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50 States
A-Z Friends
At the Carnival - Foods
Back To School: College Edition
Colors of the Month - Blue
Colors of the Month - Purple
Colors of the Month - Red
Disney Movie Scavenger Hunt
Fun Things To Do in August
Holiday Words in a Word Game
It's My Party Challenge
Oh, The Places You'll Go
Reading The Seasons - Spring
Tribute to Tom Petty
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1979
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1998

50 States Challenge



READ: 50/50

✔Alabama - Allegiance - Susanna Sandlin 3/17
✔Alaska - Better To Rest - Dana Stabenow 4/15
✔Arizona - Don't Look Now - Linda Lael Miller 4/2
✔Arkansas - The Bird Eater - Ania Ahlborn 2/13
✔California - The Madness of Mercury - Connie Di Marco 5/18
✔Colorado - All That Bleeds - Kimberly Frost 6/15
✔Connecticut - Books Can Be Deceiving - Jenn McKinlay 4/7
✔Delaware - She'll Never Live - Hunter Morgan 10/14
✔Florida - The Scent of Jasmine - Jude Devereau 6/11
✔Georgia - Afterlight - Elle Jasper 9/6
✔Hawaii - Rogue Wave - Boyd Morrison 3/4
✔Idaho - Almost Like Being in Love - Christina Dodd 12/31
✔Illinois - Concrete Savior - Yvonne Navarro 7/7
✔Indiana - Dearly Depotted - Kate Collins 4/3
✔Iowa - The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend - Katarina Bivald 3/17/17
✔Kansas - The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster - Scott Wilbanks 11/29
✔Kentucky - Dark Roots and Cowboy Boots -Luann McLane 7/13
✔Louisiana - Malevolent - Jana DeLeon 12/16
✔Maine - Fatal Fixer-Upper - Jennie Bentley 7/17
✔Maryland - Bad Nights - Rebecca York 2/23
✔Massachusetts - A Case of Need - Michael Crichton 3/11
✔Michigan - The Chocolate Pirate Plot - JoAnna Carl 1/7
✔Minnesota - Me, Myself and Why? - Mary Janice Davidson 1/1
✔Mississippi - The Quiet Game - Greg Iles 5/20
✔Missouri - A Killing Frost - Hannah Alexander 12/27
✔Montana - Lions, Tigers, and Sexy Bears Oh My! - Candace Havens 6/17
✔Nebraska - Hotwire - Alex Kava 4/29
✔Nevada - Lucky Bastard - Deborah Coonts 6/7
✔New Hampshire - Silent Auction - Jane K. Cleland 6/25
✔New Jersey - One Dog Night - David Rosenfelt 4/21
✔New Mexico - The Curse of Tenth Grave - Darynda Jones 1/11
✔New York - On What Grounds - Cleo Coyle 3/20
✔North Carolina - I Think I Love You - Stephanie Bond 1/14
✔North Dakota - Immune - Shannon Mayer 12/30
✔Ohio - Spellbent - Lucy Snyder 9/5
✔Oklahoma - The Harder You Fall - Gena Showalter 8/31
✔Oregon - The Accidental Alchemist - Gigi Pandian 3/28
✔Pennsylvania - Stuck In Shangri-La - Kasey Michaels 4/18
✔Rhode Island - Fish Perfume - Sammie Grace 3/6
✔South Carolina - Full Scoop -Janet Evanovich 5/6
✔South Dakota - Forbidden Embers - Tessa Adams 9/11
✔Tennessee - 14 - J.T. Ellison 3/30
✔Texas - One Lucky Cowboy - Carolyn Brown 5/28
✔Utah - Dead Dry - Sarah Andrews 12/13
✔Vermont - Casting Spells - Barbara Bretton 12/28
✔Virginia - Die Like an Eagle - Donna Andrews 5/21
✔Washington - Changeling - Yasmine Galenorn 5/11
✔West Virginia - Brother - Ania Ahlborn 10/28
✔Wisconsin - Dead Sexy - Tate Hallaway 4/8
✔Wyoming - The Last Good Man - Kathleen Eagle 2/17

January As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 3/3

✔1. [Madd Addam] ~ Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood 1/2
✔2. [Bella Vista Chronicles] ~ The Beekeeper's Ball - Susan Wiggs 1/12
✔3. [Elemental Assassin] ~ Venom - Jennifer Estep 1/21



