(Please note you can do the whole name, first, and or last)
•Daniel Craig •Eva Mendes •Albert Einstein •Mia Hamm •Will I Am •Sarah Jessica Parker •JJ Watt •Mariah Carey •Scott Wilson •Celine Dion
Hard Level Themes:
Dr. Suess' Birthday: All of your books must be from the YA/NA genre
National Women's History Month:All of your books must be by female authors
Beware of the Ides of March:All of your books must be from the historical genre
Old Stuff Day: All of your books must have been on your TBR for at least 6 months or published prior to 2010.
National Chip & Dip Day: All of your books must be part of a series
St. Patrick's Day: Read a book with a green cover
Irish American Month: Read a book set in Ireland or with an Irish character
Middle Name Pride Day: Read a book who's author uses their middle name
March Madness: Read a book with an athlete in it
National Goof Off Day: Read any book you'd like!
Good Luck & Happy Reading!