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•Ride Into Fool’s Gold (Build-Your-Own) Challenge•
Duration: 6.05.12 - 8.15.12

Info and Guidlines!

Getting Started
♦Create your own challenge from the below categories and topics! To do that follow these steps....

Choose the number of books you want to read for the month, starting as low as 1 book for the month up to however many you can fit in.
Read through the below categories and topics and find the ones that you want to use to create your challenge.
Based on the topics you chose, select your books that will fit with each choice. You can select some from each category or all of your selections can be from one category, it does not matter, it is your challenge! (These can be added later)

Some Basic Rules
You may change or add to your list at anytime. You may also change the level of difficulty at anytime.
Books may be re-reads but you can only read them during the duration of the challenge.
Please post the cover of the book if your category choice has something to do with the cover.
Only books read DURING the challenge can be counted for this challenge.
You may use books you are reading for other challenges.


Please Remember To...
When you finish a book please strike it out, or add a check mark, Post the date that you finished it, and rate it 1-5, 1♥ being you didn’t care for it, 5 ♥’s being you Loved IT!
Update Original List, and add occasional updates in the challenge thread. In your original list and updates make sure to add books completed example: 4/10 Completed

The Cowboys are Coming to Fool’s Gold
*Find and read books that are all about the newest trilogy in the Fool’s Gold Series

•Summer Days- Find a book that...
•Read Summer Days!
*Has the word Summer or Day(s)
*Main Character Works on a farm or ranch
*Has a strong Mother/Son OR Grandfather/Granddaughter relationship
*BONUS if you can find a book with Goats!

•Summer Nights- Find a Book That...
•Read Summer Nights!
*Has the word Night(s)
*Main character works with horses
*Main character is a librarian or bookseller

•All Summer Long-
•Read All Summer Long!
*Main character works as an Underwear Model! OR a model of any type (yes all summer long has a cowboy that is also a former underwear model!)
*Main character is a Firefighter OR character's caree is stereotyped to be done by the opposite sex (ie. firefighter that is a women...nurse as a man, ect)
*Characters come back to their childhood home

The Heart of Fool’s Gold
*Find and read books that are all about FG…the town, the people, the events…this is based on entire series

Find and Read a book about any of the Fools Gold categories below! (This can either be a theme, character or even to do with a cover...)
•California
•Small Town
•A Bar Ran by a Female (think Jo's Bar!)
•Multiplies (the town of fool's gold tend to have LOTS of babies at once! this can be twins, triplets or more!)
•Adoption
*Hospitals
*Dogs (A Therapy Dog would be even better!)
*Complicated Families
*Man Shortage
*Professional Athlete (Think Josh and Raoul)
*Author
*Construction/Architect (Ethan, Nevada, Tucker)
*Only (in the Title)
*Perfect (in the Title)

Find and Read a book that the Title/Author of the Book starts with any of the Letters from...

♥F ♥O ♥O ♥L ♥S ♥G ♥O ♥L ♥D

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*BONUS! We ♥ Susan Mallery

Find and Read ...
•Any of Susan Mallery's previous books
•A book from one of Susan's Favorite Authors
•A book you consider a "Summer Read"
•A book from the Contemporary Romance genre

Participants Progress!

☼Cindy 2/13
☼JoAnne 0/??
☼Shell 3/10
☼Kim 8/14
☼Kendra 9/29
☼Melissa 5/13
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Okay ladies I I had to delete the post so that I could post the challenge info! Should be up in the next hour or so:-)

IT"S UP AND GOING!!! Sorry for the delay, but you can START YOUR LIST!!!

***The challenge says that you can only use books that were read between June 5th to Aug. 15th...The only exception will be for !!!! You can count it for the challenge if you have already read it since we got started late!

Sounds like fun and starts today! Wow - have to get busy after work and give it some thought.
Thanks for getting the challenge up and running!

Fool's Gold Summer Challenge
Duration: 6.05.12 - 8.15.12
9/13

The Cowboys are Coming to Fool’s Gold
Read Summer Days!: Summer Days 6.10 ♥♥♥♥
Read Summer Nights!: Summer Nights 8.2 ♥♥♥♥
Read All Summer Long!: All Summer Long

The Heart of Fool’s Gold
[image error]California: Instant Gratification 6.16 ♥♥♥♥
[image error]Small Town: Lucky in Love
[image error]Dogs: Somebody To Love
[image error]Pro Athlete: Changing the Game 7.17 ♥♥♥♥

♥F ♥O ♥O ♥L ♥S ♥G ♥O ♥L ♥D
[image error]F: First Bitten 8.5 ♥♥♥♥
[image error]S: Shaken 7.29 ♥♥♥
[image error]G: Game for Anything 7.10 ♥♥♥♥
[image error]D: Double Play

Bonus :
Genre ~ CR: Hot Under Pressure 7.8 ♥♥♥♥
Favorite Author: Rainshadow Road

Fool's Gold Summer Challenge
Duration: 6.05.12 - 8.15.12
Books: 3/10 Completed

The Cowboys are Coming to Fool’s Gold
Read Summer Days!: Summer Days ♥♥♥♥.5
Read Summer Nights!: Summer Nights♥♥♥♥♥
Read All Summer Long!: All Summer Long