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

January Scavenger Hunt

48/40 FOUND

Off Kilter - Hannah Reed 1/1
19. (Blue) Goose - sent him off on a wild-goose chase, p136
20. (Blue) Grass - all these tall fields of grass, p139
27. (Blue) Monday - James MacBride passed away on Monday, p52
29. (Blue) Mountains - lush mountains in the distance, p50
38. (Blue) Sea - what I guessed to be the direction of the sea, p33
47. (Blue) Whale - after searching for whales along the firth, p51

Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood 1/2
9. (New) Born - or what day he was born, p50
13. (New) Broom - sweeping it up with a push broom, p17
16. (Blue) Collar - women always get hot under the collar, p16
24. (Blue) Lagoon - pale blue of the lagoon, p3
26. (New) Mexico - handmade in Mexico, p16
30. (Blue) Movie - there were movies like that, p41
50. (New) Zealand - where the people may have escaped New Zealand, p272

Stolen Songbird - Danielle Jensen 1/3
46. (Blue) Velvet - cascading over her jeweled velvet clothing, p42

The Chocolate Pirate Plot - JoAnna Carl 1/7
31. (Blue) Murder - was a murder victim, p135
32. Navy (Blue) - and a navy sweater, p156
44. (New) Tricks - he and Jeremy used to do their tricks out back, p72

Some Like It Scot - Suzanne Enoch 1/8
8. (Blue/New) Blood - you're a good man despite your blue blood, p92
35. (Blue) Peter - I do not require a nanny, Peter, p51

The Thrall's Tale - Judith Lindbergh 1/8
3. (Blue) Beard - his head and beard afire, p11
15. (Blue) Chip - wedging smaller chips to hold it steady, p72
28. (Blue/New) Moon - as the full moon passes, p188
45. True (Blue) - it turns out true, p188
48. (New) Year - a year? a year, lady?, p117

A Walk Across the Sun - Corban Addison 1/9
43. (Blue) Train - the train is waiting, p39

The Edge of the World - Kevin Anderson 1/13
4. (Blue) Bell - furiously clanged the bronze bell, p5
6. (Blue) Bird - he could hear birds singing, p146
10. (Blue) Bottle -then tossed the bottle overboard, p173

I Think I Love You - Stephanie Bond 1/14
7. (Blue) Blazes - it was hot as blazes, p271
17. (New) Edition - for that particular edition, p256

The Immortals of Meluha - Amish Tripathi 1/15
1. (New) Age - and that's how we age and die, p105
25. (New) Leaf - what is the color of that leaf, p219

Graced - Amanda Pillar 1/17
5. (Blue) Berry - seemed to stay a bright berry color, p21

On the Growl - Celia Kyle 1/18
18. (New) England - her own family was in New England, p135

Daughter of the Blood - Ann Bishop 1/22
37. (Blue) Ribbon - Lucivar followed the ribbon of chilled air, p96
39. Sky (Blue) - an unlikely blend of sky blue and sun yellow, p29

The Lost Key - Catherine Coulter 1/23
23. (New) Jersey - looking out onto the New Jersey skyline, p162
49. (New) York - gotten him assigned to the New York field office, p10

Darkness Dawns - Dianne Duvall 1/25
41. (Blue) Stocking - she was a blue stocking, p90

Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris 1/26
2. (Blue) Bayou - drop her off in the bayou, p73
12. Brand (New) - came up with a brand new doorknob, p156
34. (New) Orleans - they mostly play New Orleans and San Francisco, p36
36. (Blue) Print - he also branched into print and runway modeling, p194

Blue Monday - Nicci French 1/26
14. (Blue) Cheese - when the photographer told her to say cheese, p5
40. (New) Start - looked around and gave a start, p34

The Memorist - M.J. Rose 1/29
21. (New) Ground - drop to the ground, p404

The Hawk and His Boy - Christopher Bunn 1/31
11. (Blue) Boy - a boy yawned his way across the courtyard, p8
33. (New) Order - the Order of Creatures, he knew the book by heart, p126

