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Monthly Challenges
✔January, 2014: Out with the Old -- In with the New!
✔ Over in a Flash - January 2014
✔February 2014 Challenge: Love is in the air...and so are other things!
✔Over in a Flash - June 2014
✔ June Monthly Challenge - 2014 NBTR
✔ ~Clean your TBR shelf challenge~
✔ July Monthly Challenge - 2014 LTLS
✔ Over in a Flash - July 2014
✔ Let's go hunting!! #1
✔ July Monthly Challenge : 2014 - NBTR
✔ Over in a Flash - August 2014
August 2014 Challenge: The Mad Mad Web Book Hunt
Scrabble - Team Challenge
✔ The Cupid Challenge!
August 2014 - Hungry for Books!
August Monthly Challenge - 2014 : LTLS


Quarterly Challenges
✔First Quarter Challenge, 2014
✔ Around the world in 80 days challenge!
Read It Out Challenge!
✔ Chill Out and READ!!! #1


Half-Yearly Challenges
✔ All the Romance you can handle! ~2014


Yearly Challenges
✔ 14,000 in 2014 Group Book Count Challenge
✔ Heroes Around the World
✔2014 Male Author Challenge
✔2014 TBR Challenge
✔2014 Paranormal & Fantasy Challenge
✔2014 Debut Author Challenge
✔2014 Contemporary Challenge
✔ Who's Your Alpha?
✔ Brides...Grooms...Weddings
✔Fairy Tale Retelling
Double-Decker Alphabet Bus (Z-A) 2014
✔2014 A-Z Reading Challenge
✔The Die Hard PNR Challenge
How many pages can we read together in 2014..??
✔ ~Booklovers’ Cover Art Checklist Challenge~
✔ ~Booklovers’ Which Setting Is It? Challenge~
2014 Monthly Key Word Challenge!!


In my own time Challenges
Off The Wall Challenges > Definition of a Good Lover: An A-Z Challenge
Sub-genre Challenge: Romance
✔ The Wizard of Oz 75th Birthday Celebration Challenge
✔ Read your name challenge!
✔ Favourite Book Search Reading Challenge


Monthly Reads
✔ SGoM-January, 2014: Chick Lit Romance
✔ And Then She Fell


Buddy Reads
✔ The Princess Bride
✔ BR 21- kritika and sheetal- THE DA VINCI CODE
✔ BR 8 - Kritika & Divya; Start date ----> 1st July

✔ Over in a Flash - January 2014


0/2
Sapphire: Read★ ★ ★ ★
Winter Scenes/Snow: Read★ ★ ★ ★

✔MONTHLY CHALLENGES

RLftCI January - Out with the Old, In with the New

Level:Medium
3/3 READ
✔OLD: Read 3.5 stars
✔NEW SERIES:Read 4.5 stars
NEW AUTHOR:
replaced by
✔WILD CARD ENTRY: Read 3.5 stars

✔Monthly & Quarterly Challenges > First Quarter Challenge, 2014:
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2014
Level: Medium 0/5

F. - theme: ✔ Food (on cover, foodie mystery, character runs eatery, etc) The Chocolate Thief
I. -
R. -
S. -
T. -

Q. -
U. -
A. -
R. - colour: ✔ red Zombie Queen of Newbury High
T. -
E. - characters: ✔ enemies who fall in love The Last Man on Earth
R. - theme: ✔ Royal (book about a royal) Some Like it Royal
L. -
Y. - genre: ✔ Young Adult Stealing Heaven

FoEJ&JQ:
2014 A-Z Reading Challenge

Duration: January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014.

26/26 done!

