Urban Fantasy discussion

These Book Reading Challenges are completely voluntary. Participation is NOT required if you aren't interested!

- Challenge # 5 will run from April 1, 2011 to June 30, 2011.

- YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN BOOKS TO READ. Only trick is that you have to already own the book, be able to get it at the library, or borrow it during those three months. If you don't have any books on your TBR shelf at home or don't have access to a library and still want to participate, then I guess, pick up four new books if you wish.

If you want to change your selections at any time, that is fine.

Here are the categories for the book selection process - please note that these categories are slightly different than the last challenge and there are Optional Add'l Book selections for those who wish for a bigger challenge:

(Definition of Urban Fantasy for this challenge: books with a vampire, werewolf, witch, or fae character or set in a UF world with some other mythical character or skill set)

* 1 Urban Fantasy Title
* 1 Urban Fantasy Title featuring a male lead character
* 1 Other Fantasy OR Paranormal Romance Title (not strictly UF)
* 1 Other book by an author you've never read before (expanding your horizons!) - any genre

ANY GENRE:
* Optional Add'l Book - Young Adult
* Optional Add'l Book - Anthology
* Optional Add'l Book - Cover Hunt: Book with the color yellow on the cover

Please post in this topic ("yes, I am going to participate" or something like that) if you are going to do this challenge so I can compile a list of participants. You may join the challenge up to the final day of June.

When you've completed a book for the challenge, please come back to this thread and post a NEW comment with something like this:

Theresa 1/4 completed


Questions? Anything I've forgotten? For suggestions, please go here.

Count me in! I've been looking forward to the next challenge even tho I have two more books to go in the current challenge :-)

Participant List:

Challenges: Completed
AH ---- 7/7 completed
Alice ---- 6/6 completed
Alicia Reads ---- 7/7 completed
Archer ---- 7/7 completed
Ashley ---- 7/7 completed
Audrey ---- 7/7 completed
Babbling AKA Christina ---- 6/6 completed
Barbara ---- 7/7 completed
Betelgeuze ---- 7/7 completed
Beth NC ---- 7/7 completed
Brei ---- 7/7 completed
Christina ---- 7/7 completed
Clare ---- 7/7 completed
Darcy ---- 7/7 completed
Denise ---- 7/7 completed
Diane ~Firefly~ ---- 7/7 completed
Deyara ---- 7/7 completed
Eithne ---- 7/7 completed
Eva ---- 7/7 completed
Gaynell ---- 7/7 completed
Inga ---- 5/5 completed
Jan ---- 7/7 completed
Jen (jlkish) ---- 7/7 completed
~Jessica~ ---- 6/6 completed
Joyce ---- 7/7 completed
Julia ---- 7/7 completed
Kaitlin ---- 7/7 completed
Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" ---- 7/7 completed
Lis ---- 7/7 completed
Lisa MH ---- 4/4 completed
Lisa O. ---- 4/4 completed
Louise ---- 6/6 completed
MsBeaglely ---- 5/5 completed
Natalie ---- 7/7 completed
N.L. ---- 7/7 completed
Sandy ---- 6/6 completed (1st to complete!)
Sarah ---- 4/4 completed
Shomeret ---- 7/7 completed
Susan ---- 7/7 completed
Tanya ---- 5/5 completed
Theresa ---- 6/6 completed
Tina "reading mommy" ---- 7/7 completed
Tiphaine ---- 7/7 completed
Valerie ~ Val Hall ~ ---- 6/6 completed
Valorie ---- 6/6 complete
Yadira ---- 7/7 completed


Challenges: Not Yet Completed
Ana ---- 2/7 completed
Cátia ---- 1/7 completed
Charlotte (Buried in Books) ---- 6/7 completed
Cindy ---- 6/7 completed
Jacquie ---- 6/7 completed
JK ---- 1/5 completed
Karen ---- 4/7 completed
Laura Lulu ---- 5/7 completed
Lily ---- 6/7 completed
Melissa ---- 5/7 completed
Qendi ---- 1/5 completed
Tlorra ---- 6/7 completed
Xeyra ---- 4/6 completed

Count me in, I like doing these.