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

February As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 5/6

✔1 ~ [Dragons of Eternity 01] ~ On the Accidental Wings of Dragons - Julie Wetzel 2/11
✔2 ~ [Immortal Guardians 02] ~ Night Reigns - Dianne Duvall 2/11
✔3 ~ [Shane Scofield 03] ~ Scarecrow - Matthew Reilly 2/4



✔1 ~ [Psychic Visions 01] ~ Tuesday's Child - Dale Mayer 2/18
✔2 ~ [Cadence Jones 02] ~ Yours, Mine, and Ours - Mary Janice Davidson 2/19
3 ~ [Liam Campbell 03] ~ Nothing Gold Can Stay - Dana Stabenow

February Scavenger Hunt

49/40 FOUND

Immortal - Traci L. Slatton 2/2
36. Pink - her pink lips dropping open in surprise, p14

Rogue - Katy Evans 2/2
5. Arrow - Cupid used an arrow, p21
7. Bouquet - are you glad Melanie didn't catch the bouquet, p107
8. Boyfriend - low, rough words of my girlfriend's boy friend, p101
10. Card - pull out a card from last year, p79
15. Cupid - Cupid himself. God of love, p21
22. Flirt - toss her hair, flirt around, p35
26. Girlfriend - teaching my girlfriend how to shoot, p93
29. Hug - always giving things out, even hugs, p41
31. Kiss - ready to convince me with a kiss, p19
35. Passion - it's all a haze of passion and desire, p76
38. Proposal - I make a proposal, p40
42. Romeo - hey Romeo, will you answer your goddamn phone, p161

Lost - Alice Lichtenstein 2/4
49. True - he'd never had a true love, p125

Three Sisters - Susan Mallery 2/4
13. Couple - going to insist on couples therapy, p31
14. Crush - I had a crush on him since the time I was 12, p67
20. Embrace - sunlight seemed to embrace them, p109

Tick Tock - James Patterson 2/5
27. Heart - the heart has reasons, p313
30. Jewellery - he would purchase fine jewelry for her, p270
37. Poem - almost sounds like a poem, p28
47. Tender - tender and sweet, p36

Eleventh Grave in Moonlight - Darynda Jones 2/6
11. Cherub - that was Michael the Churlish Cherub, p225
28. Honey - his deep voice washed over me like water or honey, p41
46. Sweetheart - Sweetheart, I don't think Angel wants to wrestle, p211

The Chase - Clive Cussler 2/7
41. Romance - nor were his thoughts on romance p36

A Harvest of Bones - Yasmine Galenorn 2/8
12. Chocolate - a chocolate cake from the bakery, p62
17. Date - now she wanted to date, p58
25. Gift - maybe a gift certificate for a spa day, p27
40. Ring - regardless of I-do's and golden rings, p44
44. Secret - opening the door to her secret world, p189

Blackbirds - Chuck Wendig 2/10
45. Sentimental - I'm not exactly the sentimental type, p127

On the Accidental Wings of Dragons - Julie Wetzel 2/11
39. Red - the runes in the door flashed bright red, p16

So Sure Of Death - Dana Stabenow 2/16
43. Roses - wrought-iron roses, p188

The Last Good Man - Kathleen Eagle 2/17
4. Always - I haven't always known what I was doing, p282
16. Darling - you're her darling son, p100
18. Desire - she had little desire to say more, p254
19. Devoted - she devoted her entire focus, p204
24. Forever - the feedings don't go on forever, p303
32. Letter - parting her like a letter opener, p346
33. Love - there's all kinds of love, p361
34. Loving - maybe you should try loving each other, p351

Yours, Mine, and Ours - Mary Janice Davidson 2/19
21. Feelings - you don't see people with feelings, p9

Dead Ice - Laurell K. Hamilton 2/21
2. Adore - he would adore me forever, p111
6. Beloved - Jean-Claude sees him more as a beloved nephew, p558
23. Flowers - nothing like coming to put flowers on Grandma's grave, p282
48. Together - we've worked together for two years, p4

2066 - Peter Brandt 2/23
9. Candlelight - look at his surroundings through low candlelight, p89

The Lady in Question - Victoria Alexander 2/25
3. Affectionate - Delia cast her grandmother an affectionate smile, p128

