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Im in Favorite Genre Challenge
Duration: November 1- Whenever!
Genre: Paranormal: Vampires
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Favorite Genre ChallengeDuration: November 1- Whenever!
I'll choose 2 genres: Mystery, Classic
Completed 12/12/13
M - My Losing Season: A Memoir by Pat Conroy 3/3/13
Y - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks 11/26/13
S - The Woman in Black by Susan Hill 11/24/12
T - Touch by Elmore Leonard 11/20/12
E - Margaret of the North by E. Journey 3/4/13
R - The Rosary Murders by William X. Kienzle 12/26/12
Y - I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai 12/12/13
C - A Real Piece of Work by Chris Orcutt 2/6/13
L - Love Me If You Must by Nicole Young 1/2/13
A - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 2/23/13
S - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 1/19/13
S - Staying Home is a Killer by Sara Rosett 2/22/13
I - Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin 3/6/13
C - The Crystal Shard by R.A. Salvatore 3/19/13
I'm going for a long one, lol, since there is no time limit! :) Young adult dystopian is my favorite right now!Y
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I'm in as well, but I have a question. Does every book you read have to be within the genre stated?
L Life, on the Line Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas 11/07/12
I Tell the Wolves I'm Home Carol Rifka Brunt 11/24/12
T The Lemon Table Julian Barnes 11/19/12
E The End of Your Life Book Club Will Schwalbe 12/04/12
R The Roots of the Olive Tree Courtney Miller Santo 12/05/12
A Arthur & George Julian Barnes 11/20/12
R author Michael Ruhlman The Soul of a Chef 12/06/12
Y The World Without You Joshua Henkin 11/17/12
F French Kids Eat Everything Karen Le Billon 11/27/12
I A Feast of Ice & Fire Chelsea Monroe-Cassel & Sariann Lehrer 11/25/12
C Happiness is a Chemical in the Brain Lucia Perillo 11/13/12
T Needful Things Stephen King 11/22/12
I What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Haruki Murakami 11/28/12
O The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman 11/05/12
N Nine Parts of Desire Geraldine Brooks 11/09/12
L Life, on the Line Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas 11/07/12
I Tell the Wolves I'm Home Carol Rifka Brunt 11/24/12
T The Lemon Table Julian Barnes 11/19/12
E The End of Your Life Book Club Will Schwalbe 12/04/12
R The Roots of the Olive Tree Courtney Miller Santo 12/05/12
A Arthur & George Julian Barnes 11/20/12
R author Michael Ruhlman The Soul of a Chef 12/06/12
Y The World Without You Joshua Henkin 11/17/12
F French Kids Eat Everything Karen Le Billon 11/27/12
I A Feast of Ice & Fire Chelsea Monroe-Cassel & Sariann Lehrer 11/25/12
C Happiness is a Chemical in the Brain Lucia Perillo 11/13/12
T Needful Things Stephen King 11/22/12
I What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Haruki Murakami 11/28/12
O The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman 11/05/12
N Nine Parts of Desire Geraldine Brooks 11/09/12
No, it does not Terri. You're welcome to do it that way if you want more of a challenge but it's not a requirement.
Thanks, Cherie. Looking forward to this one!
I am in!STEAMPUNK DONE
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R Roth, Veronica: Insurgent 5/12/2013
O Only His 7/6/2013
M Mary Ann Shaffer: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4/22/2013
A Angelfall 6/22/2013
N Naked in Death 7/26/2013
C Cross, Kady: The Girl with the Iron Touch 5/15/2013
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I love Dystopia. That's my word.FAVORITE GENRE
Duration: Nov 01, 2012 - ?
