The Lost Challenges discussion

Here I'll keep track of all challenges started (or ended) in 2013.

Monthly Challenges:
January
February
March
April,,April Judge a Book by Its Cover
May
June
July
August, August Scattegories
September
October
November, November Scattegories
December, December Scattegories


MISCELLANEOUS CHALLENGES
A-Z Author Challenge
A-Z Drinks Challenge
A-Z Female Character Challenge
A-Z Friends Challenge
A-Z Male Character Name Challenge
A-Z Series Challenge
A-Z Title Challenge
Back to School Quarterly Challenge
Bands & Books Challenge
Best Motion Picture of the Year Challenge
Books based on Art Challenge
Colossal Challenge
Disney Non-Princess Challenge: The Animated Non-Princesses
Disney Non-Princess Challenge: The Movies
Disney Non-Princess Challenge: Non-Princess-Non-Animated Scavenger Hunt
Ducks In A Row Challenge - April/May COMPLETE
Ducks In A Row Challenge - August/September COMPLETE
Ducks In A Row Challenge - December/January
Entertainment Challenge
Get It Done Already Challenge
Getting To Know You Challenge
It's All In A Name Challenge
Junk Food Day Challenge: BeanBoozled -- PART II COMPLETE
Literature Map Chain Challenge
Quarterly Challenge- Oh The Places You'll Go!
Summer Vacation- Quarterly Challenge
TV Addict: Grey's Anatomy COMPLETE
Two by Two Challenge

The Lost Challenges - Female Character Challenge



READ: 23/26

A: Amelia - Highlander's Challenge - Jo Barrett 1/21
B: Belle - Master of Shadows - Angela Knight 3/7
C: Calliope - Sins of the Flesh - Eve Silver 1/9
D: Deryn - Leviathan - Scott Westerfield 1/16
E: Emerald - Legend of the Jade Dragon - Yasmine Galenorn 2/17
F: Florence - Florence of Arabia - Christopher Buckley 5/15
G: Grace - Monkeewrench - P.J. Tracy 1/19
H: Holly - The Frog Prince - Jane Porter 2/18
I: Isobella - The Return of Black Douglas - Elaine Coffman 4/7
J: Jenna - Taking a Shot - Jaci Burton 1/19
K: Kinsey - Q is for Quarry - Sue Grafton 1/24
L: Lucy - Absolutely, Positively - Heather Webber 2/5
M: Maya - The Calling - Kelley Armstrong 1/11
N: Natalie - In Golden Blood - Stephen Woodworth 2/6
O: Olivia - Spare Change - Bette Lee Crosby 3/21
P: Phoebe - Midnight Rain - Holly Lisle 1/17
Q: Nina Quinn - A Hoe Lot of Trouble - Heather Webber 10/30
R: Reason - Magic Lessons - Justine Larbalestier 1/24
S: Serena - Lucky's Lady - Tami Hoag 1/29
T: Thora - Ashes to Dust - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 1/22
U:
V: Valerie - Antarctica - Kim Stanley Robinson 3/13
W: Whitney - Hot Ice - Nora Roberts 1/16
X:
Y: Yukiko - Stormdancer - Jay Kristoff 2/13
Z:

2013 Colossal Challenge
Duration: January 1 to December 31st 2013

Monthly-Mini
✔January: (view spoiler)[
1. Cable Channel Challenges - January: Animal Planet FINISHED 1/29
2. January As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge FINISHED 1/24
3. January Broaden Your Horizons FINISHED 1/21 (hide spoiler)]
✔February: (view spoiler)[
1. Cable Channel Challenge February: Adult Swim FINISHED 2/20
2. February As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge FINISHED 2/26
3. February Broaden Your Horizons FINISHED 2/28 (hide spoiler)]
✔March: (view spoiler)[
1. Cable Channel Challenge March: Nick Jr FINISHED 3/31
2. March As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge FINISHED 3/14
3. March Broaden Your Horizons FINISHED 3/13 (hide spoiler)]
✔April: (view spoiler)[
1. April As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge FINISHED 4/30
2. Cable Channel Challenge April: HBO FINISHED 5/3
3. April - Judge a Book by Its Cover Challenge FINISHED 4/14 (hide spoiler)]
✔May: (view spoiler)[
1. May As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge FINISHED 5/19
2. May Broaden Your Horizons FINISHED 5/15
3. May - Judge a Book by Its Cover Challenge FINISHED 5/19 (hide spoiler)]
✔June: (view spoiler)[
1. June Broaden Your Horizons FINISHED 6/18
2. June As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge FINISHED 6/26
3. Cable Channel Challenge June: The Weather Channel FINISHED 6/25 (hide spoiler)]
✔July: (view spoiler)[
1. July As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge FINISHED 7/17
2. July Broaden Your Horizons FINISHED 7/25
3. Scattegories - July FINISHED 7/27 (hide spoiler)]
✔August: (view spoiler)[
1. August As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge FINISHED 8/31
2. August Broaden Your Horizons FINISHED 8/21
3. Scattegories - August FINISHED 8/13 (hide spoiler)]
✔September: (view spoiler)[
1. September As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge FINISHED 9/28
2. September Broaden Your Horizons FINISHED 9/30
3. Cable Channel Challenge September: ABC FINISHED 9/17 (hide spoiler)]
October: (view spoiler)[
1. October As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge
2. October Broaden Your Horizons FINISHED 10/23
3. Cable Channel Challenge October: CBS FINISHED 10/23 (hide spoiler)]
November: (view spoiler)[
1. November As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge FINISHED 11/29
2. November Broaden Your Horizons
3. Cable Channel Challenge November: NBC (hide spoiler)]
December:(view spoiler)[
1. Cable Channel Challenge December: Nickelodeon FINISHED 12/23
2. Decmber As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge
3. November Broaden Your Horizons (hide spoiler)]

Quarterly/Semi-Annual
1. Quarterly Holiday Challenge FINISHED 3/7
2. Summer Vacation- Quarterly Challenge FINISHED 8/11
3. ♔Disney Non-Princess Challenge ♔: Non-Princess-Non-Animated Scavenger Hunt FINISHED 8/9

Yearly & A-Z Challenges (Must be challenges started in 2013)
1. 2013 It’s All in a Name Challenge, 172/200 done
2. A-Z Title Challenge, 24/26 done
3. A-Z Author Challenge FINISHED 12/29
4. Gettin To Know You Challenge-A-Holics FINISHED 12/31
5. TLC 50 States Challenge, 46/51 done
6. Bands & Books Challenge, 143/144 done
7. A-Z Series Challenge FINISHED 12/27

Spell Out
1. Entertainment Challenge FINISHED 8/11

Misc:
1. Best Motion Picture of the Year Challenge FINISHED 8/21
2. Two by Two Challenge, 11/12
3. TV Addict: Grey's Anatomy FINISHED 6/25
4. Ducks In A Row Challenge - August/September FINISHED 9/30
5. Scattegories - August FINISHED 8/13
6. Scattegories - September FINISHED 9/21
7. Ducks In A Row Challenge - October/November FINISHED 11/24
8. Scattegories - October FINISHED 10/17
9. Scattegories - November FINISHED 11/29
10. Scattegories - December