A - Angels & Demons ✔
B - by B ybee Catherine ✔
C - Charlie All Night ✔
D - Her Best Friend's Brother by T. J. D ell ✔
E - The Prince with Amnesia by E mily Evans ✔
F - Fiancé by Friday ✔
G - The Princess Bride by William G oldman ✔
H - The Home Court Advantage ✔
I - If Tomorrow Comes ✔
J - Shrinking Violet by Danielle J oseph ✔
K - How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by K errelyn Sparks ✔
L - The Law of Attraction ✔
M - Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid" ✔
N - Legal Briefs by N M Silber ✔
O - Never Been Kissed by Molly O 'Keefe
P - Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance by P enny Reid ✔
Q - Zombie Queen of Newbury High
R - The Rosie Project ✔
S - Some Like it Royal ✔
T - The Last Man on Earth by T racey Anne Warren ✔
U - The Unwanted Wife ✔
V - Just My Luck by Kelley Vitolo ✔
W - Winter's Child ✔
X - Texas Glory ✔
Y - Beloved Benefactor by Yvonne Whittal ✔
Z - Haveli by Z eenat Mahal ✔

RLftCI
Double-Decker Alphabet Bus (Z-A) 2014

Duration : January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
Read : 02/26!


✔ *ZZ - Zombie Queen of Newbury High (Zombie Queen of Newbury High, Zombie Queen Mia Hall) - 12/5 ★★★★★
✔ *YY - Never Been Kissed (Ashley Montgomery) - 30/7 ★★★★★
*XX -
WW -
*VV -
*UU - Undead and Unwed
TT - Texas Splendor (Texas Trilogy #3)
SS - Short-Straw Bride
RR - The Courtship of Izzy McCree by Ruth Ryan Langan
*QQ - Queen of Babble (Queen of Babble #1)
PP - Soulless (Parasol Protectorate #1)
OO -
NN -
MM - Married by Mistake
LL - The Little Lady Agency
KK - When Harry Met Molly by Kieran Kramer
JJ -
II -
HH - A Humble Heart (Hollywood Hearts #1)
GG - The Ghost and the Goth (The Ghost and the Goth #1)
FF - Five Flavors of Dumb
EE - The Kissing Deadline by Emily Evans
DD - Do or Die
CC - Don't Mess with Texas by Christi Craig
BB - The Marriage Pact (The Brides of Bliss County #1)
AA - Fairy Bad Day by Amanda Ashby

✔ Who's Your Alpha? Challenge
Start Date: January 6, 2014
Finish Date: January 5,2015

Level: AlphaBeta
9/9

The Duke: Hussain The Contract ✔

The Laird: Gabriel O'Malley A Bargain Bride ✔

The Golden Boy: Braden Pierce The Law of Attraction ✔

The Lone Wolf: Neil MacBain Fiancé by Friday ✔

The Warrior: Shiva The Immortals of Meluha ✔

The Brain: Don Tillman The Rosie Project ✔

The Libertine: Zack Douglas The Last Man on Earth ✔

The Black Sheep: Marquess of Bourne A Rogue by Any Other Name ✔

The Sorcerer: Roman Draganesti How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire ✔

✔Heroes Around the World

Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2014

9/7 done

◆ Australia ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ -20/01/14

◆ America ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ -30/01/14

◆ Russia ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - 12/02/14

◆ England ★ ★ ★ ★ - 03/03/14

◆ Tibet ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - 18/03/14

◆ Pakistan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - 02/04/14

◆ Florin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - 16/06/14

◆ Romania ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 - 20/06/14

◆Halterra ★ ★ ★ 1/2 - 05/07/14

✔ RLftCI:
Monthly & Quarterly Challenges > February 2014 Challenge: Love is in the air...and so are other things!
Level: Medium
0/5

February 12- Plum Pudding Day: Read a book that f eatures a chef or baker or that has a purple cover.
The Chocolate Thief ✔

February 14 - Valentine's Day: Read a book that has V at the beginning of the title, author's name or character's name.
Some Like it Royal ✔

February 20 - Cherry Pie Day: Read a book with a virgin as the hero or heroine ;)
Stealing Heaven ✔

February 22 - International World Thinking Day: Read a book with a deep thinker...professor, archeologist, computer geek. Something like that :)
Perfectly Unmatched ✔

February 28 - Floral Design Day: Read a book that has a flower on the cover.
Wife by Wednesday ✔

✔2014 Male Author Challenge

7/5 Done

◆ Graeme Simsion ✔
◆ Sidney Sheldon ✔
◆ Amish Tripathi ✔
◆ William Goldman ✔
◆ Dan Brown ✔
◆ Khaled Hosseini ✔
◆ Sudeep Nagarkar ✔

I will this challenge start after my exams end. Great idea for a challenge :)


Off The Wall Challenges > Definition of a Good Lover: An A-Z Challenge

Duration: June 10, 2014 - ???