Completed: 8/8
✔ D - Marlene | Marlene Dietrich ★★★ (11/02)
✔ Y - The Yips | Nicola Barker ★★★ (11/10)
✔ S - NW | Zadie Smith ★★ (11/02)
✔ T - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Betty Smith ★★ (11/01)
✔ O - Black Water | Joyce Carol Oates ★★ (11/21)
✔ P - Mort | Terry Pratchett ★★★★★ (11/04)
✔ I - Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? | Mindy Kaling ★★★★ (11/02)
✔ A - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Alexander McCall Smith ★★★ (11/09)
*** Completed (11/21) ***
Favorite Genre Challenge
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My favorite genre is (I like most all of them really) HISTORICAL FICTION
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Getting to Know You: Favorite GenreEPIC FANTASY
11/11 done
FINISHED: March 25, 2013
E - The Emperor's Soul - 11/21/12
P - Patricia Briggs - The Hob's Bargain - 11/30/12
I - Ill Wind - 11/20/12
C - Crossroads of Twilight - 11/9/12
F - Forever - 2/18/13
A - Ally Condie - Reached - 11/16/12
N - Nine Princes in Amber - 11/27/12
T - Turner, Megan Whalen - The King of Attolia - 12/5/12
A - Ashton, Brodi - Everneath - 12/3/12
S - Seraphina - 11/6/12
Y - Yseult: A Tale of Love in the Age of King Arthur - 3/25/13
Who can resist a spelling challenge with no deadline? I'll do my top three genres, and I'm going to limit myself to spelling each with with books from that genre.
* mystery/thriller/suspense
* contemporary fiction and
* new releases
FAVORITE GENRE, no deadline
PROGRESS: 57/57
MYSTERY / THRILLER / SUSPENSE - COMPLETED 4/29
M – author John D. MacDonald - Dress Her in Indigo (Travis McGee series #11), finished 12/6
Y – The Yellow Feather Mystery, by Franklin W. Dixon, finished 3/7
S – author Shelley Freydont - Foul Play at the Fair (Celebration Bay series #1), finished 11/10
T – Peter Tremayne - Absolution by Murder (Sister Fidelma series #1), finished 12/12
E – author Elaine Viets - Shop Till You Drop (Dead-End Jobs series #1), finished 11/6
R – author Raymond Khoury - The Last Templar (Templar #1), finished 2/19
Y – You're Next, by Gregg Hurwitz, finished 4/29
T – To Have and to Kill (Piper Donovan #1), by Mary Jane Clark, finished 2/15
H – A Hoe Lot of Trouble (Nina Quinn series #1), by Heather Webber, finished 12/29
R – author Roy Johansen and Iris Johansen - Shadow Zone, finished 2/7
I – In Plain Sight (Ivy Malone series #2), by Lorena McCourtney, finished 1/13
L – author Lawrence Block - Burglars Can't Be Choosers (Bernie Rhodenbarr series #1), finished 11/14
L – Lights Out Tonight (KEY News series #9), by Mary Jane Clark, finished 11/20
E – Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime, by Robert J. Randisi, finished 11/16
R – author Rod Hoisington - One Deadly Sister, finished 2/24
S – author Sue Grafton - Kinsey and Me: Stories, finished 1/27
U – author Nicola Upson - An Expert in Murder (Josephine Tey #1), finished 3/24
S – author Stephanie Bond - Our Husband, finished 3/11
P – author Paul Pilkington - The One You Love, finished 1/29
E – author Edie Claire - Never Buried (Leigh Koslow series #1), finished 12/3
N – Not a Creature was Stirring (Gregor Demarkian series #1), by Jane Haddam, finished 12/31
S – author Steve Berry - The Jefferson Key (Cotton Malone #7), finished 3/26
E – author Elizabeth Peters - Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1), finished 1/24
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CONTEMPORARY FICTION
C – author Jennifer Chiaverini - The Giving Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts series #20), finished 11/14
O – The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate, finished 10/22
N – author Nicole Krauss - The History of Love, finished 2/6
T – The Time Between, by Karen White, finished 6/4
E – Everett Peacock - The Parrot Talks In Chocolate, finished 1/2
M – Man in the Blue Moon, by Michael Morris, finished 11/12
P – author R.J. Palacio - Wonder, finished 1/6
O – The Overton Window, by Glenn Beck, finished 6/1
R – author Ronda Rich - The Town That Came A-Courtin', finished 1/2
A – author Mary Kay Andrews - Ladies' Night, finished 7/6
R – author Lani Diane Rich - The Fortune Quilt, finished 5/16
Y – Your Chariot Awaits (Andi McConnell #1), by Lorena McCourtney, finished 8/20
F – Firefly Lane, by Kristin Hannah, finished 4/7
I – author Susan Isaacs - Goldberg Variations, finished 11/8
C – Christmas Memories at Grace Chapel Inn, from Guideposts magazine, finished 1/3
T – Time Flies, by Claire Cook, finished 6/16
I – Island Girls, by Nancy Thayer, finished 7/1
O – One Coffee With (Sig Harald #1), by Margaret Maron, finished 8/15
N – author Shelley Noble - Stargazey Point, finished 10/4
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NEW RELEASES - COMPLETED 4/21