TLC A-Z Friends Challenge

READ: 26/26

✔A: (Ab2y) - Warrior - Zoe Archer 4/11
✔B: (Brandy *Ahviel*) - Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier 4/21
✔C: (Cassandra) - Undercover - Lauren Dane 7/7
✔D: (Darcie Mae) - In Bed With A Stranger - Mary Wine 1/17
✔E: (Ellenjsmellen) - The Frog Prince - Jane Porter 2/18
✔F: (FlibBityFLooB) - The Lion's Daughter - Loretta Chase 5/7
✔G: (★gwendolyn★) - Healing the Highlander - Melissa Mayhue 10/7
✔H: (Heather Tisdale) - Now or Never - Michele Bardsley 2/11
✔I: (ibNell) - Curfew - Phil Rickman 11/6
✔J: (Jan Elkins) - Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - Darynda Jones 2/2
✔K: (♡KarLynP♡) - The Pleasure of Your Kiss - Teresa Medeiros 3/26
✔L: (❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥) - Beyond the Night - Joss Ware 12/20
✔M: (✿Michelle✿) - Midnight Rain - Holly Lisle 1/17
✔N: (Natalie HILLIER) - Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes - Denise Grover Swank 12/14
✔O: (Oktabby) - F is for Fugitive - Sue Grafton 2/21
✔P: (Pamela) - Calamity Jayne - Kathleen Bacus 2/17
✔Q: (Quinn Barrett) - The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton 2/28
✔R: (♥Robin ♥) - The Map of Lost Memories: A Novel - Kim Fay 7/30
✔S: (☆♥Starzee♥☆) - Demon Hunts - C.E. Murphy 6/28
✔T: (Tien) - Odalisque - Fiona McIntosh 5/30
✔U: (Uroosa) - Reason to Breathe - Rebecca Donovan 5/5
✔V: (Vicky Stanley) - Guilty as Sin - Tami Hoag 10/13
✔W: (Wendy Cleveland) - Phoenix Rising - Philippa Ballantine 5/2
✔X: (Xviky) - Clockwork Princess - Cassandra Clare 8/2
✔Y: (Yz the Whyz) - Over the Edge - Suzanne Brockmann 7/31
✔Z: (Zanahoria) - Absolutely, Positively - Heather Webber 2/5



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Bands & Books Challenge

Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2013
Level: LP Vinyl Record: 12 inches = 12 genres with 12 books in each


READ: 143/144

Kiss~Romance COMPLETE!
(view spoiler)[
✔1. A Night Like This - Julia Quinn 1/13
✔2. Double Play - Jill Shalvis 3/20
✔3. The Sweetest Thing - Jill Shalvis 8/28
✔4. Lost Love Found - Bertrice Small 1/10
✔5. In Bed With A Stranger - Mary Wine 1/17
✔6. Absolutely, Positively - Heather Webber 2.5
✔7. The Brass Bed - Jennifer Stevenson 2/2
✔8. Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor - Lisa Kleypas 2/1
✔9. Naked Edge - Pamela Clare 8/3
✔10. Dawn in Eclipse Bay - Jayne Ann Krentz 7/3
✔11. The Next Always - Nora Roberts 4/9
✔12. On Dublin Street - Samantha Young 6/14
(hide spoiler)]

Everclear~Mystery COMPLETE!
(view spoiler)[
✔1. Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye - Victoria Laurie 5/24
✔2. Aunt Dimity Down Under - Nancy Atherton 3/7
✔3. Eyes Wide Open - Andrew Gross 8/26
✔4. Bookplate Special - Lorna Barrett 5/4
✔5. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke 3/3
✔6. Chopping Spree - Diane Mott Davidson 5/5
✔7. Monkeewrench - P.J. Tracy 1/19
✔8. Citadel - Kate Mosse 7/16
✔9. Deep Black: Death Wave - Stephen Coonts 1/11
✔10. Dare to Die - Carolyn Hart 4/6
✔11. F is for Fugitive - Sue Grafton 2/21
✔12. The Seventh Sinner - Elizabeth Peters 8/28
(hide spoiler)]

Dream Theater~Fantasy COMPLETE!
(view spoiler)[
✔1. Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier 4/21
✔2. Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb 1/4
✔3. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones 3/17
✔4. The Bridge to Never Land - Dave Barry/Ridley Pearson 3/31
✔5. Grendel - John Gardner 2/16
✔6. On Stranger Tides - Tim Powers 4/5
✔7. Red Phoenix - Kylie Chan 9/26
✔8. The Well of Shades - Juliet Marillier 8/7
✔9. Emissary - Fiona McIntosh 9/11
✔10. The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart 9/4
✔11. Odalisque - Fiona McIntosh 5/30
✔12. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin 6/13
(hide spoiler)]

Grateful Dead~Vampires COMPLETE!
(view spoiler)[
✔1. Biting Cold - Chloe Neill 4/23
✔2. Black Dawn - Rachel Caine 7/2
✔3. Bitten to Death - Jennifer Rardin 4/27
✔4. Hunted - P.C. Cast 10/5
✔5. Dark Predator - Christine Feehan 3/16
✔6. Bitter Blood - Rachel Caine 9/23
✔7. Lover At Last - J.R. Ward 6/4
✔8. Blood Rites - Jim Butcher 10/29
✔9. Valley of Dust - Karoleen Vry Brucks 6/29
✔10. Shades of Midnight - Lara Adrian 7/17
✔11. Fall of Night - Rachel Caine 10/5
✔12. Unnatural - Michael Griffo 2/28
(hide spoiler)]

Porno for Pyros~Paranormal Romance COMPLETE!
(view spoiler)[
✔1. Sins of the Flesh - Eve Silver 1/9
✔2. Branded by Fire - Nalini Singh 4/27
✔3. Can't Teach an Old Demon New Tricks - Cara Lockwood 2/14
✔4. The Red Heart of Jade - Marjorie Liu 8/31
✔5. Winter Kiss - Deborah Cooke 8/14
✔6. Now or Never - Michele Bardsley 2/11
✔7. The Dragon Who Loved Me - G.A. Aiken 3/6
✔8. Demon from the Dark - Kresley Cole 1/6
✔9. The Guardian - Sherrilyn Kenyon 6/18
✔10. Master of Darkness - Angela Knight 9/5
✔11. Death Magic - Eileen Wilks 9/30
✔12. Rebel - Zoe Archer 9/8
(hide spoiler)]

Kid Rock~Young Adult COMPLETE!
(view spoiler)[
✔1. Beautiful Redemption - Kami Garcia 5/19
✔2. Before I Wake - Rachel Vincent 6/9
✔3. Z for Zachariah - Robert O'Brien 9/9
✔4. Briar Rose - Jane Yolen 7/6
✔5. Out of Breath - Rebecca Donovan 9/14
✔6. Magic Lessons - Justine Larbalestier 1/24
✔7. Inferno - Sherrilyn Kenyon 5/27
✔8. Mortal Coil - Derek Landy 3/29
✔9. Reason to Breathe - Rebecca Donovan 5/5
✔10. The Ylem - Tatiana Vila 4/29
✔11. Everneath - Brodi Ashton 6/18
✔12. The Siren Song - Anne Ursu 1/30
(hide spoiler)]

New Kids on the Block~First in Series COMPLETE!
(view spoiler)[
✔1. Calamity Jayne - Kathleen Bacus 2/17
✔2. Unzipped - Lois Greiman 9/2
✔3. Crocodile on the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters 4/4
✔4. Deadly Fear - Cynthia Eden 5/29
✔5. Blood Ties - Pamela Freeman 5/26
✔6. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith 5/18
✔7. Pleasure and Purpose - Megan Hart 5/29
✔8. The Convicts - Iain Lawrence 1/7
✔9. Romeo, Romeo - Robin Kaye 2/26
✔10. Sandstorm - James Rollins 8/26
✔11. The Lion's Daughter - Loretta Chase 5/7
✔12. The Rook - Daniel O'Malley 7/24
(hide spoiler)]

Violent Femmes~Witches or Kick Ass Heroine COMPLETE!
(view spoiler)[
✔1. White Tiger - Kylie Chan 5/23
✔2. Raven Cursed - Faith Hunter (kick ass heroine) 10/12
✔3. Boyfriend from Hell - Jamie Quaid (kick ass heroine) 7/29
✔4. Secondhand Spirits - Juliet Blackwell (witch) 10/10
✔5. Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - Darynda Jones (kick ass heroine) 2/2
✔6. Raven Calls - C.E. Murphy (kick ass heroine) 10/6
✔7. Demon Hunts - C.E. Murphy (kick ass heroine) 6/28
✔8. Written in Red - Anne Bishop (kick ass heroine) 9/16
✔9. The Darkest Edge of Dawn - Kelly Gay (kick ass heroine) 7/5
✔10. Damn Him to Hell - Jamie Quaid (kick ass heroine) 9/28
✔11. Spirit Dances - C.E. Murphy (kick ass heroine) 9/29
✔12. Frost Burned - Patricia Briggs (kick ass heroine) 4/16
(hide spoiler)]