The Heart of Fool’s Gold
Small Town: Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors
Complicated Families: City of Lost Souls
California: Almost Summer



♥F ♥O ♥O ♥L ♥S ♥G ♥O ♥L ♥D
O: Once Burned
L: Immortal Rider
S: The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars


[image error]*BONUS! We ♥ Susan Mallery
"Summer Read": Rescue Me
♥♥♥♥♥

Challenge Status: 21/21
I loved all the books on my list! :D

The Cowboys are Coming to Fool’s Gold
*Find and read books that are all about the newest trilogy in the Fool’s Gold Series

•Summer Days (Fool's Gold, #7)Summer Days- Find a book that...
•Read Summer Days!
*Main Character Works on a farm or ranch -

•Summer Nights (Fool's Gold, #8)Summer Nights- Find a Book That...
•Read Summer Nights! -

•All Summer Long (Fool's Gold, #9)All Summer Long-
•Read All Summer Long!
*Main character is a Firefighter
I realize this wasn't one of the categories, but with Charlie's history, I think this story qualifies: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5967977/1...

The Heart of Fool’s Gold
*Find and read books that are all about FG…the town, the people, the events…this is based on entire series

Find and Read a book about any of the Fools Gold categories below! (This can either be a theme, character or even to do with a cover...)
California-
•Small Town -
•A Bar Ran by a Female (think Jo's Bar!) -
*Hospitals - For this one I'm counting the fanfiction story I just read: Femme Docs and Kevlar Knights (found here: http://www.thewriterscoffeeshop.com/l... )
*Dogs (A Therapy Dog would be even better!) -
*Complicated Families - I swear I read this series every summer
*Professional Athlete (Think Josh and Raoul) -
*Construction/Architect (Ethan, Nevada, Tucker) -
*Perfect (in the Title) -

*BONUS! We ♥ Susan Mallery

Find and Read ...
•A book from one of Susan's Favorite Authors -
•A book you consider a "Summer Read" - - Done with the series! :D
•A book from the Contemporary Romance genre -

I am doing this challenge & I will add my later once I decide what/which I am doing. This is my first Challenge here. I have read 3 I think so far. I need to get to bed soon!

Awesome Melissa! You can use any books that you have read since the challenge has started if you can get them to figure out how to fit them in! Let me know if you have any other questions :)

Ok I have just found this.I am so slow but here is mine! i will probably read about 4 books a month maybe more. Im going to choose:
Find and Read a book about any of the Fools Gold categories below! (This can either be a theme, character or even to do with a cover...)
Fool's Gold Summer Challenge
Duration: 6.05.12 - 8.15.12

8/14 books read

♥ California- California Cowboy:Maggie Casper+4

♥ Small Town- Montana Legacy-R.C.Ryan


♥ A Bar Ran by a Female(think Jo's Bar!)I Love This Bar: Carolyn Brown +5

♥ Multiplies (the town of fool's gold tend to have LOTS of babies at once! this can be twins, triplets or more!)
Cowboys Triplet Trouble-Carla Cassidy +5

♥ Adoption
♥ Hospitals
♥ Dogs (A Therapy Dog would be even better!)
♥ Complicated Families- Slow heat In Heaven:Sandra Brown+5

♥ Man Shortage
♥ Professional Athlete (Think Josh and Raoul)
♥ Author-Tough Enough- Jayne Ann Krentz & Linsay McKenaa +4

♥ Construction/Architect (Ethan, Nevada, Tucker)
♥ Only (in the Title) Only His- Susan Mallery+5

♥ Perfect (in the Title) Chasing Perfect- Susan Mallery +5

Ok how did you all get the pictures up there. I have tried and can't get them. HELP

I was wondering the same thing. I think it has to do with html, but I am not sure.

Shell- All of my books I have read after the start date. I will get my up soon. I am still working on it.

Kim and Melissa you do use html to get the pictures...click on the (some html is ok) above the comment box and copy the image html...then you can right click on a picture you want and choose copy image URL...paste that between the " " and you can change the numbers by the width and height to change the size...hit the preview button to see if it's working before you post! If you need more info let me know and I'll send you a link to a how to that should help you out a lot!

OMG I have finally got this HTML stuff. Look at my Hearts. I am getting to old, never heard of this and always wondered how people got this. thanks Shellbelle

Kim wrote: "OMG I have finally got this HTML stuff. Look at my Hearts. I am getting to old, never heard of this and always wondered how people got this. thanks Shellbelle"

YAY!!! Let me know if you have other questions:-)

Find and Read a book that the Title/Author of the Book starts with any of the Letters from...