I'm in, too.

Im in

I'm in.

0/6

* 1 Urban Fantasy Title -
* 1 Urban Fantasy Title Male lead -
* 1 Other Fantasy OR Paranormal Romance Title (not strictly UF) -
* 1 New author - any genre -

ANY GENRE:
* Optional Young Adult - Goddess Boot Camp by Tera Lynn Childs
* Optional Book with the color yellow on the cover -

6/6 Complete!


* 1 Urban Fantasy Title: Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
* 1 Urban Fantasy Title featuring a male lead character: Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward
* 1 Other Fantasy OR Paranormal Romance Title (not strictly UF): The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima
* 1 Other book by an author you've never read before (expanding your horizons!) - any genre:
Forsaken by Jana Oliver


ANY GENRE:
* Optional Add'l Book - Young Adult: Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder
* Optional Add'l Book - Cover Hunt: Book with the color yellow on the cover: City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

4/4 Done!

* 1 Urban Fantasy Title: Greywalker ★★★★
* 1 Urban Fantasy Title w/ a male lead: Turn Coat ★★★★
* 1 Other Fantasy OR PNR Title: The Wolf Age ★★★★
* 1 Other book by a new author: Feast: Harvest of Dreams ★★★ (changed this at the last moment)




Follow my reviews at Urban Fantasies Read and Reviewed.

I'm in! I'll post my books closer to April. =]

7/7 complete

I'm in!

* 1 Urban Fantasy Title: Unholy Magic by Stacia Kane finished 4/9/11 ★★★★
* 1 Urban Fantasy Title featuring a male lead character: Mr. Monster by Dan Wells finished 4/28/11 ★★★★
* 1 Other Fantasy OR Paranormal Romance Title: Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb finished 6/16/11 ★★★★
* 1 Other book by an author you've never read before: Shadowlight by Lynn Viehl finished 5/10/11 ★★

ANY GENRE:
* Optional Add'l Book - Young Adult: Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld finished 4/14/11 ★★★★
* Optional Add'l Book - Anthology: Side Jobs by Jim Butcher finished 5/17/11 ★★★★
* Optional Add'l Book - Cover Hunt: Book with the color yellow on the cover: Nightingale's Lament by Simon R. Green finished 5/18/11 ★★★

I'm in!


0/4 completed
0/3 bonus completed

Urban FantasyKitty and the Midnight Hour
Urban Fantasy w/Male LeadBlackout
Paranormal RomanceI'm the Vampire, That's Why
New to Me AuthorAngels' Blood

Bonus...Young AdultIncarceron
Bonus...AnthologyMust Love Hellhounds
Bonus...yellow cover?

I'm in. I'll chose the books when I'm closer to finishing the current challenge.

I'm in! Will post my list later.

Read: 0/7

Urban Fantasy: Face Off by Mark Del Franco
Urban Fantasy Featuring a Male Lead Character: Death Most Definite by Trent Jamieson
Paranormal Romance: The Darkest Passion by Gena Showalter
New to me Author: Amazon Ink by Lori Devoti

Optional:

Yellow Cover: Shadow Blade by Seressia Glass
Young Adult: Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
Anthology: Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

To Read:

I want in but I'll get my list together closer to April otherwise I'll read them early.

I'm in... I'll post the books as I go along:
1/7 Complete

* 1 Urban Fantasy Title - Magic Slays
* 1 Urban Fantasy Title featuring a male lead character - Passion Unleashed
* 1 Other Fantasy OR Paranormal Romance Title (not strictly UF) - Alpha Complete 4/2/11
* 1 Other book by an author you've never read before (expanding your horizons!) - any genre - Queen of Shadows

ANY GENRE:
* Optional Add'l Book - Young Adult - Mortal Engines
* Optional Add'l Book - Anthology - Dead After Dark
* Optional Add'l Book - Cover Hunt: Book with the color yellow on the cover - Kitty Goes to War

Count me in! :)

I'm in too!


