Barbara's Challenges & Reading Lists discussion

Military Challenge
Duration: August 13 - September 12, 2012

READ: 8/8

✔1. Eyes Of Crow - Jeri Smith-Ready (view spoiler)[(Ascermos' enemies attack at the end of the book) (hide spoiler)] 8/13
✔2. Unsung Hero - Suzanne Brockmann (hero is a SEAL, also a spy thriller) 8/30
✔3. One With the Darkness - Susan Squires (takes place in Italy, I live in US) 8/22
✔4. I Don't Want to Kill You - Dan Wells (hero puts himself in grave danger to save the town from a serial killer) 8/27
✔5. Biting the Bullet - Jennifer Rardin (covert op in Iran) 8/28
✔6. Shadow Fires - Catherine Spangler (hero is the leader of an alien planet) 8/24
✔7. The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey - Linda Greenlaw (author's memoir) 8/13
✔8. The Treacherous Teddy - John Lamb (they got the treacherous bad guy) 9/11/12



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To Be Scared or Not To Be Scared...Challenge

Duration: October 1, 2012 - January 31, 2013

Now let's be scared!

✔1) Friday the 13th: The 5th Witch - Graham Masterton (ghosts) 10/19
✔2) Halloween: Wages of Sin - Jenna Maclaine (hero named Michael) 10/4
✔3) Psycho: Ice Cold - Tess Gerritsen (set in winter) 10/6
✔4) Nightmare on Elm Street: Secrets to the Grave - Tami Hoag (sm town/nightmare situ) 10/19
✔5) Scream: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman (religious parody) 10/8
✔6) Night of the Living Dead: Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury (dystopian) 10/10
✔7) The Exorcist: Ruthless Heart - Emma Lang (heroine is from a Mormon cult) 10/17
✔8) Saw: Fifty Shades Darker - E.L. James (hero sexually manipulates/bullies heroine) 10/5
✔9) Frankenstein: Haunting Desire - Erin Quinn (h & H attached by prehistoric monsters) 10/27
✔10) Jaws: The Scorpio Races - Maggie Stiefvater (takes place near water and/or on the beach) 10/2
✔11) The Shining: 11th Hour - James Patterson (yellow cover) 10/29
✔12) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Shatterglass - Tamora Pierce (YA) 11/2



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School's In, Summer's Gone

Duration: September 10 - December 10, 2012

READ: 16/16

✔1) MATH - 11th Hour - James Patterson (number in title) 10/29

✔2) LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH - Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury (classic novel) 10/10

✔3) SCIENCE/HEALTH - Waking Nightmare - Kylie Brant (forensic profiler) 11/9

✔4) SOCIAL STUDIES - Shadowfae - Erica Hayes (set in Australia, I live in US) 11/3

✔5) HOME ECONOMICS/FAMILY LIVING - Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese (family saga) 9/21

✔6) THE ARTS - The Flame and the Shadow - Denise Rossetti (hero plays harp in a band) 9/23

✔7) FORGEIN LANGUAGE - Mercy Burns - Keri Arthur (Australian author) 9/10

✔8) GYM - Hard To Handle - Lori Foster (hero is professional fighter) 10/21

✔9) RECESS/STUDY HALL - Wild Highland Magic - Kendra Leigh Castle (on TBR since 2/2009) 9/30

✔10) ELECTIVE: European Witchcraft - Wages of Sin - Jenna Maclaine (heroine is a witch) 10/4

✔11) ELECTIVE: Phallus - Haunting Desire - Erin Quinn (hawt man on cover) 10/27

✔12) ELECTIVE: Purity & Porn in America - Good Girl Seeks Bad Rider - Vonna Harper (erotica) 11/1

✔13) ELECTIVE: Horror Film in Context - The Funhouse - Dean Koontz (horror) 11/17

✔14) ELECTIVE: Nuthin' but a "G" Thang - Gone Tomorrow - Lee Child (starts with G) 9/20

✔15) ELECTIVE: The Vampire in Literature and Cinema - Bad to the Bone - Jeri Smith-Ready (vampires) 11/21

✔16) ELECTIVE: Whiteness: The Other Side of Racism - Simply Irresistible- Jill Shalvis (white cover) 10/18



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Child of the 70s

Duration: No limit.