The Who~New Authors COMPLETE!
(view spoiler)[
✔1. The Big Over Easy - Jasper Fforde 1/8
✔2. Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer - Dorothy Gilman 3/21
✔3. Blue Latitudes - Tony Horwitz 2/25
✔4. Don't Kill The Messenger - Eileen Rendahl 3/12
✔5. Spare Change - Bette Lee Crosby 3/21
✔6. The Highlander's Fury - Maeve Greyson 2/15
✔7. In the Shadow of Gotham - Stefanie Pintoff 3/19
✔8. Utterly Charming - Kristina Grayson 8/30
✔9. The Folly of the World - Jesse Bullington 5/13
✔10. The Map of Lost Memories: A Novel - Kim Fay 7/30
✔11. The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt 9/28
✔12. Devilish - Maureen Johnson 4/14
(hide spoiler)]

ColdPlay~Books set in cold places COMPLETE!
(view spoiler)[
✔1. Antarctica - Kim Stanley Robinson 3/13
✔2. Ashes to Dust - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (Iceland) 1/22
✔3. The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf - Molly Harper (Alaska) 8/3
✔4. Lethal Rider - Larissa Ione (Greenland) 3/22
✔5. Toehold: A Novel - Stephen Foreman (Alaska) 2/8
✔6. Zugzwang - Ronan Bennett (Russia) 1/31
✔7. Snow Angels - James Thompson (Finland) 5/7
✔8. Born to Bite - Lindsay Sands (Canada) 4/13
✔9. Breakup - Dana Stabenow (Alaska) 12/18
✔10. The Terror - Dan Simmons (Arctic circle) 10/23
✔11. Eternity Base - Bob Mayer (Antarctica) 11/21
✔12. Unwanted - Kristina Ohlsson (Sweden) 8/21
(hide spoiler)]

Iron Maiden~Steampunk 11/12
(view spoiler)[
✔1. Tin Swift - Devon Monk 5/31
✔2. Clockwork Princess - Cassandra Clare 8/2
✔3. Hearts of Smoke and Steam - Andrew Mayer 10/17
✔4. Leviathan - Scott Westerfield 1/16
✔5. Phoenix Rising - Philippa Ballantine 5/2
✔6. Whitechapel Gods - S.M. Peters 11/11
✔7. The Far West - Patricia Wrede 11/9
8. Spectyr - Philippa Ballantine
✔9. The Friday Society - Adrienne Kress 7/4
✔10. Stormdancer - Jay Kristoff 2/13
✔11. Stranger - Zoe Archer 11/24
✔12. Kinslayer - Jay Kristoff 11/13
(hide spoiler)]

AC/DC~Audiobook COMPLETE!
(view spoiler)[
✔1. Odd Apocalypse - Dean Koontz 1/17
✔2. Q is for Quarry - Sue Grafton 1/24
✔3. Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness 2/11
✔4. Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane 2/19
✔5. Guilty Wives - James Patterson 2/25
✔6. The Forgotten - David Baldacci 3/13
✔7. The Fifth Witness - Michael Connelly 3/22
✔8. U is for Undertow - Sue Grafton 4/13
✔9. Calculated in Death - J.D. Robb 4/22
✔10. The Curse of the Pharaohs - Elizabeth Peters 4/26
✔11. The Postcard Killers - James Patterson 4/28
✔12. The Girl Who Disappeared Twice - Andrea Kane 5/3
(hide spoiler)]

The Lost Challenges - Male Character Name Challenge



READ: 26/26

A: Arik - Immortal Rider - Larissa Ione 2/22
B: Brodick - In Bed With A Stranger - Mary Wine 1/17
C: Clay - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan 2/9
D: Dutch - Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye - Victoria Laurie 5/24
E: Etienne - Lucky's Lady - Tami Hoag 1/29
F: Faolan - The Highlander's Fury - Maeve Greyson 2/15
G: Gabriel - Warrior - Zoe Archer 4/11
H: Hiro - Stormdancer - Jay Kristoff 2/13
I: Ian - Shadows in the Starlight - Elaine Cunningham 4/2
J: Jared - The Trouble with J.J. - Tami Hoag 2/20
K: Klaus - The Miserable Mill - Lemony Snicket 3/10
L: Lokan - Body of Sin - Eve Silver 1/9
M: Malkam - Demon from the Dark - Kresley Cole 1/6
N: Nicholas - Hungry As The Sea - Wilbur Smith 1/27
O: Odd Thomas - Odd Apocalypse - Dean Koontz 1/17
P: Pace - Double Play - Jill Shalvis 3/20
Q: Qhuinn - Lover At Last - J.R. Ward 6/4
R: Rule - Blood Challenge - Eileen Wilks 1/6
S: Sean - When the Lion Feeds - Wilbur Smith 5/10
T: Tyler - Taking a Shot - Jaci Burton 1/19
U: Urian - Time Untime - Sherrilyn Kenyon 11/10 (sec character)
V: Vigholf - The Dragon Who Loved Me - G.A. Aiken 3/6
W: Wintrow - Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb 1/4
X: X - Antarctica - Kim Stanley Robinson 3/13
Y: Shan Yun - The Skull Mantra - Eliot Pattison 6/14
Z: Zachary - The Siren Song - Anne Ursu 1/30

A-Z Title Challenge



READ: 24/26

✔A: Antarctica - Kim Stanley Robinson 3/13 ★★★
✔B: Black Dawn - Rachel Caine 7/2 ★★★★★
✔C: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor - Lisa Kleypas 2/1 ★★★
✔D: Devilish - Maureen Johnson 4/14 ★★★
✔E: Everneath - Brodi Ashton 6/18 ★★★★★
✔F: Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - Darynda Jones 2/2 ★★★★★
✔G: Gunmetal Magic - Ilona Andrews 10/25 ★★★★★
✔H: Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones 3/17 ★★
✔I: Immortal Rider - Larissa Ione 2/22 ★★★★★
J: Just Evil - Vickie McKeehan
✔K: Kill Me Again - Maggie Shayne 8/16 ★★★★
✔L: Legend of the Jade Dragon - Yasmine Galenorn 2/17 ★★★★
✔M: Monkeewrench - P.J. Tracy 1/19 ★★★★★
✔N: Naked Edge - Pamela Clare 8/3 ★★★★★
✔O: Odalisque - Fiona McIntosh 5/30 ★★★★
✔P: Pleasure and Purpose - Megan Hart 5/29 ★★★★
✔Q: Q is for Quarry - Sue Grafton 1/24 ★★★★
✔R: Reason to Breathe - Rebecca Donovan 5/5 ★★★★★
✔S: Starfire Angels - Melanie Nilles 11/15 ★★★
✔T: Through Violet Eyes - Stephen Woodworth 3/20 ★★★★★
✔U: Unnatural - Michael Griffo 2/28 ★★★
✔V: Voice Of Crow - Jeri Smith-Ready 4/8 ★★★★
✔W: White Elephant Dead - Carolyn Hart 2/3 ★★★
X: The X-Dames:A Lucy Ripken Mystery - J.J. Henderson
✔Y: The Ylem - Tatiana Vila 4/29 ★★
✔Z: Zugzwang - Ronan Bennett 1/31 ★★★