N – author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince (Aunt Dimity #18), finished 4/18
E – Eight Girls Taking Pictures, by Whitney Otto, finished 11/23
W – author Lauren Willig - The Ashford Affair, finished 4/21
R – Red Velvet Cupcake Murder (Hannah Swensen #16), by Joanne Fluke, finished 2/26
E – author Erica Bauermeister - The Lost Art of Mixing, finished 1/29
L – The Last Runaway, by Tracy Chevalier, finished 1/16
E – author Elly Griffiths - A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway #5), finished 3/12
A – Angels at the Table: A Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy Christmas Story, by Debbie Macomber, finished 12/18
S – author Sean Pidgeon - Finding Camlann, finished 1/31
E – Easter Bunny Murder (Lucy Stone #19), by Leslie Meier, finishd 2/18
S – author Susan Mallery - Three Sisters (Blackberry Island #2), finished 4/2
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I'll pretty much read anything except non-fiction so I'm going to go with my four top genres right now.READ: 36/36
P: Shatterglass - Tamora Pierce 11/2/12
A: Never Been Witched - Annette Blair 11/16/12
R: Mystic Warrior - Patricia Rice 11/20/12
A: Master of Fire - Angela Knight 12/9/12
N: Nevermore - James Patterson 11/19/12
O: Odd Apocalypse - Dean Koontz 1/17/13
R: Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb 1/4/13
M: Grave Sins - Jenna Maclaine 11/11/12
A: Always Look Twice - Geralyn Dawson 12/18/12
L: Confessions of a Demon - Laurie Wright 11/28/12
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E: The School - Ed Kelleher 12/17/12
P: Tempest Rising - Nicole Peeler 12/31/12
I: I Kissed a Dog - Carol Van Atta 12/6/12
C: The Chief - Monica McCarty 12/7/12
F: First Lord's Fury - Jim Butcher 12/18/12
A: The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler 12/21/12
N: A Notorious Proposition - Adele Ashworth 12/21/12
T: Them Bones - Carolyn Haines 12/30/12
A: The Calling - Kelley Armstrong 1/11/13
S: The Darkest Lie - Gena Showalter 12/2/12
Y: The Year of Living Scandalously - Julia London 12/20/12
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R: Hot Ice - Nora Roberts 1/16/13
O: Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card 2/13/13
M: Masque of the Red Death - Bethany Griffin 12/6/12
A: Scrumptious - Amanda Usen 12/8/12
N: Mad Cow Nightmare - Nancy Wright 12/27/12
C: Chalice of Roses - anthology 11/13/12
E: Haunting Embrace - Erin Quinn 11/8/12
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T: Ten Things I Love About You - Julia Quinn 12/13/12
H: Night Sins - Tami Hoag 11/12/12
R: Celebrity in Death - J.D. Robb 11/28/12
I: In the Woods - Tana French 11/4/12
L: Germ - Robert Liparulo 11/14/12
L: The Third Gate - Lincoln Child 12/5/12
E: The Ape Who Guards the Balance - Elizabeth Peters 11/30/12
R: On Ice - David Ramus 12/10
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
I'm done!FAVORITE GENRE
Duration: Nov 01, 2012 - ?
Completed: 8/8
✔ D - Marlene | Marlene Dietrich ★★★ (11/02)
✔ Y - The Yips | Nicola Barker ★★★ (11/10)
✔ S - NW | Zadie Smith ★★ (11/02)
✔ T - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Betty Smith ★★ (11/01)
✔ O - Black Water | Joyce Carol Oates ★★ (11/21)
✔ P - Mort | Terry Pratchett ★★★★★ (11/04)
✔ I - Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? | Mindy Kaling ★★★★ (11/02)
✔ A - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Alexander McCall Smith ★★★ (11/09)
*** Completed (11/21) ***
Finished my challenge...happy reading.17/17
My favorite genre is (I like most all of them really) HISTORICAL FICTION
H - Death of a Country Fried Redneck (Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mysteries) by Lee Hollis 11/04/12 ***
I - It Really IS a Wonderful Life: Contemporary Christmas Romance Fiction (Christmas Romance Novella) Linda Wood Rondeau 11/17/12 *****
S - Poison In The Blood: The Memoirs of Lucrezia Borgia by M. G. Scarsbrook 11/15/12 ****
T - Teach Me R.A. Nelson 11/16/12 ****
O - Out Of Forgotten Ashes (Dragon And Hawk) by Jude Johnson 11/14/12 ***
R - Die For Me by Karen Rose 11/08/12 ****
I - Isabel of Spain: The Catholic Queen by Warren H. Carroll 11/18/12 ****
C - The Queen's Vow by C. W. Gortner 11/05/12 *****
A - Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 11/03/12 *****
L - Snow White and the Huntsman by Lily Blake 11/02/12 ***
F - - World Without End by Ken Follett 11/07/12 ****
I - I'll Be Home For Christmas by Fern Michaels 11/20/12 ***
C - a Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin 11/22/12 *****
T - And The Rain Came Down by Terrie B. Cambridge 11/23/12 ****
I - The Sekhmet Bed
by Lavender Ironside 11/26/12 ***
O - Our Husband by Stephanie Bond 11/16/12 ***
N - Honor Bound by Brenda Novak 11/04/12 ***
Post #6, challenge completed 12/06/12. Yay!!