You know you're a child of the 70's if...well, born 1967 so not exactly.

READ: 10/10

✔1. On Ice - David Ramus (initials R. D.) 12/10

✔2. Demons Prefer Blondes - Sidney Ayers (angels) 8/14

✔3. V is for Vengeance - Sue Grafton (MC drives station wagon on her stakeouts) 8/22

✔4. The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey - Linda Greenlaw (set on the Atlantic ocean) 8/13

✔5. Julie of the Wolves - Jean Craighead George (set in Alaska as fall turns to winter) 8/19

✔6. I Don't Want to Kill You - Dan Wells (most of the action takes place in the high school) 8/27

✔7. Deadly Décisions - Kathy Reichs (368 pages) 8/28

✔8. Don't Look Down - Suzanne Enoch (solid cover) 8/16

✔9. Heartland: A Novel - David Wiltse (M.c. is Billy) 9/16

✔10. Ascension - Felicity Heaton (heroine is a very powerful witch) 8/29



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Castles of the World



Neuschwanstein Castle
DURATION: August 15 - November 14, 2012

READ: 20/20

✔N: No Safe Place - JoAnn Ross 8/20
✔E: Eyes Of Crow - Jeri Smith-Ready 8/13
✔U: Unchained - Sharon Ashwood 8/18
✔S: Don't Look Down - Suzanne Enoch 8/16
✔C: Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang - Katie MacAlister 9/4
✔H: The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey - Linda Greenlaw 8/13
✔W: David Wiltse - Heartland: A Novel 9/16
✔A: Demons Prefer Blondes - Sidney Ayers 8/14
✔N: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake - Sarah MacLean 9/9
✔S: Shadow Fires - Catherine Spangler 8/24
✔T: Thursday's Child - Sandra Brown 8/30
✔E: Eowyn Ivey - The Snow Child 9/12
✔I: I Don't Want to Kill You - Dan Wells 8/27
✔N: N.K. Jemisin - The Broken Kingdoms 9/8



✔C: The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett 8/21
✔A: Ascension - Felicity Heaton 8/29
✔S: Susan Squires - One With the Darkness 8/22
✔T: Tess Gerritsen - Under The Knife 8/29
✔L: Derek Landy - Dark Days 8/26
✔E: Eve Silver - Sins of the Soul 9/2



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Getting to Know You - Favorite Book

READ: 9/9

O: Outside In - Maria Snyder 10/12
U: Scrumptious - Amanda Usen 12/8
T: Ten Things I Love About You - Julia Quinn 12/13
L: The Third Gate - Lincoln Child 12/5
A: The Ape Who Guards the Balance - Elizabeth Peters 11/30
N: Night Sins - Tami Hoag 11/12
D: Down the Darkest Road - Tami Hoag 10/25
E: Endlessly - Kiersten White 10/14
R: Ruthless Heart - Emma Lang 10/17



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Read the Group - Cover Challenge
NOTE: cover images, not titles

Duration: October 1, 2012 - September 30, 2013

READ: 22/22

S - Sweater - 10/18
E - Eyes - 10/19
C - Cross (necklace) - 10/4
O - Ocelot (cat) - 11/2
N - Nose - 10/30
D - Dragon - 11/2

C - Clouds - 10/14
H - Horse - 10/2
A - Angel - 10/8
N - Necklace - 10/25
C - Castle - 10/25
E - Eyes - 11/24

C - Crown (on frogs head) - 11/13
H - Hieroglyphics - 11/30
A - Abs - 10/21
L - Leather - 10/8
L - Longship - 10/16
E - Eyes - 11/9
N - Nighty - 11/16
G - Grass - 10/27
E - Eyes - 12/17
S - Star - 10/28

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Creature Feature: Zombie

Duration: September 2012

Level: easy

✔1. Half Past Dead - Zoe Archer 9/14



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Creature Feature: Vampire

Duration: October 2012

READ: 3/3

1. The Wages of Sin - Jenna Maclaine 10/4
2. Hard Bitten - Chloe Neill 10/8
3. Pleasure of a Dark Prince - Kresley Cole 10/7



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Colors "R" Us

Duration: August 20 - December 19, 2012

READ: 30/30

Red
1. The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett 8/21
2. V is for Vengeance - Sue Grafton 8/22
3. Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang - Katie MacAlister 9/4