Cold Plague - Daniel Kalla 2/27
1. Admirer - I am a true admirer of yours, p170

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Unfound
50. Valentine

March As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 6/6

✔1 ~ [Celtic Magic 01] ~ Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
✔2 ~ [MacGregors: Highland Heirs 02] ~ The Wicked Ways of Alexander Kidd - Paula Quinn 3/16
✔3 ~ [Immortal Guardians 03] ~ Phantom Shadows - Dianne Duvall 3/19


✔1 ~ [Coffeehouse Mystery 01] ~ On What Grounds - Cleo Coyle 3/20
✔2 ~ [Kincaid Highland 02] ~ Some Like It Wild - Teresa Medeiros 3/13
✔3 ~ [Book of the Order 03] ~ Wrayth - Pip Ballantine 3/21


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

March Scavenger Hunt

47/40 FOUND

✔1. April - Rogue Wave - Boyd Morrison 3/4
(an April Fool's Day prank), p45

✔2. baby - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(the baby raised his tiny head), p95

✔3. bird - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(birds were chirping), p5

✔4. birth - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(the night of my birth), p183

✔5. bloom - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(the lilac and apple trees bloomed), p195

✔6. blossom - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(and admiration in order to blossom), p149

✔7. born - In the Company of Vampires - Katie MacAlister 3/5
(everyone see clearly everything he'd been born with), p184

✔8. break - The Lazarus Machine - Paul Crilley 3/27
(Tweed released the break on the lever), p234

✔9. breeze - Rogue Wave - Boyd Morrison 3/4
(the breeze had picked up), p124

✔10. bud

✔11. bulb - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(produced by a single bulb), p217

✔12. bunny - Aunt Dimity, Vampire Hunter - Nancy Atherton 3/26
(my pink bunny seemed to understand), p80

✔13. butterfly - Hot Pursuit - Kathryn Jensen 3/9
(he tossed and caught the amethyst butterfly), p60

✔14. calf - The Savage Altar - Åsa Larsson 3/4
(he's their golden calf), p17

✔15. chick - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(feeling like some groupie chick), p221

✔16. clean - The Savage Altar - Åsa Larsson 3/4
(got to be damn difficult to keep clean), p59

✔17. cloud - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(we flew through the clouds), p87

✔18. daffodil - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(like a daffodil draws honeybees), p109

✔19. daisy - Once a Cavalier - Linda O. Johnston 3/16
(the patch of pretty daisies), p136

20. easter

✔21. egg - Rogue Wave - Boyd Morrison 3/4
(munching on an egg salad sandwich), p39

✔22. fertile - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(a figment of her all-too-fertile imagination), p19

✔23. field - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(complete with green fields), p82

✔24. flower - Some Like It Wild - Teresa Medeiros 3/13
(like a man who would tear a flower from the dirt), p55

✔25. fresh - Some Like It Wild - Teresa Medeiros 3/13
(I need a fresh turnip for tonight's stew), p1

✔26. garden - Some Like It Wild - Teresa Medeiros 3/13
(and into the garden), p177

✔27. grass - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(probably like grass, thought Lucy), p44

✔28. green - Buried in a Bog - Sheila Connolly 3/12
(to keep all those fields green), p50

✔29. growth - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(microclimate here's congruous to such growth), p188

✔30. hatch - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(prehistoric look of newly hatched birds), p152

✔31. lamb - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(they're lined in lamb's wool), p247

✔32. leaf - Cemetery Dance - Douglas Preston 3/23
(removed a wrinkled leaf), p128

33. March

✔34. May - Rogue Wave - Boyd Morrison 3/4
(May was a big month for travelers), p21

✔35. meadow - Buried in a Bog - Sheila Connolly 3/12
(somewhere in a meadow below), p145

✔36. nature - Dark Embers - Tessa Adams 3/24
(are very rare in nature), p258

✔37. nest - In the Company of Vampires - Katie MacAlister 3/5
(swept my mother off her feet to some love nest), p84

✔38. new - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(it was brand new), p216

✔39. plant - Once Upon a Marigold - Jean Ferris 3/25
(bringing back unusual plants), p23

✔40. puddle - Rogue Wave - Boyd Morrison 3/4
(looked like just a shallow puddle), p300

✔41. rabbit - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(nervous as a rabbit in a cave of slathering wolves), p101