Level: Not Fooling Around: = 03/21-26 letters

Read: 63/183

A. Affable
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B - Blake
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B. Brave
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✔C. Caring
(view spoiler)[C - Courting Miss Hattie
A - Adam Roth
R - Rick Evans
I - Ian Eversea
N - Not Quite Mine
G - Gail Carrier
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D. Decent
(view spoiler)[D - Don Tillman
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E. Encouraging
(view spoiler)[E - The Rules
N
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R - R L Mathewson
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F. Fun
(view spoiler)[F - Fool Me Once
U
N - Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake
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G. Good-Looking
(view spoiler)[G - Goldman, William
O - One Good Earl Deserves a Lover
O
D - Dream Chaser
L - Love 'Em or Leave 'Em
O
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K - Kai
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H. Honest
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I. Intelligent
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L - Long, Julie Anne
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N - Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover
T - Tara Sivec
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J. Just
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K. Kind
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L. Loyal
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M. Mature
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N. Nice
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O. Open-minded
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P. Protective
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C - Can't Let Go
T - T.J. Dell
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Q. Quick-witted
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C - Checkmate
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W - The Writing Girls
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D - Devon Grey
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✔R. Romantic
(view spoiler)[R - Rusty-Nailed
O - Osborne, Maggie
M - Match Me If You Can
A - Alessandro De Lucci
N - N M Silber
T - To Catch a Pirate
I - I Kissed an Earl
C - Chicago Stars #3
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S. Stable
(view spoiler)[S - Sweet Lullaby
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✔T. Tall
(view spoiler)[T - Then Came You
A - Anders, Natasha
L - Laura Landon
L - Laura Landon
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U. Understanding
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A - A is for Abstinence
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V. Versatile
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S - Samantha James
A - Alice Clayton
T
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L - Levi Cooper
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W. Wealthy
(view spoiler)[W - William Harlow
E - Eva Ibbotson
A - Anne Gracie
L - Long, Julie Anne
T
H - How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire
Y - Yvonne Whittal
(hide spoiler)]

X. seXy
(view spoiler)[S - Splendid
E - Elizabeth Powers
X
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Y. Yours
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U - Unwanted #2
R - A Rogue by Any Other Name
S - Sterling Trilogy
(hide spoiler)]

Z. Zealous
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A - Ashebrooke
L
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S - Sylvain Marquis
(hide spoiler)]

✔Over in a Flash - June 2014


HEAC - Group Challenges and Buddy Reads > Over in a Flash - June 2014

3/3 done
1) Old Maid’s Day: {June 4th} Read a book where the heroine is considered an “Old Maid” or a spinster:

2) Green: The Princess Bride

3) (4) National Pink Day: {June 23rd} Read a book with a predominately pink cover, or has where this color “pops”Silent Revenge :

~ The Wizard of Oz 75th Birthday Celebration Challenge~


Duration : Complete it this summer, or take you own time.

Levels : Why, if I Only had a Brain, I Could Wile Away the Hours = 6-10 books.

Done : 6!

Option #1 : Choose as many categories as you desire.