Green
1. Retribution - Sherrilyn Kenyon 8/23
2. Half Past Dead - Zoe Archer 9/14
3. Charmed to Death - Shirley Damsgaard 10/28


Blue
1. Big Jack - J.D. Robb 8/26
2. The Broken Kingdoms - N.K. Jemisin 9/8
3. Dragon in Chains - Daniel Fox 9/17


Black
1. Fifty Shades Darker - E.L. James 10/5
2. Good Omens - Gaiman/Pratchett 10/8
3. The 5th Witch - Graham Masterton 10/19


White/Silver
1. I Don't Want to Kill You - Dan Wells 8/27
2. Under The Knife - Tess Gerritsen 8/29
3. Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake - Sarah MacLean 9/9


Yellow/Gold
1. Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese 9/20
2. Firelight - Kristen Callihan 9/24
3. Haunting Warrior - Erin Quinn 9/29


Brown
1. Ascension - Felicity Heaton 8/29
2. Bookmarked For Death - Lorna Barrett 9/5
3. The Demon King - Cinda Williams Chima 10/25


Pink
1. One With the Darkness - Susan Squires 8/22
2. Hard To Handle - Lori Foster 10/21
3. Devil's Food Cake Murder - Joanne Fluke 11/19


Purple
1. Shadow Fires - Catherine Spangler 8/24
2. Sins of the Soul - Eve Silver 9/2
3. Endlessly - Kiersten White 10/14


Orange
1. No Safe Place - JoAnn Ross 8/20
2. Mercy Burns - Keri Arthur 9/10
3. Born To Be Wild - Catherine Coulter 9/26


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Sing the Season

Duration: December 7, 2012 - December 31, 2012

READ: 15/15

1) Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: - The Chief - Monica McCarty (heroine is bullied by her father) 12/7
2) Frosty the Snowman: - First Lord's Fury - Jim Butcher (magic) 12/18
3) I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas: - I Kissed a Dog - Carol Van Atta (heroine works at a wildlife park) 12/6
4) Santa Claus is Coming to Town: - The School - Ed Kelleher/Harriette Vidal (two authors) 12/17
5) Twas the Night Before Christmas: - The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler (A & T in clemenTclArkmoore) 12/21
6) Joy to the World: - Tempest Rising - Nicole Peeler (35( pages) 12/31
7) Away in a Manger: - Ten Things I Love About You - Julia Quinn (set in England) 12/13
8) Silent Night: - Captured by the Highlander - Julianne Maclean (published 2011) 12/15
10) Angels We Have Heard on High: - On Ice - David Ramus 12/10
11) Deck the Halls: - Good News, Bad News - David Wolenscraft (repeat words in title) 12/17
12) Feliz Navidad: - Faking It - Jennifer Crusie (F & I in joseFelIciano) 12/25
13) Winter Wonderland: - Kiss of Pride - Sandra Hill (Transylvania, PA) 12/11
14) Twelve Days of Christmas: - The Year of Living Scandalously - Julia London (set in England) 12/20
15) Jingle Bells: - Scrumptious - Amanda Usen (h/h are chefs) 12/8



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Getting to Know You - Favorite Author

Duration: August 13 - September 12, 2012

READ: 15/15

✔S: Sidney Ayers - Demons Prefer Blondes 8/14
✔H: The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey - Linda Greenlaw 8/13
✔E: Eyes Of Crow - Jeri Smith-Ready 8/13
✔R: Retribution - Sherrilyn Kenyon 8/23
✔R: J.D. Robb - Big Jack 8/26
✔I: I Don't Want to Kill You - Dan Wells 8/27
✔L: Derek Landy - Dark Days 8/26
✔Y: The Year of Living Scandalously - Julia London 12/20
✔N: No Safe Place - JoAnn Ross 8/20



✔K: Kathy Reichs - Deadly Décisions 8/28
✔E: Suzanne Enoch - Don't Look Down 8/16
✔N: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake - Sarah MacLean 9/9
✔Y: Ashes to Dust - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 1/22/13
✔O: One With the Darkness - Susan Squires 8/22
✔N: N.K. Jemisin - The Broken Kingdoms 9/8



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