A-Z Author Challenge

READ: 26/26

✔A: Kelley Armstrong - The Calling 1/11 ★★★★
✔B: Shannon Butcher - Finding the Lost 12/29 ★★★★
✔C: Deborah Cooke - Winter Kiss 8/14 ★★★
✔D: Diane Mott Davidson - Chopping Spree 5/5 ★★★
✔E: Cynthia Eden - Deadly Fear 5/29 ★★★★
✔F: Stephen Foreman - Toehold: A Novel 2/8 ★★★
✔G: Sue Grafton - F is for Fugitive 2/21 ★★★
✔H: Laurell K. Hamilton - Affliction 11/9 ★★★★★
✔I: Larissa Ione - Rogue Rider 4/6 ★★★★★
✔J: Allyson James - Firewalker 10/27 ★★★★★
✔K: Jayne Ann Krentz - Dawn in Eclipse Bay 7/3 ★★★★
✔L: Justine Larbalestier - Magic Lessons 1/24 ★★★★
✔M: Richard Montanari - The Rosary Girls 5/26 ★★★★
✔N: Chloe Neill - Biting Cold 4/23 ★★★
✔O: Karen Olson - Driven to Ink 3/24 ★★★★
✔P: Elizabeth Peters - Crocodile on the Sandbank 4/4 ★★★★
✔Q: Julie Quinn - A Night Like This 1/13 ★★★★★
✔R: Jennifer Rardin - Bitten to Death 4/27 ★★★★
✔S: Denise Swank - Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes 12/14 ★★★★
✔T: James Thompson - Snow Angels 5/7 ★★★
✔U: Anne Ursu - The Siren Song 1/30 ★★★★
✔V: Rachel Vincent - Before I Wake 6/9 ★★★★
✔W: Heather Webber - Absolutely, Positively 2/5 ★★★★★
✔X: Qui Xiaolong - The Mao Case 5/21 ★★
✔Y: Yrsa Sigurðardóttir - Ashes to Dust 1/22 ★★★
✔Z: Zoë Sharp - Killer Instinct 2/9 ★★★

Cable Channel Challenges - January: Animal Planet

READ: 7/7

✔1. Tanked: Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb (the family business - shipping is very important) 1/4
✔2. Finding Bigfoot: Q is for Quarry - Sue Grafton (search for a murderer) 1/24
✔3. Pit Boss: The Big Over Easy - Jasper Fforde (m.c. is misunderstood and underappreciated) 1/8
✔4. Call of the Wildman: Taking a Shot - Jaci Burton (yummy man on cover) 1/19
✔5. River Monsters: Hungry As The Sea - Wilbur Smith (set on a boat in the Atlantic Ocean) 1/27
✔6. Meerkat Manor: Lucky's Lady - Tami Hoag (one twin tries to kill the other) 1/29
✔7. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Leviathan - Scott Westerfield (giant fabricated whale is central to plot) 1/16



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

January As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 4/4

✔1. Leviathan - Scott Westerfield (Leviathan) 1/18
✔2. Magic Lessons - Justine Larbalestier (Magic or Madness) 1/24
✔3. Sins of the Flesh - Eve Silver (Otherkin #3) 1/9
✔4. Body of Sin - Eve Silver (Otherkin #4) 1/9


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

January Broaden Your Horizons

READ: 2/2

East: New genre
✔Into Thin Air:Mt. Everest Disaster - Jon Krakauer 1/13

West: New author
✔Highlander's Challenge - Jo Barrett 1/21



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Cable Channel Challenge February: Adult Swim

READ: 7/7

✔1. Family Guy: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor - Lisa Kleypas (heroine has large family) 2/1
✔2. American Dad: The Brass Bed - Jennifer Stevenson (set in Massachusetts) 2/3
✔3. Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan (hero has 2 roommates) 2/9
✔4. Futurama: Stormdancer - Jay Kristoff (steampunk robots) 2/13
✔5. The Venture Bros: The Cold Room - J.T. Ellison (twin brothers) 2/20
✔6. Robot Chicken: Grendel - John Gardner (reminds me of sitting in English class clueless) 2/16
✔7. Squidbillies: In Golden Blood - Stephen Woodworth (villain kills people left and right) 2/6



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

February As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 4/4

✔1~ Romeo, Romeo - Robin Kaye (Domestic Gods) 2/26
✔2~ Now or Never - Michele Bardsley (Wizards of Nevermore) 2/11
✔3~ Absolutely, Positively - Heather Webber (Lucy Valentine) 2/5
✔4~ Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - Darynda Jones (Charley Davidson) 2/2



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

February Broaden Your Horizons

READ: 2/2

✔East: On Call In Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story - Cdr Richard Jadick (true story - military/war which I dislike) 2/27
✔West: Unnatural - Michael Griffo (new author) 2/28



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Cable Channel Challenge March: Nick Jr

READ: 7/7

✔1. Team Umizoomi: Delusion in Death - J.D. Robb (Eve Dallas #35) 3/6
✔2. Dora the Explorer: Antarctica - Kim Stanley Robinson (char explore/exploit Antarctica for gain) 3/14
✔3. Go, Diego, Go: The Dragon Who Loved Me - G.A. Aiken (hero is a dragon shifter) 3/6
✔4. Bubble Guppies: A Falcon Flies - Wilbur Smith (a good portion set at sea) 3/31
✔5. Mike the Knight: Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones (witch) 3/17
✔6. Wow Wow Wubbzy: The Miserable Mill - Lemony Snicket (set in Paltryville) 3/10
✔7. The Fresh Beat Band: The Taking - Erin McCarthy (foreshadowing) 3/18



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

March As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 5/5

✔1 ~ The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next) 3/9
✔2 ~ The Forgotten - David Baldacci (Puller)
✔3 ~ Goliath - Scott Westerfeld (Leviathan) 3/5
✔4 ~ The Miserable Mill - Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events) 3/10
✔5 ~ The Dragon Who Loved Me - G.A. Aiken (Dragon Kin) 3/6



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

March Broaden Your Horizons

READ: 2/2

✔East: The Paperbark Shoe - Goldie Goldbloom (new genre-fiction) DNF 3/1
✔West: Antarctica - Kim Stanley Robinson (New author) 3/13



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Cable Channel Challenge April: HBO

READ: 7/7

✔1. True Blood: Born to Bite - Lindsay Sands (vampire) 4/13
✔2. Game of Thrones: A Storm of Swords - George R.R. Martin (mythical land) 4/25
✔3. Sex and the City: Biting Cold - Chloe Neill (cityscape on cover) 4/23
✔4. The Sopranos: The Girl Who Disappeared Twice - Andrea Kane (mafia connection) 5/3
✔5. Band of Brothers: Warrior - Zoe Archer (a band of warriors protecting the world) 4/11
✔6. Entourage: U is for Undertow - Sue Grafton (set in California) 4/13
✔7. Deadwood: The Next Always - Nora Roberts (small town) 4/9



7/7 COMPLETE 5/3/13

April As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 4/4

✔1~ The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) 4/30
✔2~ Rogue's Challenge - Jo Barrett (Challenge) 4/29
✔3~ A Storm of Swords - George R.R. Martin (A Song of Fire and Ice) 4/25
✔4~ Bitten to Death - Jennifer Rardin (Jaz Parks) 4/27



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

April Broaden Your Horizons

READ: 0/2

East: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain (non-fiction)
West: The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss (new author)

May - Judge a Book by Its Cover Challenge

READ: 3/3

✔1. Phoenix Rising - Philippa Ballantine 5/2
✔2. The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart 5/14
✔3. Pushing Up Daisies - Rosemary Harris 5/19



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

May As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 4/4

✔1 ~ Phoenix Rising - Philippa Ballantine (Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences) 5/2
✔2 ~ Tiger's Quest - Colleen Houck (The Tiger Saga) 5/4
✔3 ~ Bookplate Special - Lorna Barrett (A Booktown Mystery) 5/4
✔4 ~ Beautiful Redemption - Kami Garcia (Caster Chronicles) 5/19



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

May Broaden Your Horizons

READ: 2/2

EAST: Florence of Arabia - Christopher Buckley (humor) 5/15
WEST: Small as an Elephant - Jennifer Richard Jacobson (new author) 5/9