★ Read a book set in a fantasy world.
★ Read a book set in Kansas.
★ Read a book set on a farm.
★ Read a book that is published in August. ✔
★ Read a book that quotes or references The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,
★ Read a book where a character is a con-man - or con-woman. ✔
★ Read a book where a character sings beautifully.
★ Read a book where someone discovers they have a heart after-all. ✔
★ Read a book where someone goes home - or is trying to get there. ✔
★ Read a book where someone shows courage. ✔
★ Read a book where the heroine rescues her friends.* (view spoiler)
★ Read a book with a major “twister” (AKA “plot twist”).
★ Read a book with a “road trip” theme - be it paved with yellow bricks or not.
★ Read a book with a character named Dorothy.
★ Read a book with a character who shows braininess. ✔
★ Read a book with a dog in it, whether or not they are named Toto. ✔
★ Read a book with a good witch.
★ Read a book with a heart on the cover. ✔
★ Read a book with a hot-air balloon on the cover; or where someone rides in one.
★ Read a book with a pair of shoes on the cover; or where the heroine buys a new pair. ✔
★ Read a book with a rainbow on the cover.
★ Read a book with a ruby red cover. ✔
★ Read a book with a shape-shifter lion.
★ Read a book with a wicked witch.
★ Read a book with a wizard in it.
★ Read a book with an emerald bookcover.
★ Read a book with some sparkles on the cover. ✔

Around the world in 80 days challenge!

Around the world in 80 days challenge

Time limit : 80 days from when you start

Around The World in Eighty Days is a classic adventure novel by Jules Verne. It was published in 1873. It is about a scientist Phileas Fogg. He and his new valet Passepartout go around the world in 80 days to win a 20,000 pounds wager made by his friends at the Reform Club.

In this challenge you have to read books:
1. which are set in the countries through which Fogg and Passepartout travel.
OR
2.About the history or culture of the countrues through which fogg and passepartout travel.
OR
3.Written by the authors born into the countries through which fogg and passepartout travel.

List of countries
England - Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance
France - The Da Vinci Code
Italy - Angels & Demons
Egypt
India
Singapore
China
Japan
U.S.A - Legally Wed
Ireland


Duration: 16.07.2014 to 03.10.2014

✔♥ Nothing Better Than Reading!! ♥
June Monthly Challenge - 2014

June is the Candy Month :

Repeat Day :

Best Friends Day :

Off The Wall Challenges > Sub-genre Challenge: Romance (Revised & Revisited for 2014!)

Duration : 10 June,2014 - ???

Level : Long Engagement: = 11/50 sub-genre

Read : 61/100-150 done

♥ Amnesia Romance :
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♥ Baby Love Romance: ✔
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♥ Bodice Ripper / Old School Romance:
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Cabin Romances / Road Trip Romances:

♥ Category Romances: ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Celtic Romance:

♥ Chick-lit Romance / Women's Fiction Romance / Family Saga Romance: ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Contemporary Romance: ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Dystopian Romance:

♥ Early 20th Century Romance / Turn of the Century Romance:
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Enemies to Lovers Romance: ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Erotica Romance: ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Fantasy Romance:

♥ Fairy Tale Romances: ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Fooled Around and Fell in Love Romance:
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Friends to Lovers Romance: ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Frontier Romance / Americana Romance / Mail-Order-Bride Romance:

♥ Heroine in Pursuit Romance: ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Highlander Hero Romance:

♥ Historical Romance: ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Holiday Romance:
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Love & Laughter / Humorous Romance: ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Marriage of Convenience Romance: ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Medical Romance:
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Medieval Romance:

♥ Multicultural / Interracial / International Romance:
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Native American Romance:

♥ New Adult Romance: ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Paranormal Romance: ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Pirate / Sea Captain / Sheikh / Sultan Romance:
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Post-Apocalypse Romance / Apocalyptic Romance:

♥ Regency Romance: (UK between 1811—when the Prince Regent ruled by proxy—and 1820): ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Renaissance Romance:

♥ Royalty / In Line for the Throne / Dukes Romance: ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Science Fiction Romance / Extraterrestrial Romance / Futuristic Romance:
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Shape-shifter Romance:

♥ Shotgun Wedding Romance / AKA Compromising Positions Romance: ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Small Town Lovin’ Romance:

♥ Sports Romance: ✔
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Supernatural Romance:
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Thriller Romance:
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♥ Time-Travel Romance:

♥ Vampire Romance:

♥ Victorian Romance:
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Viking Romance:

♥ Virgin Hero Romance:

♥ Wallflower / Bluestocking / Spinster / Governess Romance:
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Western Romance-Contemporary:

♥ Western Romance-Historical:
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

♥ Witch Romance:

♥ Young Adult Romance:
(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

✔Scavenger Hunts > Let's go hunting!! #1 - LTLS

Duration: 16/07/2014 to 15/08/2014

THE LIST:


1.rain : "It looks a bit like rain, doesn’t it?" - Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance

2.bird : "A big black bird swooped upward from the stone wall in the prolonged dusk of late spring." - Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance

3.flower : "I also found the perfect flower arrangement for my bouquet, with pale pink dahlias, dark pink
roses and white lilies." - Legally Wed

4.red : "They were red satin with an oversized matching bow at the toe." - Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance

5.night : "He had proposed the previous Saturday night, and we had agreed to
hold off on telling them until we saw them in person today." - Legally Wed

6.wedding : "“Were you nervous before your wedding?” I asked
Gabrielle, who was sitting across from me." - Legally Wed

7.kite : “I found one called “Elmo Flies a Kite.” - Legally Wed

8.dress : "He almost did a double-take when I came out of the bedroom
wearing a black jersey knit wrap dress and black boots." - Legally Wed

9.stars : "Tables were arranged around a dance floor, and huge, ostentatious centerpieces of flowers, gold and
white beaded stars, and ribbon jutted three feet upward in a topiary style." - Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance

10.sun "After leaving a bleak
January day in Philly, the sun on my skin felt wonderful." - Legally Wed

11.egg : "I ignored his comment and selected a delicate looking egg salad sandwich with no crust from the
serving tray." - Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance

12.chocolate : "And, lastly, I was going to force him to go through an entire wedding magazine and discuss whether
the cake should be white with white frosting or chocolate with white frosting." - Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance

13.murder : "Maybe the owner even wore it while planning someone’s
torture and murder." - Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance

14.friend : "I had gotten to know my friend Gabrielle’s sister-in-law,
Beth, fairly recently, but we seemed to hit it off really well." - Legally Wed

15.love : "I’m afraid that if I love you too much you’ll reject me." - Legally Wed

16.bride : "I’m the bride." - Legally Wed

17.vampire : -

18.regret : "It was dishonorable, and we both regret how we treated you." - Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance

19.father : "It was a demand that I find myself a suitable wedding
gown as soon as possible, and the news that my father would be bringing his new, very young,
girlfriend to our wedding." - Legally Wed

20.snow : " Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." - The Da Vinci Code

21.jacket : "Adam handed him the bottle he was carrying and helped me out of my jacket." - Legally Wed

22.music : "The beat of the music urged me on and he
started praising me, pleading and swearing." - Legally Wed

23.sister : "Jessica is
all moved in now, and they invited Braden and Gabrielle, and Mark and Braden’s sister, Beth." - Legally Wed

24.napkin : "The rabbi took a
wine glass, wrapped it in a cloth napkin, and put it at Adam’s feet." - Legally Wed

25.dance : "We’ll go see a male revue, drink our girlie drinks, talk about sex and dance." - Legally Wed

26.rocks : "“So Mason,” Gran said, leaping in to rescue her granddaughter, who looked ready to spit
rocks." - Love and Chaos

27.river : "Three of the sides were enclosed and the fourth was open, the Tower Bridge immediately to our left
and London Bridge some distance to our right—lit and casting both shadow and illumination on the
expansive river below." - Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance

28.man : "Commons has no authority to bar the man from their chamber." - Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance

29.knife : "Proposing is like giving someone your dick and a sharp knife, then waiting to see what they do next." - Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance

30.bus : "“There’s that bus you can take to the Masonville community center on Friday nights,” Josh said." - Never Been Kissed

Let's Talk Love Stories!
How many pages can we read together in 2014..??

18 Dec:

My Total: 13,432 + 10801 = 24,233 pages

Group Total: 4,00,661 + 10801 = 411462 pages

✔Over in a Flash - July 2014

Read 2/2!


International Joke Day:{July 4th} Read a humorous book, or a book where one of the characters is a comedian - Legally Wed
COLOR: Red - Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance

Read It Out Challenge!