0/7 complete

Urban Fantasy: My Soul to Steal - Rachel Vincent
Urban Fantasy - Male lead: Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
Fantasy or Paranormal: HUNTERS BLOOD - Marianne Morea
New Author: Glimmerglass - Jenna Black



BONUS - Young Adult: Tempestuous - Lesley Livingston
BONUS - Anthology: Burning Up - Angela Knight et al
Bonus - Yellow Cover: Hard Magic - Laura Anne Gilman

sweet! I'm in.

I'm in!

I'm in

I'm in, but will post choices closer to April.

I'm in - maybe I'll even manage to do the bonus books as well this time!!

I'm in!

I'll try the bonus books too

Barbara wrote: "I'm in too!

2/7 complete

Urban Fantasy: Thorn Queen - Richelle Mead
Urban Fantasy - Male lead: Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
Fantasy or Paranormal: [book:Demons Not Included..."


Barbara, we don't actually start this challenge until April 1st. Thanks.

OK! Here is my oh so tentative list:

Urban Fantasy River Marked - Patricia Briggs
Urban Fantasy Title Lover Unbound - JR Ward
Other Fantasy OR PNR Title One foot in the Grave - Jeaniene Frost
Other book by an author you've never read before Soulless - Gail Carriger




Additional Books

Young Adult City of Fallen Angels - Cassandra Clare
Cover Hunt:Book with the color yellow on the cover Archangels Kiss - Nalini Singh

I am going to participate in the reading challenge:

Urban Fantasy:

Urban Fantasy Title:

Other Fantasy or PNR:

Book by Author Never Read:

Young Adult:

Anthology:

Cover Hunt - Book with the color yellow on the cover:

i'm in 7/7
* 1 Urban Fantasy Title Hard Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires, Book 4) DONE
* 1 Urban Fantasy Title featuring a male lead character Nightlife (Cal Leandros, Book 1) DONE
* 1 Other Fantasy OR Paranormal Romance Title (not strictly UF) Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 11) DONE
* 1 Other book by an author you've never read before (expanding your horizons!) - any genre My Soul to Take (Soul Screamers #1) DONE
ANY GENRE:
* Optional Add'l Book - Young Adult Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, Book 1) DONE
* Optional Add'l Book - Anthology Grimm's Fairy Stories by Jacob Grimm DONE
* Optional Add'l Book - Cover Hunt: Book with the color yellow on the cover City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1) DONE

I'm in, will post list later

I'm in!!
1/7

*Urban Fantasy Title:Hard Bitten
*Urban Fantasy Title - male lead:Lover Unleashed
*Other Fantasy OR PNR Title:Abandon
*Other book by an author you've never read before:Almost to Die For

ANY GENRE:
*Young Adult:Overprotected
*Anthology:Hexed
*Cover Hunt - Book with the color yellow on the cover:City of Fallen Angels

Finished:

To Read:
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Since this thread isn't too active right now, I'm going to throw out a random question.

Can somebody teach me how to post book titles as pictures?
I know how to use a link so that the title is clickable, but I have no idea how to do the picture.

Thanks to someone who can help!

I'm in too.

No idea which books I might choose, but it doesn't matter.

Kaitlin wrote: "Since this thread isn't too active right now, I'm going to throw out a random question.

Can somebody teach me how to post book titles as pictures?
I know how to use a link so that the title is cli..."

When you click on the "add book/author" link, it opens a smaller window to do a search in. At the bottom of this window are two options: Link or Cover. Link is the default, but if you change it to Cover, you get the small book cover picture that also is a link to the book.

