The Romance Reviews discussion

Ok, here is will we will post the progress of everyone's challenges. I'll list who's involved in each challenge, how many books they've read in the challenge, how many books you've read total, and how books everyone in the group has read.

Please update your progress frequently so that I can update, and if there is something that I am missing, please let me know.

The goal is for our members to see their progress and to get us excited about reading!


Updated: Here's some helpful info from our own Gabrielle!

For anyone that's having a hard time finding books for the Find Me Part of the challenge I think this site will be helpful to you.

It's called http://www.likesbooks.com/ it's a site for people who love romance novels. This where I found a lot of my book choices for the Find Me part of the challenge, there's a tab on the site called reader's choice put your mouse on that tab and click on the very first headline thingy.

It says SPECIAL TITLE LISTINGS, this will take you to a spot on the site that has special categories. Most of these titles fit these categories, the categories I used for the find me challenge are the listings entitled Alternate Reality and Angels, Demons and Gods.

Of course they're several other listings that you could look into that might help you with the find me challenge and the other parts of the challenge, this site's also useful if you're looking for something specific to read, like if you're looking for a certain type of historical romance this site will help with that as well.

Good luck with the October challenge and I hope this site is useful to you!

Also there's an author by the name of Annette Blair and she has two series staring witches, I used the first book in her Accidental Witch Trilogy for the witch part in my October challenge.

The other series that has witches in the title is called The Triplet Witch Trilogy, the first book is entitled Sex and the Psychic Witch.

I hope this is helpful!

March 2011: Luck o' the Irish Challenge
*Results as of 4/1/11*


Participants:

Kenjii (3/5 challenge, 5/5 bonus)--8/10
Sassy (5/5 challenge, 5/5 bonus)--10/10 (completed 3/17/11)
Gabrielle (2/5 challenge)--2/10
Bronwyn (5/5 challenge, 5/5 bonus)--10/10 (completed 3/31/11)
Bridget (5/5 chanllenge, 5/5 bonus)--10/10 (completed 3/31/11)

Totals:
Kenjii: 8
Sassy: 10
Gabrielle: 2
Brownyn: 10
Bridget: 10

Group Totals:
March: 40
Total for the year: 40

Excellent! I love it! Looks great, Ty Sassy :)

Looks good Sassy! No complaints here!

Thanks for this, hopefully I can come close to finishing if not finishing this month's challenge. Congrats to everyone who finished the books they had planned to.

April 2011: Spring Cleaning Challenge
*Results as of 5/1/11*

Participants:

Kenjii: (Challenge5/5, Bonus 6/6, Super Bonus 1/4)--12/15
Gabrielle: (Challenge 3/5)--3/15
Bronwyn: (Challenge 4/5, Bonus 5/6, Super Bonus 3/4)--12/15
Bridget: (Challenge 5/5, Bonus 6/6, Super Bonus 4/4) --15/15 (Challenge Completed 4/29/11)
Sassy: (Challenge 5/5, Bonus 6/6, Super Bonus 4/4)--15/15 (Challenge Completed 4/23/11)


Totals:
Kenjii: 20
Sassy: 25
Gabrielle: 5
Bronwyn: 22
Bridget: 25


Group Totals:
March 2011: 40
April 2011: 57
Total for the year: 97

May 2011: Mother May I Challenge
*Results as of 6/1/2011*

Participants:

Kenjii: (Challenge 2/5 Bonus 2/6 Super Bonus 1/4)--5/15
Sassy: (Challenge 5/5 Bonus 6/6 Super Bonus 4/4)-- 15/15 (Challenge Completed 5/14/11)
Bronwyn: (Challenge 5/5 Bonus 5/6 Super Bonus 2/4)-- 12/15
Bridget: (Challenge 5/5 Bonus 6/6 Super Bonus 4/4)-- 15/15 (Challenge completed 5/31/11)
Gabrielle: (Challenge 2/5)-- 2/15

Totals:
Kenjii: 25
Sassy: 40
Gabrielle: 7
Bronwyn: 34
Bridget: 40


Group Totals:
March 2011: 40
April 2011: 57
May 2011: 49
Total for the year: 146

June 2011: Weddings Challenge
*Results as of 7/1/2011*

Participants:

Gabrielle: (5/5 Challenge)--total 5
Bronwyn: (4/5 challenge, 4/4 bonus, 2 super)--total 10
Bridget: (5/5 challenge, 4/4 bonus, 6 super)--total 15
Miss Kenjii: (3/5 challenge, 4/4 bonus)--total 7
Sassy: (5/5 challenge, 4/4 bonus, 11 super)--total 20

Totals:
Kenjii: 32
Sassy: 60
Gabrielle: 12
Bronwyn: 44
Bridget: 55


Group Totals:
March 2011: 40
April 2011: 57
May 2011: 49
June 2011: 57
Total for the year: 203

I'm never going to catch up with you guys!

There will be an unlimited bonus...that will be the time to catch up :)

Unlimited bonus? Well, that's a nice thought. Thanks Miss Kenjii!

Yes, the blue covers for the beach challenge? The fireworks colors are unlimited too

Ok I think I get it.