July '14 to Sept '14


My favorite vacation spot - DARJEELING

D: The Da Vinci Code
A: Angels & Demons
R: The Rules
J:
E:
L: Legally Wed
I:
N: Neanderthal Marries Human: A Smarter Romance
G:

✔~Booklovers’ Which Setting Is It? Challenge~

Duration: 23.07.2014 - 22.07.2015

Level: In Town = 7-12 books

Read: 12!


◆ Texas, US ✔
◆ New York, US ✔
◆ Bishop, Arkansas, US ✔
◆ Paris, France ✔
◆ London, Regency Era ✔
◆ Kabul, Afghanistan ✔
◆ Los Angeles ✔
◆ Surrey, England ✔
◆ Cape Town, South Africa ✔
◆ Chicago, US ✔
◆ Indiana ✔
◆ Georgia, US ✔

July Monthly Challenge : 2014 :: NBTR

Duration : 1st July - 31st July

Finished : 8

National Anti-Boredom Month :

July 2nd is the I Forgot Day :

July 4th is the Independence Day (U.S.) :

July 11th is the Cheer up the Lonely Day :

July 12th is the Different Colored Eyes Day :

July 13th is the Embrace Your Geekness Day :

July 26th is the Aunt and Uncle Day :

July 27th is the Parent's Day - fourth Sunday in July :

July Monthly Challenge LTLS Group

Time Limit : 1st July, 2014 to 31st July, 2014

Level : Medium ~ 3-6 books

Read : 6

Themes/clues :

- International Joke Day (July 1):

- Compliment Your Mirror Day (July 3) :

- Work-a-Holic Day (July 5) :

- Chocolate Day (July 7) :

- Pandemonium Day (July 14) :

-Cheer Up the Lonely Day (July 11) :

Hungry for Books
~Clean your TBR shelf challenge~

Duration : 27/07/2014 - 27/08/2014

Challenge A :

Read : 2

1) #477 - My Last Resolution ✔ ★ ★ ★ ★
2) #197 - A Perfect Groom ✔ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Scrabble - Team Challenge ~ Sign-Ups

✔LTLS
~Booklovers’ Cover Art Checklist Challenge~

Duration : 23.07.2014 - 22.07.2015

Level : Aficionado = 13-20 books

Read : 31 Done!

(view spoiler)[
✔ Angel
✔ Animal
 Apple
 Autumn
 Baby
 Beach
 Bicycle
 Bird
 Black Dress
 Blood
 Blue Stone
 Butterflies
✔ Car
 Cat
✔ Children
✔ City
✔ Couple
 Cowboy
 Cross
 Crown
✔ Cup
 Dancer
 Dessert
 Diamond
✔ Dog
✔ Dress
 Earth
 Egypt
✔ Eyes
✔ Feather
 Fire
✔ Flowers
✔ Garden
✔ Girl
✔ Glasses
✔ Gown
 Grapes
 Guitar
✔ Hand
✔ Handcuffs
✔ Handsome
 Lightning
 Key
✔ Kiss
 Knife
 Leaves
 Lips
✔ Mask
 Moon
 Motorbike
 Mountain
 Music
✔ Necklace
 Night
✔ Ocean
 Rain
✔ Red Dress
 Ring
 Rocks
 Roses
 Ruby
✔ Sexy
 Shamrocks
✔ Sky
 Snow
✔ Sparkle
 Spring
 Stars
 Sun
 Sword
 Tattoo
✔ Trees
 Vampire
 Warrior
✔ Water
✔ White Dress
 Winter
 Wolf
✔ Young Woman
 Zombies

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✔Chill Out and READ!!! #1

Duration : August '14 to November '14

CLUES!!