✔42. rain - Fish Perfume - Sammie Grace 3/6
(out of the wind and rain), p27

✔43. rainbow - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(drifting serenely through rainbow arcs of light), p129

✔44. seed - Cemetery Dance - Douglas Preston 3/23
(flicking out the seeds), p285

✔45. showers - Silenced - Kristina Ohlsson 3/30
(except for a few showers in April), p336

✔46. spring - The Savage Altar - Åsa Larsson 3/4
(or the early spring), p6

✔47. thaw - Dark Embers - Tessa Adams 3/24
(the block of ice that was currently doubling his stomach began to thaw), p122

✔48. tree - Betrayed - Rebecca York 3/23
(stepped out from behind the tree), p182

✔49. tulip - Cemetery Dance - Douglas Preston 3/23
(dark oaks and tulip trees), p168

✔50. umbrella - Finding Perfect - Susan Mallery 3/2
(fall under the pregnancy-buddha umbrella), p72

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

April As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 3/3

✔1 ~ [Library Lovers Mystery 01] ~ Books Can Be Deceiving - Jenn McKinlay 4/7
✔2 ~ [Enchanted Inc 02] ~ Once Upon Stilettos - Shanna Swendson 4/9
✔3 ~ [Ruth Galloway 03] ~ The House at Sea's End - Elly Griffiths 4/6



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

April Scavenger Hunt

47/40 FOUND

✔1. bacon - Stuck In Shangri-La - Kasey Michaels 4/18
(and you can fry my bacon any time), p363

✔2. beans - Dearly Depotted - Kate Collins 4/3
(as she ground coffee beans in the parlor), p5

✔3. bread - The Cat Who Said Cheese - Lillian Jackson Braun 4/5
(homemade bread made with real flour), p125

✔4. breakfast - Don't Look Now - Linda Lael Miller 4/2
(scattered from hell to breakfast), p44

✔5. buffet - Once Upon Stilettos - Shanna Swendson 4/9
(gesturing towards a loaded buffet table), p128

✔6. burger - Don't Look Now - Linda Lael Miller 4/2
(stopping by the Toad for beer and burgers), p1

✔7. butter - One Fell Sweep - Ilona Andrews 4/1
(like a knife through butter), p124

✔8. cafe - Dearly Depotted - Kate Collins 4/3
(made dinner reservations at Cafe Sole for the three of us), p112

✔9. cake - Dearly Depotted - Kate Collins 4/3
(did you hold her face under the frosting of her cake), p85

✔10. canteen - The Girl with All the Gifts - M.R. Carey 4/4
(they filed into the canteen), p53

✔11. cereal - Murder Under a Mystic Moon - Yasmine Galenorn 4/12
(poured evaporated milk over my cereal), p185

✔12. cheese - The Cat Who Said Cheese - Lillian Jackson Braun 4/5
(they inspected the cheese basket), p90

✔13. coffee - The Girl with All the Gifts - M.R. Carey 4/4
(it's like the coffee Miss Justineau pours), p10

✔14. cream - Dearly Depotted - Kate Collins 4/3
(adding a few drops of cream to my coffee), p200

15. custard -
(), p

✔16. dessert - Once Upon Stilettos - Shanna Swendson 4/9
(I'd be horizontal before we got to dessert), p19

✔17. diner - Once Upon Stilettos - Shanna Swendson 4/9
(a great little diner down the street), p73

✔18. dinner - Murder Under a Mystic Moon - Yasmine Galenorn 4/12
(maybe just dinner and movies here), p22

✔19. egg - The House at Sea's End - Elly Griffiths 4/6
(a faint smell of rotten eggs), p27

20. feast -
(), p

✔21. fish - The North Water - Ian McGuire 4/10
(definitely not about the fucking fish), p27

✔22. food - The Striker - Monica McCarty 4/15
(brought her food to break her fast), p225

✔23. fries - Don't Look Now - Linda Lael Miller 4/2
(lining up my French fries), p19

✔24. gravy - The Girl with All the Gifts - M.R. Carey 4/4
(a menu of beef and gravy), p202

✔25. hot dog - The Cat Who Said Cheese - Lillian Jackson Braun 4/5
(six boiled hot dogs cut in chunks), p139