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

June Broaden Your Horizons

READ: 2/2

✔To the East: Hannah's Dream - Diane Hammond (women's fiction) 6/15

✔To the West: Everneath - Brodi Ashton (new author) 6/18



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

June As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 6/6

✔1~ This Dark Endeavour - Kenneth Oppel (The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein) 6/26
✔2~ Dragon Unmasked - Kathleen Nance (Earth Magic) 6/30
✔3~ Magic's Child - Justine Larbalestier (Magic or Madness) 6/28
✔4~ A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin (A Song of Fire & Ice) 6/13
✔5~ Demon Hunts - C.E. Murphy (Walker Papers) 6/28
✔6~ Before I Wake - Rachel Vincent (Soul Screamers) 6/9



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Cable Channel Challenge June: The Weather Channel

READ: 7/7

✔1. Local on the 8's: Whiplash - Catherine Coulter (8 letters in title) 6/20
✔2. Storm Riders: Deeply Odd - Dean Koontz (hero spends most of book riding around looking for villain) 6/17
✔3. Twist of Fate: Everneath - Brodi Ashton (heroine survives hell, literally) 6/18
✔4. Lifeguard! Southern California: M Is for Malice - Sue Grafton (set in California) 6/24
✔5. First Outlook: This Dark Endeavour - Kenneth Oppel (first in series) 6/26
✔6. Epic Conditions: A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin (1060 pages) 6/13
✔7. Iron Men: Lion's Heat - Lora Leigh (hottie on cover) 6/7



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Scattegories - July
Letter = D

READ: 13/12

General
1. Book Title: Dawn in Eclipse Bay - Jayne Ann Krentz 7/3 (1 point)
2. Author: Unencumbered - Dennis Glawe 7/5 (1 point)
3. Main Character: Claire Danvers - Black Dawn - Rachel Caine 7/2 (1 point)
4. Secondary Character: Dixon - Black Friday - Alex Kava 7/27 (1 POINT)
5. Place: Denmark - The Paris Vendetta - Steve Perry 7/8 (1 POINT)
6. Cover: deck (of the boat) - Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey - Trenton Lee Stewart 7/26 (1 POINT)

July Specials
7. Red: (Claire watched as Michael's eyes narrowed and turned dangerously red) p 194 nook - Black Dawn (1 point)
8. Chilly: (She shivered from both the delicious chill and the feel of his fingers following it) p243 nook - Black Dawn (1 point)
9. Related to a dog: (a dapper salt-and-pepper Schnauzer jumped out of the open car door) p63 - Dawn in Eclipse Bay (2 points)
10. Loud: (domineering type inclined to get a little loud at times) p56 - Dawn in Eclipse Bay (1 point)
11. Food: (dill and yogurt-laced cucumber salad) p68 - Dawn in Eclipse Bay (1 point)
12. Unearthly: (they're gonna transfer the bodies of these extraterrestrials they've got in deep-freeze in Area 51) p97 - Dawn in Eclipse Bay (1 point)



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

July As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 7/7

✔1~ Under Your Spell - Lois Greiman (Mayfair Witches) 7/3
✔2~ The Darkest Edge of Dawn - Kelly Gay (Charlie Madigan) 7/5
✔3~ Citadel - Kate Mosse (Languedoc) 7/16
✔4~ A Cold-Blooded Business - Dana Stabenow (Kate Shugak) 7/8
✔5~ The Paris Vendetta - Steve Berry (Cotton Malone) 7/8
✔6~ A Highlander's Homecoming - Melissa Mayhue (Daughters of the Glen) 7/10
✔7~ Shades of Midnight - Lara Adrian (Midnight Breed) 7/17


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

July Broaden Your Horizons

READ: 2/2

✔East: Briar Rose - Jane Yolen (about the Holocaust) 7/6
✔West: The Rook - Daniel O'Malley (new author) 7/25



I started out with this book thinking it was an international author and translated which it turned out not to be. Therefore I switched books to meet the challenge requirements.
East: The Map of Lost Memories: A Novel - Kim Fay 7/29

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

August As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 11/11

✔1~ The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler (Philip Marlowe) 8/16
✔2~ Kill Me Again - Maggie Shayne (Secrets of Shadow Falls) 8/16
✔3~ The Well of Shades - Juliet Marillier (Bridei Chronicles) 8/7
✔4~ Naked Edge - Pamela Clare (I Team) 8/3


✔1~ Unspoken - Sarah Rees Brennan (The Lynburn Legacy) 8/8
✔2~ Scoundrel - Zoe Archer (The Blades of the Rose) 8/18
✔3~ The Red Heart of Jade - Marjorie Liu (Dirk & Steele) 8/31
✔4~ Winter Kiss - Deborah Cooke (Dragonfire) 8/14


✔1~ A Taste of Sin - Connie Mason (Sin Trilogy) 8/9
✔2~ The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf - Molly Harper (Naked Werewolf) 8/3
✔3~ Clockwork Princess - Cassandra Clare (The Infernal Devices) 8/2


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Cable Channel Challenge August: Fox

READ: 7/7

✔1. The Simpsons- The Snake, the Crocodile & the Dog - Elizabeth Peters (book 7 of 19) 8/13
✔2.American Idol- The Seventh Sinner - Elizabeth Peters (m.c. walks around singing like a loon) 8/28
✔3.Glee- Unspoken - Sarah Rees Brennan (set in high school) 8/8
✔4.Hell's Kitchen- Winter Kiss - Deborah Cooke (heroine is a caterer) 8/14
✔5.New Girl- Kill Me Again - Maggie Shayne (heroine is a teacher) 8/16
✔6.Bones- The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler (mystery) 8/16
✔7.The Mindy Project- Eyes Wide Open - Andrew Gross (hero is a doctor) 8/26



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

August Broaden Your Horizons

READ: 2/2

East: Fruits Basket, Volume 01 - Natsuki Takaya (don't read manga but need for a challenge) 8/11

West: Unwanted - Kristina Ohlsson (new author) 8/21



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Cable Channel Challenge September: ABC

READ: 7/7

✔1. Grey’s Anatomy- Kiss Me, Kill Me - Maggie Shayne (heroine is a doctor) 9/13

✔2. The Chew- Emissary - Fiona McIntosh (lots of characters) 9/11

✔3. Once Upon a Time- Out of Breath - Rebecca Donovan (flashbacks) 9/14

✔4. Castle- Ink Flamingos - Karen Olson (cozy mystery with an unlikely matchup) 9/17

✔5. Americas Funniest Videos- Z for Zachariah - Robert O'Brien (male lead is John Loomis) 9/9

✔6. 666 Park Avenue- Rebel - Zoe Archer (Native American superstitions/shifter) 9/8

✔7. Good Morning America- Aunt Dimity's Death - Nancy Atherton (book 1 of 18) 9/8



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

September As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 10/10

Set One -- COMPLETE!
✔1~Aunt Dimity's Death - Nancy Atherton (An Aunt Dimity Mystery) 9/8
✔2~Damn Him to Hell - Jamie Quaid (Saturn's Daughter) 9/28
✔3~Scarlet Nights - Jude Deveraux (Edilean) 9/20
✔4~Ink Flamingos - Karen Olson (Tattoo Shop Mystery) 9/17


Set Two -- COMPLETE!
✔1~The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart (Arthurian Saga) 9/4
✔2~Emissary - Fiona McIntosh (Percheron) 9/11
✔3~Rebel - Zoe Archer (Blades of the Rose) 9/8


Set Three -- COMPLETE!
✔1~Written in Red - Anne Bishop (The Others) 9/16
✔2~Forced to Kill - Andrew Peterson (Nathan McBride) 9/4
✔3~The Perfect Hope - Nora Roberts (Inn Boonsboro Trilogy) 9/21


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

September Broaden Your Horizons

READ: 4/4

East: Non Fiction which I hate!
1-When Is A Pig A Hog?: A Guide To Confoundingly Related English Words - Bernice Randall 9/6
2-The Woman Who Swallowed a Toothbrush: And Other Weird Medical Case Histories - Rob Myers 9/4

West:
1-The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt (new author) 9/30
2-Forced to Kill - Andrew Peterson (new author) 9/4



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Cable Channel Challenge October: CBS