Getting to Know You: Favorite Genre(s)December 07 2012 - ?
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Y - Ovidia Yu, Aunty Lee's Delights: A Singaporean Mystery 6/12/14
S - State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy 1/18/13
T - There Goes the Bride by M C Beaton 2/17/13
E - Every Last Secret by Linda Rodriguez 1/9/13
R - The Real Macaw by Donna Andrews 4/21/13
I - If You Can't Stand the Heat by Robin Allen 3/07/13
E - Evans, Stephanie Jaye, Faithful Unto Death 4/07/13
S - Sandra Parshall, The Heat of the Moon 1/27/13
Good thing this was a perpetual challenge. It took me long enough, but I finally finished.Getting to Know You: Favorite Genre
EPIC FANTASY
11/11 done
FINISHED: March 25, 2013
E - The Emperor's Soul - 11/21/12
P - Patricia Briggs - The Hob's Bargain - 11/30/12
I - Ill Wind - 11/20/12
C - Crossroads of Twilight - 11/9/12
F - Forever - 2/18/13
A - Ally Condie - Reached - 11/16/12
N - Nine Princes in Amber - 11/27/12
T - Turner, Megan Whalen - The King of Attolia - 12/5/12
A - Ashton, Brodi - Everneath - 12/3/12
S - Seraphina - 11/6/12
Y - Yseult: A Tale of Love in the Age of King Arthur - 3/25/13
I'm In!H - The Highway / C.J. Box 4/5 Stars 05/02/13
I - The Icecutter's Daughter / Tracie Peterson 3/5 Stars 04/23/13
S - Sweet Salt Air / Barbara Delinsky 4/5 Stars 04/02/13
T - Thursdays at Eight / Debbie Macomber 03/27/13 4/5 Stars
O - Outlander / Diana Gabaldon 3/5 Stars 04/03/13
R - Roses / Leila Meacham 5/5 Stars 05/08/13
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1991: Outlander / Diana Gabaldon 3/5 Stars 04/03/13
1992: My Sister the Moon / Sue Harrison 4/5 Stars 03/30/13
1993: The Stone Diaries / Carol Shields 3/5 Stars 03/08/13
1994: One For The Money / Janet Evanovich 4/5 Stars 01/14/13
1995: Coming Home / Rosamunde Pilcher 2/5 Stars 05/22/13
1996: Smack / Melvin Burgess 3/5 Stars 02/28/13
1997: The View From Here / Brian Keith Jackson 4/5 Stars 03/13/13
1998: The Poisonwood Bible / Barbara Kingsolver 4/5 Stars 04/21/13
1999: Streetsmart / Nicholas Coleridge 2/5 Stars 01/12/13
2000: Angel Falls / Kristin Hannah 3/5 Stars 03/05/13
2001: Thursdays at Eight / Debbie Macomber 4/5 Stars 03/27/13
2002: Blessings / Anna Quindlen 3/5 Stars 01/02/13
2003: Shopaholic Ties the Knot / Sophie Kinsella 3/5 Stars 02/04/13
2004: Something Borrowed / Emily Giffin 3/5 Stars 02/06/13
2005: Notes from a Coma / Mike McCormack 3/5 Stars 03/16/13
2006: Fair Warning (Hideaway, #5) / Hannah Alexander 3/5 Stars 03/11/13
2007: Thirteen Reasons Why / Jay Asher 4/5 Stars 02/05/13
2008: The Winter Rose / Jennifer Donnelly 5/5 Stars 01/24/13
2009: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun / Gretchen Rubin 3/5 Stars 01/30/13
2010: Minding Frankie / Maeve Binchy 4/5 Stars 02/13/13
2011: The Dovekeepers / Alice Hoffman 5/5 Stars 01/06/13
2012: The Replacement Wife / Eileen Goudge 3/5 Stars 01/07/13
2013: The Perfect Marriage / Kimberla Lawson Roby 4/5 Stars 01/15/13
A - American Gods / Neil Gaiman 4/5 Stars 04/25/13
L - The Lipstick Laws / Amy Holder 3/5 Stars 03/29/13
F - The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys / Dean King 4/5 Stars 04/14/13
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Amelia wrote: "Good thing this was a perpetual challenge. It took me long enough, but I finally finished."I'm still working on mine LOL Congrats, Amelia!
