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                           ~ Romance Lovers for the Challenge-Impaired ~

SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER
This newsletter is a recurring feature, making it easier to notify you of all the new, exciting things going on in our group for the month and a central place to keep track of any carry-over challenges and discussions. As always, this is a joint effort by your moderators, Lisa Kay, Gisela, Susan, and CaroB. (Heather is away for a while.)

The last kiss of Summer
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We are having a party! A dance party that is, and you're invited! To RSVP (by August 31st!!) and find out more visit the Dance Party folder.

BOOK OF THE MONTH (BOM)
❂ Dream Lake, by Lisa Kleypas is both the BOM and a “Buddy Read”!
         

BUDDY READS
     
        You’re welcome to lurk, answer questions, make predictions, volunteer, or just say,
        “Hi!” But please be warned: Expect Spoilers!
❂ Easy, by Tammara Webber
        Start Date: September 3, 2012. Come join us here...
❂Breathe, by Kristen Ashley
        Start Date: September 9, 2012. Come join us here.
❂ Dream Lake, by Lisa Kleypas
        Start Date: September 15 2012. Come join us here.
         

SERIES READS
     
We were alternating one every other month, but it looks like we’ve increased the speed.
Series Reads are similar to our “buddy reads,” but voted on via a poll &, like BOM, lasts all month, continues ‘till done. Notable: located in the ‘Group Reading’ Folder.
Pink Carnation, #8 continues this month.
❂ The Orchid Affair, by Lauren Willig
         Start Date: September 19th. Come join us here.
Psy-Changeling, #9 continues this month.
❂ Play of Passion, by Nalini Singh
         Start Date: September 24 . Come join us here .
         

CURRENT READING CHALLENGES
❂ Monthly: >September 2012 Challenge
        September 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012
❂ Quarterly Theme: >Astro Challenge
        July 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012 - This is the last month to finish off your books!

READING CHALLENGES 2012
          
❂ 2,012 in 2012 Book Count Challenge.
      This is a GROUP challenge. Join directly here , or join the thread here .
      We invited everyone to help us read 2,012 books this year.
      We met our goal twice now! - WooHoo!
      But upped it again - to 7,000! **gulp** For further help, check out this link
      to the "GoodReads How To..." folder.
❂ Read Your Freebies (6-monthly)
❂ “A Look Back at Our Favorites Challenge: Gigi’s Thread”
❂ Z-A Cover Art Image Search (Yearly)
❂ Artists’ Color Wheel (Yearly)
❂ Reporter-Journalist-Blogger Challenge (Extended to a Yearly Challenge!)
❂Who’s Your Hero? Take the quiz & do the challenge.

NEW THREAD
❂ A work in progress: 1,001 Romance Books You MUST Read !

RECURRING THREADS
❂ Gigi’s “Favorite Read of the Month” for August .
❂ Mod Announcements > Free Reads!  Big Kudos to Jenny, Robin, Bobbie, Cassandra,
    Gisela, Rachel, Renee and Kathryn for contributing to this thread and helping to
   feed our book/freebie addiction!
❂ Also check out the thread: e-Books On Sale!

CALIBRE HOW TO... New this month!
❂ Questions & Discussion
❂ Calibre: 1. Introduction
❂ Online back-ups, File Sync and Cloud Storage

GOODREADS HOW TO... Nothing new this month; however...
❂ Don’t forget! The Alphabetical Index is being kept up-to-date for your reference.

Please feel free to forward this newsletter to friends you think would be interested. We appreciate all your comments, this group wouldn't be as fun as it is without your participation! If you have any feedback / suggestions, feel free to let us know below :-)

Happy Reading!

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BLAST MESSAGE:

Dance Teams are up for all those participating in the Dance Party