READ: 7/7

✔1. Survivor- The Terror - Dan Simmons (set outdoors in the Arctic) 10/23

✔2. How I Met Your Mother- Blood Lies - Daniel Kalla (flashbacks) 10/3

✔3. CSI- Secondhand Spirits - Juliet Blackwell (someone murdered) 10/10

✔4. Elementary- Once Upon a Tower - Eloisa James (retelling of fairy tale) 10/8

✔5. Big Bang Theory- R is for Ricochet - Sue Grafton (set in California) 10/4

✔6. 60 Minutes- Ugly Beautiful - Seanpaul Thomas (short book, 190 pages) 10/1

✔7. Undercover Boss- Eternally Yours - Cate Tiernan (m.c. is trying to improve herself) 10/18



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

October As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 6/10

Set 1
✔1~ A Hoe Lot of Trouble - Heather Webber (Nina Quinn Mystery) 10/30
✔2~ Firewalker - Allyson James (Stormwalker) 10/27
✔3~ Eternally Yours - Cate Tiernan (Immortal Beloved) 10/18
✔4~ Raven Cursed - Faith Hunter (Jane Yellowrock) 10/12


Set 2
✔1~ Secondhand Spirits - Juliet Blackwell (A Witchcraft Mystery) 10/10
✔2~ Hearts of Smoke and Steam - Andrew Mayer (The Society of Steam) 10/17
3~ Goddess - Fiona McIntosh (Percheron)


Bonus Set
1~ The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley (Avalon)
2~ Dark Passage - M.J. Putney (Dark Mirror)
3~ Tiger's Voyage - Colleen Houck (Tiger Saga)

October Broaden Your Horizons

READ: 2/2

✔To the East: Hunted - P.C. Cast 10/5
(This is actually in my genre but it's a series I greatly dislike so I'm forcing myself to read it in an effort to complete the series.)
This series is done for me as there is no way I could stomach it again!

✔To the West:
[REPLACEMENT CHOICE]
The Terror - Dan Simmons 10/23
(I suffered through this 960 page monstrosity recommended by my father.)

[ORIGINAL CHOICE]
The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
(This is a new author that I tried to read a few months ago and could not. Here's hoping I can get through this monster this time.)



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Cable Channel Challenge November: NBC

READ: 6/7

✔1. Grimm- Time Untime - Sherrilyn Kenyon (paranormal) 11/10
✔2. Law & Order- Silencing Eve - Iris Johansen (features cops & CIA agents) 11/16
✔3. Parenthood- The Far West - Patricia Wrede (mother, child, grandchld feature in story) 11/9
✔4. Revolution- Head Over Heels - Jill Shalvis (stubborn female lead) 11/7
✔5. The Voice- Eternity Base - Bob Mayer (m.c. is a reporter and interviews people) 11/21
✔6. Tonight Show- Affliction - Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake series #22) 11/9
7. Saturday Night Live- Read a book with segments such as an anthology, or is a comedy, or a book that has inspired other writers.

November As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 5/5

✔1~ A Year and a Day - Virginia Henley (DeWarren) 11/3
✔2~ Kinslayer - Jay Kristoff (The Lotus Wars) 11/13
✔3~ Head Over Heels - Jill Shalvis (Lucky Harbor) 11/7
✔4~ Stranger - Zoe Archer (The Blades of the Rose) 11/24
✔5~ Labyrinth - Kat Richardson (Greywalker) 11/29



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

November Broaden Your Horizons

READ: 1/2

To the East: I hate zombie books but I'm willing to give this one a try.
My Life As a White Trash Zombie - Diana Rowland
✔ Affliction - Laurell K. Hamilton 11/9

To the West: I am determined to read this darn book!
The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

NOTE:
To the East -- I did not read the original zombie book but I did read another one so I'm counting that as complete.

To the West: -- I've tried to read this book twice now and had it from the library for a very very long time (twice) and realize that I'm just not interested in reading it at this time. Maybe in the future I'll give it another shot.

Cable Channel Challenge December: Nickelodeon

READ: 7/7

✔1. You Can't do that on Television- Starfire Angels - Melanie Nilles (young adult) 12/15

✔2. Rugrats- The Line Between Here and Gone - Andrea Kane (terminal baby is main plot) 12/6

✔3. Doug- Breakup - Dana Stabenow (heroine has dog/wolf hybrid) 12/18

✔4. Hey Arnold!- Thankless in Death - J.D Robb (set in NYC) 12/12

✔5. Ren & Stimpy Show- The Hit - David Baldacci (heroine is hot tempered) 12/23

✔6. The World of David the Gnome- Black Hole Sun - David Macinnis Gill (set in a mine) 12/22

✔7. Rocko's Modern Life- Finding the Lost - Shannon Butcher (went to Omaha Nebraska) 12/29



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Decmber As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 4/6

Set One
✔1~ My Life As a White Trash Zombie - Diana Rowland (White Trash Zombie) (12/6
✔2~ The Line Between Here and Gone - Andrea Kane (Forensic Instincts) 12/6
3~ ?



Set Two
✔1~ Initiation - Ruth Kerce (Xylon Warriors) 12/5
✔2~ Fifth Quarter - Tanya Huff (Quarters) 12/11
3~ ?

November Broaden Your Horizons

READ: 1/2

To the East: International author.
- Khanh Ha
(I tried to read this but gave up at 60 pages or so.)

✔To the West: New author.
- Melanie Nilles 12/15

Gettin To Know You Challenge-A-Holics - Part I
January ~ Hello, My Name Is...

READ: 7/7
✔B: Blood Challenge - Eileen Wilks 1/6
✔A: Ashes to Dust - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 1/22
✔R: Zugzwang -Ronan Bennett 1/31
✔B: Body of Sin - Eve Silver 1/9
✔A: The Siren Song - Anne Ursu 1/30
✔R: Hot Ice - Nora Roberts 1/16
✔A: The Calling - Kelley Armstrong 1/11




Gettin To Know You Challenge-A-Holics - February
February ~ Location, location, location!

READ: 8/8
✔B: The Brass Bed - Jennifer Stevenson 2/3
✔U: Unnatural - Michael Griffo 2/28
✔D: Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - Darynda Jones 2/2
✔D: Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness 2/11

✔L: Legend of the Jade Dragon - Yasmine Galenorn 2/17
✔A: Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist - M.C. Beaton 2/5
✔K: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor - Lisa Kleypas 2/1
✔E: The Cold Room - J.T. Ellison 2/20


Getting To Know You Challenge-A-Holics - March
My Favorite Color is...

READ: 6/6
✔P: In the Shadow of Gotham - Stefanie Pintoff 3/19
✔U: Unearthly - Cynthia Hand 4/4
✔R: Superstition - Karen Robards 3/31
✔P: The Pleasure of Your Kiss- Teresa Medeiros 3/26
✔L: Lethal Rider - Larissa Ione 3/22
✔E: The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde 3/9




Getting to Know You Challenge-A-Holics - April
It's All in a Day's Work at the Warehouse

READ: 9/9
✔W: Warrior - Zoe Archer 4/11
✔A: No Mercy - Lori Armstrong 4/19
✔R: Bitten to Death - Jennifer Rardin 4/27
✔E: The Return of Black Douglas - Elaine Coffman 4/7
✔H: Dare to Die - Carolyn Hart 4/6
✔O: On Stranger Tides - Tim Powers 4/5
✔U: U is for Undertow - Sue Grafton 4/13
✔S: Born to Bite - Lindsay Sands 4/13
✔E: Shadows in the Starlight - Elaine Cunningham 4/2



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Getting to Know You Challenge-A-Holics - - Part II - May
My Favorite Author is Nora Roberts (J.D. Robb)

READ: 11/11

N: N Is For Noose - Sue Grafton 5/8
O: Odalisque - Fiona McIntosh 5/30
R: Reason to Breathe - Rebecca Donovan 5/5
A: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith 5/18


R: Pushing Up Daisies - Rosemary Harris 5/19
O: On Dublin Street - Samantha Young 6/14
B: Phoenix Rising - Philippa Ballantine 5/2
E: (Esme) - The Lion's Daughter - Loretta Chase 5/7
R: The Rosary Girls - Richard Montanari 5/26
T: Tiger's Quest - Colleen Houck 5/4
S: Small as an Elephant - Jennifer Richard Jacobson 5/9



Getting to Know You Challenge-A-Holics - June
My favorite food is...Pasta.