Thanks! It's good to get one done that feels like I've been working on it for a while.Good Luck with yours!
I did it to myself -- I chose several genres that are usually lumped together anyhow (mystery/thriller/suspense), THEN I decided to use only books from those genres to complete the challenge. I'm reading lots of those genres, but they don't have the right letters in their titles or author names! It'll be a long while before I finish LOL
LOL! Then I guess you need all that extra luck to find books that will fill in the rest of it!
YAY! I finally finished! I think I will pick another genre to do as well.
Favorite Genre ChallengeDuration: May 19, 2013 - Whenever!
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Favorite Genre ChallengeDuration: May 19, 2013 - Whenever!
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Favorite Genre Challenge
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Fun! I'm in.(view spoiler)
Getting to Know You - Your Favorite Genre
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Hehe! Good luck. I thought about doing that, Barb, but decided I should keep it open. I know how I can get into reading ruts or frenzies.
ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "Hehe! Good luck."Thanks :) I think I just need to browse the stacks at work one of these days and see if I can find titles/authors to fill the last few letters that I need to finish this ...
I'll do this one
Getting to Know You - Your Favorite Genre
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Have fun, Nancy! I'm still trying to finish mine :)
It's my own fault, I made it harder than I had to! I'm trying to fill in each genre using only books from that genre ... and I'm stuck on a handful of contemporary fiction titles :\
Getting to Know You - Your Favorite GenreStarted November 2013
Genre: New Adult & Young Adult
N: Nikki Jefford (Aurora Sky 11/29/13)
E: Emma Chase (Tangled 5/2/14)
W: Mercy Walker (Better Off Dead 2/8/14)
A: Pamela Ann (The Chasing Diaries 11/8/13)
D: Brenda K. Davies (Awakened 12/14/13)
U
L: Kimberly Lauren (Beautiful Broken Rules 11/14/15)
T: Skye Turner (Alluring Turmoil 12/2/13)
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Y
O: Octavia Wildwood (His for One Night 6/19/14)
U
N: Nina Lane (Arouse 2/5/14)
G: Georgia Cates (Beauty From Pain 3/28/14)
A: Aria Williams (Banished from Grace 11/7/13)
D: Donna Patrick (La Lune 6/30/14)
U
L: Christina Lauren (Beautiful Stranger 11/23/13)
T: T.K. Leigh (A Beautiful Mess 1/23/14)
Well, I tried to limit myself to books from each respective genre, and I managed for the new releases and the mystery/thriller/suspense genres, but I hadn't added a new book in contemporary fiction in months. I'm trying to clear out some of these challenges, so I filled in the blanks with books from other genres and I'm calling this one done!FAVORITE GENRE, no deadline
PROGRESS: 57/57
MYSTERY / THRILLER / SUSPENSE - COMPLETED 4/29
M – author John D. MacDonald - Dress Her in Indigo (Travis McGee series #11), finished 12/6
Y – The Yellow Feather Mystery, by Franklin W. Dixon, finished 3/7
S – author Shelley Freydont - Foul Play at the Fair (Celebration Bay series #1), finished 11/10
T – Peter Tremayne - Absolution by Murder (Sister Fidelma series #1), finished 12/12
E – author Elaine Viets - Shop Till You Drop (Dead-End Jobs series #1), finished 11/6
R – author Raymond Khoury - The Last Templar (Templar #1), finished 2/19
Y – You're Next, by Gregg Hurwitz, finished 4/29
T – To Have and to Kill (Piper Donovan #1), by Mary Jane Clark, finished 2/15