Thanks Lisa! Now that I know how to do that heres my list:

0/7 completed

* 1 Urban Fantasy Title-- Shiver

* 1 Urban Fantasy Title featuring a male lead character-- I Am Number Four


* 1 Other Fantasy OR Paranormal Romance Title (not strictly UF) -- Hush, Hush


* 1 Other book by an author you've never read before (expanding your horizons!) - any genre- The Blood of Cain


ANYGENRE:
* Optional Add'l Book - Young Adult-- The Maze runner


* Optional Add'l Book - Anthology-- The Dragon Book


* Optional Add'l Book - Cover Hunt: Book with the color yellow on the cover -- Halo

Thanks Theresa, I did figure that out and changed my list. Sorry about that got totally confused.

Kaitlin wrote: "Thanks Lisa! Now that I know how to do that heres my list..."

You're welcome! :D

Love this challenge. Kindly count me in:) I'll post the list later.

0/7

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0/6 completed

* 1 Urban Fantasy Title: Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton
* 1 Urban Fantasy Title featuring a male lead character: Nightlife by Rob Thurman
* 1 Other Fantasy OR Paranormal Romance Title (not strictly UF): Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
* 1 Other book by an author you've never read before (expanding your horizons!) - any genre: The Burning Times by Jeanne Kalogridis

ANY GENRE:
* Optional Add'l Book - Anthology: On the Prowl Anthology
* Optional Add'l Book - Cover Hunt: Book with the color yellow on the cover: Strange Candy by Laurell K. Hamilton

Do audiobooks work?

Tiphaine wrote: "Do audiobooks work?"

Should, a book is a book, just a different format of how you read it.

Great, thanks!

Here's my list, I think:

Urban Fantasy- Play Dead
Urban Fantasy Title featuring a male lead character-
A Hundred Words for Hate
Fantasy - Draw One in the Dark
Author you've never read before- Slumdog Millionaire
Young Adult- Except the Queen
Anthology- It Came from Schenectady
Yellow Cover- Make Lemonade

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Tiphaine wrote: "Do audiobooks work?"


Yes. Graphic novels count too. :)

* 1 Urban Fantasy Title (shiver)
* 1 Urban Fantasy Title featuring a male lead character (the darkest kiss)
* 1 Other Fantasy OR Paranormal Romance Title (not strictly UF) (The sweet far thing)
* 1 Other book by an author you've never read before (expanding your horizons!) - any genre (a hunger like no other)

ANY GENRE:
* Optional Add'l Book - Young Adult (blue is for nightmare)
* Optional Add'l Book - Anthology (pride and prejudice)
* Optional Add'l Book - Cover Hunt: Book with the color yellow on the cover (the darkest pleasure)

Okay, here are my picks (subject to whim):
UF#1: Magic Strikes
UF#2 (male): Unshapely Things
UF #3 (UF or Para-romance): Blood Bound though Blameless might be a slightly better fit for this category
expanding horizons: A Discovery of Witches



YA:Glimmerglass
anthology: My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding
yellow: Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand



3/23: Revising my picks because I got itchy to start and the first book I picked up was a snooze so I'm going to have to find a different book for my "Expanding my Horizons".

So I'll start with 4 and see if I want to add more later.

UF: Late Eclipses
UF Male Lead: Moonshine
Paranormal Romance: Lover Unleashed
New Author: Stray

6/6 Completed – 1 April to 30 June 2011

Urban Fantasy Title - Pale Demon ★★★★★ Apr 1
Urban Fantasy: Male Lead - The Graveyard Book ★★★★★ May 21
Other Fantasy - MaidenFlight ★★★★☆ Jun 19
New Author: Any Genre - Butterfly Tattoo ★★★★★ Apr 3
Cover Hunt: Yellow - River Marked ★★★★★ Apr 6
Anthology - On the Prowl ★★★☆☆ Apr 9

Here are my choices for this challenge:

UF:Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter
UF Male Protagonist: Play Deadby John Levitt
Other Fantasy: Native Star by M.K. Hobson
Previously Unread Author:Dawnkeepersby Jessica Anderson
Optional YA:Magic Lessonsby Justine Larbalestier
Optional Anthology: Running with the Packed. Ekaterina Sedia
Optional Yellow on Cover: Rogue Oracleby Alayna Williams