General genre-free clues:

✔A#1-Read a book which was released in 2013 (1)
✔A#2-Read a book which is part of any series (1) Weekday Brides #5
✔A#3-Read a short story (2)
A#4-Read a book which your parents enjoyed (2)
A#5-Read a graphic novel (2)
A#6-Read 5 poems by different authors (3)
✔A#7-Listen to an audio book (3)

Genre-based clues:

✔B#1-Read a book of your own choice (1)
✔B#2-Read a detective, thriller, or mystery story (2)
✔B#3-Read a historical or war (2)
B#4-Read, watch, listen to a play (2)
✔B#5-Read a contemporary or chick-lit book (3)
✔B#6-Read a forgotten classic (3)
B#7-Read a book based on a true story (3)
✔B#8-Read a book of you least favorite genre (4) UF/Alien

Cover-based Clues:

✔C#1-Read a book with a blue/black cover (1)
✔C#2-Read a book with less than 4 colors in its cover (2)
C#3-Read a book with a supernatural species on its cover (3)
✔C#4-Read a book with a cover you hate (4)

Word-in-a-Title Clues:

Read a book with these words in the title!

D#1-Every (1)
D#2-Dawn (1)
✔D#3-Never (1) Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover
D#4-Special (2)
✔D#5-Promise (2) The Promise of Jenny Jones
✔D#6-Love (2) Must Love Dukes
D#7-Forever (3)
D#8-Mother (3)

My Points : 34

✔The Cupid Challenge!

Duration : 29/07/2014 - 29/08/2014

Read : 3

Clues/Themes :

-read a book that has a red cover

-read a book that has a heart, love or kiss in the title ✔

-read a book written by an author whose last name starts with any letter from L,O,V,E (Laura Florand) ✔

-read a romantic book that you found on a friend's Goodreads shelf (don't forget to name the friend) (found on Ipshita's shelf) ✔

-read a mills & boon / harlequin novel

-a romantic book that's been made into a movie

-read a book that inspires you

✔RLftCI
The Die Hard PNR Challenge

Level : Protégé (7-9 books)

Duration : 23.01.2014 - 22.01.2015

Read : 7

The list :

✔alien -
✔angel -
cyborg
demon
elf or elves
fae or faerie or fairy
gargoyle
genie or djinn
gnomes
goblins
ghosts/spirits
✔mermaids -
✔mythological gods - Hindu mythological god(Mahadev) -
ogres
pixies
satyrs
✔vampires -
✔werewolves/shapeshifters
witches
wizards/sorcerer
✔zombies -

I'm also late.. but better late than never!

2014 Monthly Key Word Challenge!!

Duration: 1 Aug '14 to 31 Dec '14

Clues:

August- Heartbreak, parents

September- Fright, fashion

October- Rewards, dancing, happiness

November- Forever, crime

December- Christmas, gifts, endings

✔Read your name challenge!

Duration: 01/08/2014 - 31/12/2014

Books Read: 11/11

K - Khaled Hosseini And the Mountains Echoed
R - The Rules
I - Imperfect Chemistry
T - Taken by Tuesday
I - Isobel Irons Wake for Me
K - Kristan Higgins The Best Man
A - Angie Stanton Love 'Em or Leave 'Em

B - Catherine Bybee Not Quite Dating
A - A is for Abstinence
I - I Kissed an Earl
D - Dream Chaser

✔ Over in a Flash - August 2014

Read : 2/2 Done!

Vietnam Veterans’ Day (Australia): {August 18th} Read a book where the hero is a veteran of a war.
World Breastfeeding Week: {August 1-7th} Read a book where someone is or becomes a mother.

✔~ Favourite Book Search Reading Challenge ~

Duration: Dec 20, 2014 to Jun 20, 2015

Levels: Captivated=6-9 books

Categories Read: 9/6-9 !

◆Favourite Book: Type the name of your favourite book in this LINK . Read a book from the recommended list that appears.

◆Favourite Author: Kelly Oram

◆Authors similar to your favourite author: Favourite author: Julia Quinn. Match: Tessa Dare

◆Favourite genre: Romance

◆Favourite character: Sweet, kind and caring Alpha hero

◆Favourite colour:

◆Favourite setting: Regency London

◆Favourite trope: Opposites Attract

◆Favourite GR friend: Ipshita

◆Favourite Romance Sub-genre: Contemporary Romance