H – A Hoe Lot of Trouble (Nina Quinn series #1), by Heather Webber, finished 12/29
R – author Roy Johansen and Iris Johansen - Shadow Zone, finished 2/7
I – In Plain Sight (Ivy Malone series #2), by Lorena McCourtney, finished 1/13
L – author Lawrence Block - Burglars Can't Be Choosers (Bernie Rhodenbarr series #1), finished 11/14
L – Lights Out Tonight (KEY News series #9), by Mary Jane Clark, finished 11/20
E – Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime, by Robert J. Randisi, finished 11/16
R – author Rod Hoisington - One Deadly Sister, finished 2/24
S – author Sue Grafton - Kinsey and Me: Stories, finished 1/27
U – author Nicola Upson - An Expert in Murder (Josephine Tey #1), finished 3/24
S – author Stephanie Bond - Our Husband, finished 3/11
P – author Paul Pilkington - The One You Love, finished 1/29
E – author Edie Claire - Never Buried (Leigh Koslow series #1), finished 12/3
N – Not a Creature was Stirring (Gregor Demarkian series #1), by Jane Haddam, finished 12/31
S – author Steve Berry - The Jefferson Key (Cotton Malone #7), finished 3/26
E – author Elizabeth Peters - Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1), finished 1/24
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CONTEMPORARY FICTION
C – author Jennifer Chiaverini - The Giving Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts series #20), finished 11/14
O – The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate, finished 10/22
N – author Nicole Krauss - The History of Love, finished 2/6
T – The Time Between, by Karen White, finished 6/4
E – Everett Peacock - The Parrot Talks In Chocolate, finished 1/2
M – Man in the Blue Moon, by Michael Morris, finished 11/12
P – author R.J. Palacio - Wonder, finished 1/6
O – The Overton Window, by Glenn Beck, finished 6/1
R – author Ronda Rich - The Town That Came A-Courtin', finished 1/2
A – author Mary Kay Andrews - Ladies' Night, finished 7/6
R – author Lani Diane Rich - The Fortune Quilt, finished 5/16
Y – Your Chariot Awaits (Andi McConnell #1), by Lorena McCourtney, finished 8/20
F – Firefly Lane, by Kristin Hannah, finished 4/7
I – author Susan Isaacs - Goldberg Variations, finished 11/8
C – Christmas Memories at Grace Chapel Inn, from Guideposts magazine, finished 1/3
T – Time Flies, by Claire Cook, finished 6/16
I – Island Girls, by Nancy Thayer, finished 7/1
O – One Coffee With (Sig Harald #1), by Margaret Maron, finished 8/15
N – author Shelley Noble - Stargazey Point, finished 10/4
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NEW RELEASES - COMPLETED 4/21
N – author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince (Aunt Dimity #18), finished 4/18
E – Eight Girls Taking Pictures, by Whitney Otto, finished 11/23
W – author Lauren Willig - The Ashford Affair, finished 4/21
R – Red Velvet Cupcake Murder (Hannah Swensen #16), by Joanne Fluke, finished 2/26
E – author Erica Bauermeister - The Lost Art of Mixing, finished 1/29
L – The Last Runaway, by Tracy Chevalier, finished 1/16
E – author Elly Griffiths - A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway #5), finished 3/12
A – Angels at the Table: A Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy Christmas Story, by Debbie Macomber, finished 12/18
S – author Sean Pidgeon - Finding Camlann, finished 1/31
E – Easter Bunny Murder (Lucy Stone #19), by Leslie Meier, finishd 2/18
S – author Susan Mallery - Three Sisters (Blackberry Island #2), finished 4/2
***** CHALLENGE COMPLETE *****
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UPDATEGetting to Know You? Favorite Genre