✔26. jam - The Cat Who Said Cheese - Lillian Jackson Braun 4/5
(currant jam served by a bonnie lassie), p201

✔27. juice - Murder Under a Mystic Moon - Yasmine Galenorn 4/12
(let's get some apple juice), p20

✔28. lunch - The House at Sea's End - Elly Griffiths 4/6
(and a pot noodle for lunch), p6

29. marmalade -
(), p

✔30. meal - When a Scot Ties the Knot - Tessa Dare 4/12
(we're in the middle of a meal), p118

✔31. meat - The Cat Who Said Cheese - Lillian Jackson Braun 4/5
(he hacked enough meat for two cats), p146

✔32. menu - Don't Look Now - Linda Lael Miller 4/2
(laying down the menu with a sigh), p17

✔33. milk - Dead Sexy - Tate Hallaway 4/8
(I drank a glass of milk), p238

✔34. pasta - Murder Under a Mystic Moon - Yasmine Galenorn 4/12
(the beneficial effects cheddar and montery-jack had on pasta), p133

✔35. pie - The Cat Who Said Cheese - Lillian Jackson Braun 4/5
(it was pie in the sky), p108

✔36. pizza - Dead Sexy - Tate Hallaway 4/8
(I bought the pizza and the beer), p51

✔37. pudding - When a Scot Ties the Knot - Tessa Dare 4/12
(bread beef-pudding), p34

✔38. restaurant - Once Upon Stilettos - Shanna Swendson 4/9
(seemed to echo loudly through the restaurant), p27

✔39. salad - Don't Look Now - Linda Lael Miller 4/2
(Loretta dined on a taco salad), p19

✔40. sandwich - Don't Look Now - Linda Lael Miller 4/2
(to eat the grilled cheese sandwich), p281

✔41. sauce - The Cat Who Said Cheese - Lillian Jackson Braun 4/5
(I make a sauce for fettuchine), p107

✔42. sausage - The Girl with All the Gifts - M.R. Carey 4/4
(the soldiers eat cold sausage), p243

✔43. soda - The Cat Who Said Cheese - Lillian Jackson Braun 4/5
(and a peppy soda jerk pulling the taps), p141

✔44. soup - Don't Look Now - Linda Lael Miller 4/2
(a cup of herbal tea, and maybe some soup), p297

✔45. supper - The House at Sea's End - Elly Griffiths 4/6
(a pint and a curry for supper), p6

✔46. tea - The Cat Who Said Cheese - Lillian Jackson Braun 4/5
(have a tete-a-tete with tea and cookies), p24

✔47. toast - The Cat Who Said Cheese - Lillian Jackson Braun 4/5
(two eggs, toast and coffee), p78

✔48. vegetable - The Cat Who Said Cheese - Lillian Jackson Braun 4/5
(organically grown fruits and vegetables), p141

✔49. water - The North Water - Ian McGuire 4/10
(there is only the blood, the water and the ice), p46

✔50. wine - One Fell Sweep - Ilona Andrews 4/1
(carrying a glass of wine), p117

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

May As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 5/6

✔1 ~ [Flora Trilogy 01] ~ Flora Segunda - Ysabeau S. Wilce 5/8
✔2 ~ [Sisters of the Moon 02] ~ Changeling - Yasmine Galenorn 5/11
✔3 ~ [ACRO 03] ~ Seduced by the Storm - Sydney Croft 5/9



✔1 ~ [Zodiac Mystery 01] ~ The Madness of Mercury - Connie Di Marco 5/18
✔2 ~ [Dark Warrior 02] ~ Midnight's Lover - Donna Grant 5/22
3 ~ [Taylor Jackson03] ~ Judas Kiss - J.T. Ellison

May Scavenger Hunt

45/40 FOUND

A Room Full of Bones - Elly Griffiths 5/4
2. altar - a small altar surrounded by a few pews, p163
9. ceremony - I've come for the ceremony, p344
11. chapel - what appears to be a side chapel, p163
12. church - for the church service, p185
15. couple - he doesn't look like half of a trendy couple, p47
16. dance - never went to a single dance performance, p52
29. license - Len has a license, p186
32. marriage - can forget her marriage vows, p171
37. reception - wasn't there something odd at the reception, p170
44. union - our union won't allow it, p2
46. vicar - it's just something the vicar said, p177
49. vows - but in honouring his wedding vows, p37
50. wedding - by calling off the wedding, p170