READ: 5/5

P: Lion in the Valley - Elizabeth Peters 6/11
A: Everneath - Brodi Ashton 6/18
S: Shadow Woman - Linda Howard 6/4
T: This Dark Endeavour - Kenneth Oppel 6/26
A: Everbound - Brodi Ashton 6/25



Getting to Know You Challenge-A-Holics - July 
My Hobbies beyond books is....cross stitch.

READ: 11/11

C: Black Dawn - Rachel Caine 7/2
R: Fatal Voyage - Kathy Reichs 7/15
O: Delirium - Lauren Oliver 7/13
S: A Cold-Blooded Business - Dana Stabenow 7/8
S: The Paris Vendetta - Steve Berry 7/8


S: With Red Hands - Stephen Woodworth 7/9
T: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey - Trenton Lee Stewart 7/26
I: The Immortal Fire - Anne Ursu 7/20
T: (Tina Clancy) - Boyfriend from Hell - Jamie Quaid 7/29
C: Coyote's Mate - Lora Leigh 7/14
H: Hot Head - Damon Suede 7/11



Getting to Know You Challenge-A-Holics - August
My dream vacation would be/was...the Australian Outback!

READ: 17/17

✔A: The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf - Molly Harper 8/3
✔U: Unspoken - Sarah Rees Brennan 8/8
✔S: Sandstorm - James Rollins 8/26
✔T: A Taste of Sin - Connie Mason 8/8
✔R: River of Eden - Glenna McReynolds 8/29
✔A: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith 8/4
✔L: The Last Boyfriend - Nora Roberts 8/31
✔I: Taking Eve - Iris Johansen 8/10
✔A: Frog King, The: A Love Story - Adam Davies 8/11
✔N: Naked Edge - Pamela Clare 8/3



✔O: Unwanted - Kristina Ohlsson 8/21
✔U: Utterly Charming - Kristina Grayson 8/30
✔T: The Temptation of Your Touch - Teresa Medeiros 8/11
✔B: The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler 8/16
✔A: Scoundrel - Zoe Archer 8/18
✔C: Clockwork Princess - Cassandra Clare 8/2
✔K: Kill Me Again - Maggie Shayne 8/16


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Gettin To Know You Challenge-A-Holics - September
I need a drink of...Arizona Green Tea

READ: 15/15

A: Forced to Kill - Andrew Peterson 9/4
R: Rebel - Zoe Archer 9/8
I: Hunting Eve - Iris Johansen 9/14
Z: Z for Zachariah - Robert O'Brien 9/9
O: Ink Flamingos - Karen Olson 9/17
N: The Perfect Hope - Nora Roberts 9/21
A: Master of Darkness - Angela Knight 9/5

G: Unzipped - Lois Greiman 9/2
R: Red Phoenix - Kylie Chan 9/26
E: Emissary - Fiona McIntosh 9/11
E: Death Magic - Eileen Wilks 9/30
N: Aunt Dimity's Death - Nancy Atherton 9/8

T: 12th of Never - James Patterson 9/26
E: Spirit Dances - C. E. Murphy 9/29
A: Written in Red - Anne Bishop 9/16



Getting to Know You Challenge-A-Holics - October
The people who keep me from reading...are kids with fur!

READ: 14/14

A: Aunt Dimity and the Duke - Nancy Atherton 10/6
R: R is for Ricochet - Sue Grafton 10/4
E: Once Upon a Tower - Eloisa James 10/8

K: Grave Secrets - Kathy Reichs 10/8
I: What Doesn't Kill You - Iris Johansen 10/17
D: Little Shop of Homicide - Denise Swanson 10/22
S: Secondhand Spirits - Juliet Blackwell 10/10

W: Mortal Ties - Eileen Wilks 10/15
I: Gunmetal Magic - Ilona Andrews 10/25
T: Too Hot to Handle - Robin Kaye 10/9
H: Healing the Highlander - Melissa Mayhue 10/7

F: Fall of Night - Rachel Caine 10/5
U: Ugly Beautiful - Seanpaul Thomas 10/1
R: Raven Calls - C.E. Murphy 10/6




Getting to Know You Challenge-A-Holics - November
November- I am thankful for...the Library!

READ: 10/10

T: Time Untime - Sherrilyn Kenyon 11/10
H: Head Over Heels - Jill Shalvis 11/7
E: Seeing a Large Cat - Elizabeth Peters 11/23

L: Affliction - Laurell K. Hamilton 11/9
I: Silencing Eve - Iris Johansen 11/16
B: Eternity Base - Bob Mayer 11/21
R: Curfew - Phil Rickman 11/6
A: White Heat - Cherry Adair 11/2
R: Labyrinth - Kat Richardson 11/29
Y: A Year and a Day - Virginia Henley 11/3




Getting to Know You Challenge-A-Holics - December
December - Other Challenges I've Completed

(TLC) A-Z Friends Challenge
✔N: Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes - Denise Grover Swank 12/14

(NBRC) Bizarre, Crazy, Silly and Unique Holidays Reading Challenge - Part II
✔31~New Year's Eve Day: Thankless in Death - J.D. Robb (m.c. is Eve Dallas) 12/12

(CCC) A-Z Author Challenge
✔B: Shannon Butcher - Finding the Lost 12/29

(TLC) A-Z Series Challenge
✔Z: [Zoe Martinique] Wraith - Phaedra Weldon 12/27

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

TLC 50 States Challenge

Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2013


READ: 46/51

Alabama:
✔Alaska: Toehold: A Novel - Stephen Foreman 2/8
✔Arizona: The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton 2/28
✔Arkansas: Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes - Denise Grover Swank 12/14
✔California: Blood Challenge - Eileen Wilks 1/6
✔Colorado: Chopping Spree - Diane Mott Davidson 5/5
✔Connecticut: The Trouble with J.J. - Tami Hoag 2/20
Delaware:
✔Florida: Midnight Rain - Holly Lisle 1/17
✔Georgia: The Darkest Edge of Dawn - Kelly Gay 7/5
✔Hawaii: Immortal Rider - Larissa Ione 2/22
✔Idaho: Tin Swift - Devon Monk 5/31
✔Illinois: Biting Cold - Chloe Neill 4/23
✔Indiana: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith 8/4
✔Iowa: Calamity Jayne - Kathleen Bacus 2/17
Kansas:
Kentucky:
✔Louisiana: Lucky's Lady - Tami Hoag 1/29
✔Maine: Small as an Elephant - Jennifer Richard Jacobson 5/9
✔Maryland: The Next Always - Nora Roberts 4/9
✔Massachusetts: Absolutely, Positively - Heather Webber 2/5
✔Michigan: Love in a Nutshell - Janet Evanovich 1/4
✔Minnesota: Monkeewrench - P.J. Tracy 1/19
✔Mississippi: Deadly Fear - Cynthia Eden 5/29
✔Missouri: Taking a Shot - Jaci Burton 1/19
✔Montana: Chasing Fire - Nora Roberts 8/21
✔Nebraska: Unnatural - Michael Griffo 2/28
✔Nevada: Driven to Ink - Karen Olsen 3/24
✔New Hampshire: Bookplate Special - Lorna Barrett 5/4
✔New Jersey: Creepers - David Morrell 2/24
✔New Mexico: Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet - Darynda Jones 2/2
✔New York: Romeo, Romeo - Robin Kaye 2/26
✔North Carolina: Valley of Dust - Karoleen Vry Brucks 6/29
✔North Dakota: Starfire Angels - Melanie Nilles 12/15
✔Ohio: Winter Kiss - Deborah Cooke 8/14
✔Oklahoma: Hunted - P.C. Cast 10/5
✔Oregon: Dawn in Eclipse Bay - Jayne Ann Krentz 7/3
✔Pennsylvania: The Rosary Girls - Richard Montanari 5/26
✔Rhode Island: Devilish - Maureen Johnson 4/14
✔South Carolina: Beautiful Redemption - Kami Garcia 5/19
✔South Dakota: No Mercy - Lori Armstrong 4/19
✔Tennessee: A Brisket, a Casket - Delia Rosen 8/13
✔Texas: Before I Wake - Rachel Vincent 6/9
✔Utah: Everneath - Brodi Ashton 6/18
✔Vermont: Kill Me Again - Maggie Shayne 8/16
✔Virginia: Payback - Fern Michaels 6/16
✔Washington: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor - Lisa Kleypas 2/1
✔Washington DC: The Innocent - David Baldacci 5/21
West Virginia:
✔Wisconsin: Unencumbered - Dennis Glawe 7/5
✔Wyoming: Unearthly - Cynthia Hand 4/4