1. Young Adult
Y: Young, Samantha-
3/3/14O:
9/1/13U:
N:
9/28/13G: Gena Showalter-
8/26/13A:
8/28/13D:
9/1/13U:
3/7/14L:
9/4/13T: Terry Spear-
9/20/132. Paranormal
P: Putney, Marie Jo-
7/16/13A: Abbi Glines-
9/14/13R: Richards, Victoria-
9/17/13A: Alphin, Elaine Marie-
9/20/13N: Nora Roberts-
10/5/13O:
11/20/13R: Regina Scott-
10/6/13M:
9/6/13A: Allie Mackay-
11/17/13L:
9/8/133. Paranormal Romance
P: Palmer, Diana-
1/21/14A: Andrea Pickens-
1/4/14R:
11/8/13A: Alexandra Ivy-
1/9/14N:
11/27/13O:
1/16/14R: Royal, Lauren-
1/11/14M:
9/22/13A: Amanda Quick-
1/26/14L:
9/14/13R: Rosemary Rogers-
2/18/14O:
2/20/14M: Miller, Linda Lael-
10/2/13A: Ashe, Katherine-
2/2/14N: Nicole Jordan-
1/20/14C:
10/9/13E: Eden, Cynthia-
9/4/134. Historical Romance
H: Hunter, S.A.-
9/22/13I: Ione, Larissa-
8/28/13S: Showalter, Gena-
9/29/13T:
11/1/13O:
R: R.L. Stine-
2/27/14I: Ivie, Jackie-
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L:
10/2/13R:
O:
M: MacGillivray, Deborah-
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N:
2/27/14C:
10/12/13E:
11/14/13
My favorite genre is cozy mysteries.C - Cinnamon Roll Murder - Joanne Fluke
O -An Open Book: A Mystery - Sheila Connolly
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Y -
M - Murder Checks Inn - Tim Myers
Y -
S - Shoulder Bags and Shootings - Dorothy Howell
T - To Have and To Kill - Mary Jane Clark
E - Easter Bunny Murder - Leslie Meier
R - Red Velvet Cupcake Murder - Joanne Fluke
I - Innkeeping with Murder - Tim Myers
E -
S -Sweetheart in High Heels - Gemma Halliday
UPDATE: All DoneGetting to Know You? Favorite Genre
1. Young Adult
Y: Young, Samantha-
3/3/14O:
9/1/13U:
3/20/14N:
9/28/13G: Gena Showalter-
8/26/13A:
8/28/13D:
9/1/13U:
3/7/14L:
9/4/13T: Terry Spear-
9/20/132. Paranormal
P: Putney, Marie Jo-
7/16/13A: Abbi Glines-
9/14/13R: Richards, Victoria-
9/17/13A: Alphin, Elaine Marie-
9/20/13N: Nora Roberts-
10/5/13O:
11/20/13R: Regina Scott-
10/6/13M:
9/6/13A: Allie Mackay-
11/17/13L:
9/8/133. Paranormal Romance
P: Palmer, Diana-
1/21/14A: Andrea Pickens-
1/4/14R:
11/8/13A: Alexandra Ivy-
1/9/14N:
11/27/13O:
1/16/14R: Royal, Lauren-
1/11/14M:
9/22/13A: Amanda Quick-
1/26/14L:
9/14/13R: Rosemary Rogers-
2/18/14O:
2/20/14M: Miller, Linda Lael-
10/2/13A: Ashe, Katherine-
2/2/14N: Nicole Jordan-
1/20/14C:
10/9/13E: Eden, Cynthia-
9/4/134. Historical Romance
H: Hunter, S.A.-
9/22/13I: Ione, Larissa-
8/28/13S: Showalter, Gena-
9/29/13T:
11/1/13O:
4/2/14R: R.L. Stine-
2/27/14I: Ivie, Jackie-
9/10/13C:
9/15/13A: Armstrong, Kelley-
3/18/14L:
10/2/13R: Rosavin, Gina-
3/23/14O:
5/12/14M: MacGillivray, Deborah-
10/14/13A: Amelia Grey-
3/25/14N:
2/27/14C:
10/12/13E:
11/14/13
Second Chance Challenges
Books mentioned in this topic
A Discovery of Witches (other topics)Angels Fall (other topics)
1st to Die (other topics)
The Lion, the Lamb, the Hunted (other topics)
Midnight Harvest (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Geraldine Brooks (other topics)Pat Conroy (other topics)
R.A. Salvatore (other topics)
Elmore Leonard (other topics)
E. Journey (other topics)
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This challenge is original to SCC!
Duration: None - take as long as you like
Rules:
-Pick your favorite genre and spell it out using the author's first or last name OR the first word in the title (excluding A, An, The)
-Please feel free to pick more than one genre if you like. You can do one after another or you can do more than one at the same time.
-All other General Guidelines apply.
This challenge will open on November 1