Ultraviolet - R.J. Anderson 5/6
1. aisle - stumbled down the aisle toward us, p49
8. cake - not a lighted birthday cake, p184
14. congratulations - finally I said, congratulations, cherie, p129
21. gift - you have an incredible gift, p182
35. obey - she could obey simple commands, p84
40. ring - she twisted her wedding ring around her finger, p89

Chasing Payne - Chantel Seabrook 5/6
23. guest - be my f*cking guest, p119
26. invitation - with an invitation to play, p29
43. tuxedo - men in tuxedos, p47
47. veil - a heavy veil weighted Lora down, p111

Full Scoop -Janet Evanovich 5/6
4. best man - guess they won't need a best man, p244
22. groom - stopped gaping at the groom-to-be, p345
24. honeymoon - they'd purchased after their honeymoon, p7
27. kiss - I just had this wild impulse to kiss you, p155
41. speech - rehearsed the speech in her mind, p34

Flora Segunda - Ysabeau S. Wilce 5/8
3. bells - the footsteps were closer now, ringing like bells, p338
25. honour - a soldier is nothing without honor, p7
31. march - go turn around, march and leave us, p196

Red Velvet Cupcake Murder - Joanne Fluke 5/9
10. champagne - and pulled out a bottle of champagne, p84

The Shadowy Horses - Susanna Kearsley 5/11
19. flowers - bursting with cascades of bright spring flowers, p123
36. photographer - are you the photographer, p48

Changeling - Yasmine Galenorn 5/11
28. knot - a knot formed in my stomach, p44
30. love - and love isn't a word applied to many Svartans, p76
42. toast - raising her glass im a toast, p94

15th Affair - James Patterson 5/12
17. dress - a pink dress, as clean as if it had just been unpacked, p79
48. venue - this was as discreet a venue as possible, p190

The Woman Who Wouldn't Die - Colin Cotterill 5/14
6. bride - went off in search of his bride, p176

A Rose from the Dead - Kate Collins 5/17
5. bouquet - fresh, floral bouquets of my flowers, p155
20. garter - with garter straps dangling, p50

The Quiet Game - Greg Iles 5/20
13. confetti - and instantly explodes into confetti, p445

The Ronin's Mistress - Laura Joh Rowland 5/27
39. rehearsal - rehearsals for the ceremony, p75

One Lucky Cowboy - Carolyn Brown 5/28
7. bridesmaid - they were at the bridesmaid luncheon, p28

****
18. elope
33. matrimony
34. nuptials
38. registry
45. usher

June As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 6/6

✔1 ~ [Sylph 01] ~ Death Takes Priority - Jean Flowers 6/10
✔2 ~ [Due South 02] ~ Melting into You - Tracey Alvarez 6/30
✔3 ~ [Dark Warrior 03] ~ Midnight's Seduction - Donna Grant 6/29


✔1 ~ [Blossom Valley Mystery 01] ~ Going Organic Can Kill You - Staci McLaughlin 6/2
✔2 ~ [Menagerie 02] ~ Spectacle - Rachel Vincent 6/14
✔3 ~ [Look Trilogy 03] ~ One Last Look - Linda Lael Miller 6/28


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

June Scavenger Hunt

50/50 FOUND

Going Organic Can Kill You - Staci McLaughlin 6/2
12. Chin - pulled the sheet up to my chin, p287
13. Ear - glad to lend an ear, I said, p151
15. Eye - the eye spasm had ceased, p166
16. Face - Jason cupped my face in both his hands, p200
17. Finger - I could feel the imprint of his fingers on my cheeks, p201
20. Hand - I need an extra set of hands, p151
33. Lung - my lungs burned, p279
35. Muscle - feeling the muscles in my back loosen a bit, p70
38. Nose - their noses were buried in the trough, p159
41. Skin - burning my skin, p281
43. Stomach - my stomach growled, p54
46. Toe - I wiggled my free toe into the heel, p53
47. Tongue - Ashlee stuck her tongue out at me, p55