One question though, do you have to complete the original five book challenge before you can start working on the bonus books or can you work on them while you working on the five original challenge books?

I hope that made sense!

I think you can do them at any time.

Sassafrass wrote: "I think you can do them at any time."

This is correct :) although I could use the stipulation every now and again. You must finish the five book challenge before starting bonuses...ohhhh..I so mean ;)

*fakes a puppy dog look.* Yes you are. Thanks you guys this might make things a little easier for me.

Miss Kenjii, you are a slave driver! LMAO

But she da boss, isn't dat what bosses are supposed to do? :)

Oh you guys have no idea...:)
@Gabrielle- looking innocent will only get you so far...hehe

@Sassy- and my tool of choice to punish is a cane, so don't make me use it! I wanna see some finished books posted..and soon!

*pretends to look shocked.* Me innocent? You don't know me very well do you? ;)

Ahem..I said *looking* innocent I never said anything about *being* innocent...:) how does one getting to know you very well.

My mistook.

July 2011: Man, It's Hot In Here
*Results as of 8/4/2011*

Participants:

Bronwyn: Challenge 4/5, Bonus 4/4, Super Bonus 3 = 11
Bridget: Challenge 4/5, Bonus 4/4, Super Bonus 7 = 15
Gabrielle: Challenge 2/5, Bonus 1/4, Super Bonus 4 = 7
Miss Kenjii: Challenge 2/5, Bonus 2/4, Super Bonus 0 = 4
Sassy: Challenge 5/5, Bonus 4/4, Super Bonus 10= 19

Totals:
Kenjii: 36
Sassy: 79
Gabrielle: 19
Bronwyn: 55
Bridget: 70


Group Totals:
March 2011: 40
April 2011: 57
May 2011: 49
June 2011: 57
July 2011: 56
Total for the year: 259

Well 19's a little higher then what I've had in the past. I still have some catching up to do though.

August 2011: Let's Take A Trip
*Results as of 10/2/2011*

Participants:

Bronwyn: 0
Bridget: 17
Gabrielle: 4
Miss Kenjii: 0
Sassy: 12

Totals:
Kenjii: 36
Sassy: 91
Gabrielle: 23
Bronwyn: 55
Bridget: 87


Group Totals:
March 2011: 40
April 2011: 57
May 2011: 49
June 2011: 57
July 2011: 56
August 2011: 33
Total for the year: 292

September 2011: Back to School
*Results as of 10/2/2011*

Participants:

Bronwyn Challenge 1/5, Bonus 5/9, Super 0 = 6
Gabrielle ????
Bridget Challenge 2/5, Bonus 8/9, Super 5 = 15
Miss Kenjii Challenge 0/5, Bonus 4/9, Super 1 = 5
Sassy Challenge 5/5, Bonus 9/9, Super 3 = 17
Ashia Challenge 2/5, Bonus 5/9, Super 2 = 9

Totals:
Kenjii: 41
Sassy: 108
Gabrielle: 19
Bronwyn: 61
Bridget: 85
Ashia: 9 (just started September 2011)


Group Totals:
March 2011: 40
April 2011: 57
May 2011: 49
June 2011: 57
July 2011: 56
August 2011: 33
September 2011: 52
Total for the year: 344

October 2011: Boo! Are You Scared?
*Results as of 11/5/2011*

Participants:

Bronwyn: 5
Gabrielle: 4
Bridget: 14
Miss Kenjii: 3
Sassy: 16
Ashia: 2

Totals:
Kenjii: 44
Sassy: 124
Gabrielle: 23
Bronwyn: 66
Bridget: 99
Ashia: 11 (just started September 2011)


Group Totals:
March 2011: 40
April 2011: 57
May 2011: 49
June 2011: 57
July 2011: 56
August 2011: 33
September 2011: 52
October 2011: 44
Total for the year: 388

Thx SOOO Much Sassy for keeping this up to date every month. I don't know about everyone else but facts and stats fascinate me :) I love seeing our group effort with this chart!

November/December 2011: Flip It Challenge

Participants:

Bridget- 10/10 Challenge, 1/2 bonus, 14 super bonus--total 25
Bookaddict - 10/10 Challenge, 2/2 bonus, 4 super bonus--total 16
Ashia - 1/10 Challenge, 9 super bonus--total 10
Miss Kenjii - Challenge 5/10, bonus 1/2-- total 6
Gabrielle - Challenge 2/10, super bonus 3--total 5
Bronwyn - Challenge 3/10, bonus 1/2--total 4

Totals:
Kenjii: 50
Sassy: 124
Gabrielle: 28
Bronwyn: 70
Bridget: 124
Ashia: 21
Bookaddict: 16


Group Totals:
March 2011: 40
April 2011: 57
May 2011: 49
June 2011: 57
July 2011: 56
August 2011: 33
September 2011: 52
October 2011: 44
November/December 2011: 66
Total for the year: 454

Congrats for the reading in these challenges, I wonder if more or less books will be read this year?

Wow! I think I will set another award for the TOTAL number of books read...thinking thinking lol