Best Motion Picture of the Year Challenge

Duration: February 1, 2013 - January 31, 2014
Level four (B) - Read four years and two task for each movie

READ: 76/76

85th Annual (2013)
►Amour COMPLETE!
Double Play - Jill Shalvis (romance) 3/20
Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist - M.C. Beaton (heroine in 50s) 2/5


►Argo COMPLETE!
F is for Fugitive - Sue Grafton (set in 1983) 2/21
Warrior - Zoe Archer (secret mission) 4/11


►Beasts of the Southern Wild COMPLETE!
Behemoth - Scott Westerfield (kraken) 2/8
The Miserable Mill - Lemony Snicket (heroine is 14) 3/10


► Unchained COMPLETE!
Dark Predator - Christine Feehan (must read author) 3/16
Can't Teach an Old Demon New Tricks - Cara Lockwood (hero is a bounty hunter) 2/14


►Les Miserables* COMPLETE!
The Highlander's Fury - Maeve Greyson (historical) 2/15
The Frog Prince - Jane Porter (involves boss/employee) 2/18


►Life of Pi* COMPLETE!
Stormdancer - Jay Kristoff (griffin m.c.) 2/13
Sea Hunter - Paul Garrison (set on a boat) 2/16


►Lincoln COMPLETE!
Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card (fight for freedom) 2/13
A Clash of Kings - George R.R. Martin (m.c. are kings) 3/25


►Silver Linings Playbook* COMPLETE!
The Dragon Who Loved Me - G.A. Aiken (one of m.c. is nuts) 3/6
In the Shadow of Gotham - Stefanie Pintoff (silver cover) 3/19


►Zero Dark Thirty COMPLETE!
The Forgotten - David Baldacci (hero Army CID) 3/13
Aunt Dimity Down Under - Nancy Atherton (search for long-lost relative) 3/7


84th Annual (2012)
►The Artist(winner) COMPLETE!
The Mao Case - Qiu Xiaolong (about Mao Zedong) 5/21
Phoenix Rising - Philippa Ballantine (attends the theater) 5/2


►The Tree of Life COMPLETE!
Now or Never - Michele Bardsley (set in Texas) 2/11
Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane (set in 1954) 2/19


►The Descendants* COMPLETE!
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor - Lisa Kleypas (set on San Juan Island) 2/1
The Sea of Tranquility - Katha Millay (heroes entire family is gone) 2/25


►Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close* COMPLETE!
The Postcard Killers - James Patterson (a key solves the crime)4/28
Reason to Breathe - Rebecca Donovan (black cover) 5/5


►The Help* COMPLETE!
On Stranger Tides - Tim Powers (changing times) 4/5
Toehold: A Novel - Stephen Foreman (set in a small town) 2/8


►Hugo* COMPLETE!
Shadows in the Starlight - Elaine Cunningham (heroine is an orphan) 4/2
Unwanted - Kristina Ohlsson (set partially on a train) 8/21


►Midnight in Paris COMPLETE!
The Bridge to Never Land - Dave Barry/Ridley Pearson (take trip to Florida) 3/31
Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness (time travel) 2/11


►Moneyball* COMPLETE!
Delusion in Death - J.D. Robb (Roarke) 3/6
Through Violet Eyes - Stephen Woodworth (set in California) 3/20


►War Horse* COMPLETE!
Born to Bite - Lindsay Sands (on a farm) 4/13
Rogue Rider - Larissa Ione (four horseman of apocalypse) 4/6

Part II

83th Annual (2011)
►The King's Speech(Winner) COMPLETE!
The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde (set in England) 3/9
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan (yellow cover) 2/9


►127 Hours COMPLETE!
Creepers - David Morrell (chars are trapped in hotel) 2/24
The Darkest Edge of Dawn - Kelly Gay (char named Aron) 7/5


►Black Swan COMPLETE!
Superstition - Karen Robards (heroines mom is ovebearing) 3/31
The Friday Society - Adrienne Kress (mask on cover) 7/4


►The Fighter COMPLETE!
U is for Undertow - Sue Grafton (takes place 1988) 4/13
The Cold Room - J.T. Ellison (twins) 2/20


►Inception COMPLETE!
The Guardian - Sherrilyn Kenyon (heroine can enter dreams) 6/18
Defending Jacob - William Landay (psychological thriller) 5/11


►The Kids Are All Right COMPLETE!
Unnatural - Michael Griffo (about gay couple) 2/28
Lethal Rider - Larissa Ione (trying to find father) 3/22


►The Social Network COMPLETE!
A Storm of Swords - George R.R. Martin (Cersei/Jamie are twins) 4/25
Killer Instinct - Zoë Sharp (hero is named Marc) 2/9


►Toy Story 3 COMPLETE!
Goliath - Scott Westerfeld (young adult) 3/5
The Trouble with J.J. - Tami Hoag (funny) 2/20


►True Grit* COMPLETE!
No Mercy - Lori Armstrong (western) 4/19
Master of Shadows - Angela Knight (H/h chasing murderer) 3/7


►Winter's Bone COMPLETE!
A Cold-Blooded Business - Dana Stabenow (drug trade) 7/8
Small as an Elephant - Jennifer Richard Jacobson (hero living with mentally ill mother) 5/9


82nd Annual (2010)
►The Hurt Locker (Winner) COMPLETE!
On Call In Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story - Cdr. Richard Jadick (takes place in Iraq) 2/27
Blue Latitudes - Tony Horwitz (about Captain James Cook) 2/25


►A Serious Man COMPLETE!
Spare Change - Bette Lee Crosby (drama) 3/21
Briar Rose - Jane Yolen (m.c. is Jewish) 7/6


►An Education COMPLETE!
When the Lion Feeds - Wilbur Smith (coming of age) 5/10
The Taking - Erin McCarthy (h=29, H=150) 3/18


►Avatar COMPLETE!
The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton (scifi) 2/28
Absolutely, Positively - Heather Webber (blue cover) 2/5


►District 9 COMPLETE!
Undercover - Lauren Dane (set in space/aliens) 7/7
Don't Kill The Messenger - Eileen Rendahl (pub in 2010) 3/12


►Inglourious Basterds COMPLETE!
Dark Mirror - Mary Jo Putney (time travel to WWII England) 6/25
Guilty Wives - James Patterson (France) 2/25


►Precious* COMPLETE!
Romeo, Romeo - Robin Kaye (New York City) 2/26
Immortal Rider - Larissa Ione (hero tortured in hell) 2/22


►The Blind Side COMPLETE!
Odalisque - Fiona McIntosh (heroine is adopted) 5/30
Deadly Fear - Cynthia Eden (set in Mississippi) 5/29


►Up COMPLETE!
Grendel - John Gardner (talking animal) 2/16
In Golden Blood - Stephen Woodworth (takes place in the mountains) 2/6


►Up in the Air COMPLETE!
Over the Edge - Suzanne Brockmann (plane hijacked in an airport) 7/31
A Falcon Flies - Wilbur Smith (h/h travel throughout Africa) 3/31


CHALLENGE COMPLETE