♥F ♥O ♥O ♥L ♥S ♥G ♥O ♥L ♥D

F- Forever Buckhorn- Lori Foster
O- Only Yours- Susan Mallery
O- Only His- Susan Mallery
L- Lucky in Love- Carolyn Brown
S- Summer Nights- Susan Mallery
G- Give me a Texas Ranger- Jodi Thomas
O-Only Mine - Susan Mallery
L- Lucky Penny- Catherine Anderson
D- Dylan- C. H. Admirand

Completed

The Cowboys are Coming To Fool's Gold

•Summer Days- Find a book that...
•Read Summer Days! Done!
*Has the word Summer or Day(s) One Reckless sumer- Toni Blake
*Main Character Works on a farm or ranch- Loving Mercy- Teresa Bodwell
*Has a strong Mother/Son OR Grandfather/Granddaughter relationship- Montana Destiny- R. C. Ryan
*BONUS if you can find a book with Goats!
To Begin with Love- Kristin Michaels


•Summer Nights- Find a Book That...
•Read Summer Nights! Done!
*Has the word Night(s)Against the Night- Kat Martin
*Main character works with horses Horse Whisperer- Nicholas Evans
*Main character is a librarian or bookseller


•All Summer Long-
•Read All Summer Long!
*Main character works as an Underwear Model! OR a model of any type (yes all summer long has a cowboy that is also a former underwear model!)
*Main character is a Firefighter OR character's caree is stereotyped to be done by the opposite sex (ie. firefighter that is a women...nurse as a man, ect)
*Characters come back to their childhood home

Completed

*BONUS! We ♥ Susan Mallery

Find and Read ...
•Any of Susan Mallery's previous books_ Somone Like You

•A book from one of Susan's Favorite Authors- Lucky in Love- Jill Shavis

•A book you consider a "Summer Read"- A Perfect Storm
Lori Foster

•A book from the Contemporary Romance genre- One Reckless Summer - Toni Blake

Ok i am caught up for now. I have been keeping up with my challenges on paper. I have now added them to Goodreads! sheewwww.

Well Done KIM!!!

Kendra wrote: "The Cowboys are Coming to Fool’s Gold
*Find and read books that are all about the newest trilogy in the Fool’s Gold Series

•Summer Days (Fool's Gold, #7)Summer Days- Find a book that...
•Read Summ..."

Kenda, I was looking at your list and I have to say you have some excellent books on there!!! I LOVE the Midnight Breed series, and Victoria Dahl's series is great! I'll be curious to see what you think!

Fool’s Gold Series

•Summer Days- Find a book that...
• Summer Days 5/31 ♥♥♥♥♥
*Has the word Summer or Day(s)
*Main Character Works on a farm or ranch-Season of Fear 6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
*Has a strong Mother/Son OR Grandfather/Granddaughter relationship
*BONUS if you can find a book with Goats!

•Summer Nights- Find a Book That...Summer Nights 7/1 ♥♥♥♥♥
•Read
*Has the word Night(s)
*Main character works with horses A Stone Creek Christmas 7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
(Olivia O'Ballivan is a veterinarian)
*Main character is a librarian or bookseller

•All Summer Long-
•Read
*Main character works as an Underwear Model! OR a model of any type (yes all summer long has a cowboy that is also a former underwear model!)
*Main character is a Firefighter OR character's caree is stereotyped to be done by the opposite sex (ie. firefighter that is a women...nurse as a man, ect)-
*Characters come back to their childhood home


Find and Read a book about any of the Fools Gold categories below! (This can either be a theme, character or even to do with a cover...)
•California
•Small Town - A Home in Stone Creek 7/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
•A Bar Ran by a Female (think Jo's Bar!)
•Multiplies (the town of fool's gold tend to have LOTS of babies at once! this can be twins, triplets or more!)
•Adoption
*Hospitals - Lucky in Love? Nurse
*Dogs (A Therapy Dog would be even better!)-
*Complicated Families
*Man Shortage
*Professional Athlete (Think Josh and Raoul) - [image error]
*Author- [image error] (Benjamin Mee a writer working on a novel)
*Construction/Architect (Ethan, Nevada, Tucker)
*Only (in the Title)
*Perfect (in the Title)

The Heart of Fool’s Gold
*Find and read books that are all about FG…the town, the people, the events…this is based on entire series

Find and Read a book that the Title/Author of the Book starts with any of the Letters from...

♥F
♥O
♥O
♥L
♥S Summer Days 5/31 ♥♥♥♥♥
♥O-On the Island?
♥L
♥D-


*BONUS! We ♥ Susan Mallery

Find and Read ...
•Any of Susan Mallery's previous books- Barefoot Season 6/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
•A book from one of Susan's Favorite Authors - Catch of the Day 7/4 ♥♥♥♥♥
•A book you consider a "Summer Read"- The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis
•A book from the Contemporary Romance genre - [image error]

Just a reminder that I have everyone linked to their original list...just click on your name in the Participants Progress post and it should take you their!

Challenge Update: Books: 3/10 Completed!!!

Read Summer Days!: Summer Days ♥♥♥♥.5
Read Summer Nights!: Summer Nights♥♥♥♥♥
"Summer Read": Rescue Me
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