One Night in Scotland - Karen Hawkins 6/3
1. Ankle - a tantalizing glimpse of a delicate ankle, p216
3. Arm - one arm was partially damaged, p103
6. Blood - my blood ran cold as ice p60
9. Breast - she had the ample breasts, p11
10. Calf - his hand cupped her calf, p145
11. Chest - how her shoulder pressed against his broad chest, p27
22. Heart - all to familiar to his ravaged heart, p56
23. Heel - whenever she turned on her heel, p133
24. Hip - would it come to her hips like Kiera's had done, p58
26. Jaw - covering his lower jaw, p64
30. Leg - Angus pressed his knee between her legs, p145
31. Lip - opening her lips beneath his, p96
34. Mouth - the instant his mouth covered hers, p95
36. Neck - the scarf wrapped about his neck, p63
44. Thigh - to the delicate warmth of her thigh, p145
50. Wrist - warm iron clamped about her wrist, p211

Getting Lucky - Carolyn Brown 6/4
7. Bone - notions of jumping Griffin Luckadeau's bones, p53
8. Brain - Griff got the brains, p78
28. Knee - her knees drawn up, p185
32. Liver - it scared the liver out of me, p214
37. Nerves - let the music soothe her nerves, p54
39. Rib - poked her in the ribs, p93
40. Shoulder - put her arm on his shoulder, p54

The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5
4. Artery - a stew of organs and arteries churned past, p376
18. Foot - Jo shifted from foot to foot, p143
25. Intestines - chattering away with his precious intestines, p20
27. Kidney - my kidneys flood with excruciating acids, p4
45. Thumb - the only part of my body I have left is my thumb, p138
48. Torso - a mishmash of arms and legs and torsos, p160
49. Vein - activates taste buds on the inside of your veins, p62

Snipped in the Bud - Kate Collins 6/5
2. Appendix - they had to take out his appendix in an emergency operation, p162
5. Bladder - helpful for non-natives with weak bladders, p140
14. Elbow - gave me a warning nudge with his elbow, p107
21. Head - I turned my head to see where I was, p174
42. Spine - so severe that her spine looked like the letter S, p70

Lucky Bastard - Deborah Coonts 6/7
29. Knuckle - I could almost see their white knuckles, p209

Havoc - Jack DuBrul 6/8
19. Genitals - with his genitals sufficiently numb, p200

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Back to School Quarterly Challenge
Duration: August 15 - November 15, 2017

READ: 20/20

Part One - Reading Circle
1. Read a book published in August or September of any year.
Empire of Storms - Sarah J. Maas (Sept 2016) 9/27
2. Read a book set in a small town.
Brother - Ania Ahlborn (in WV) 10/28
3. Read a book where the MC is a parent.
The Outcast Dead - Elly Griffiths 10/30
4. Read a book with a "very lively" or "noisy" character.
Happy Hour at Casa Dracula - Marta Acosta 9/18
5. Read a book with a number in the title.
The Six-Gun Tarot - R.S. Belcher 10/25
6. Read a book whose title starts with a B, E, or D.
Burning The Map - Laura Caldwell 10/28
7. Read a book from the Historical genre or any of its subgenres .
Golden Age and Other Stories - Naomi Novik 10/9
8. Read a book whose title contains a word that has a 5 letter word.
The Wrong Hostage - Elizabeth Lowell 10/12
9. Read a book published in 2017.
Godsgrave - Jay Kristoff (Sept 2017) 10/24
10. Read a book where a character makes a new friend.
Dorothy Must Die - Danielle Paige 10/19
11. Read a book marked HUMOR OR HORROR on the MPG.
Metro Girl - Janet Evanovich (humor) 10/3

Part Two - Match The Colors
Red - Fear the Darkness - Alexandra Ivy 9/28
Green - By a Thread - Jennifer Estep 9/11
Yellow - Year of the Hyenas - Brad Geagley 9/29
Blue - Dairy Queen - Catherine Murdock 9/20
Orange - Dragonsworn - Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/9
Black - White Trash Zombie Unchained - Diana Rowland 10/7
Purple - Where All the Dead Lie - J.T. Ellison 10/2


Part Three - Spelling Words
Pick a word from the poem or the clip art to spell out. You can use the first letter of the title, the author's first or last name, the series or the main character's name.

G: Going, Going, Ganache - Jenn McKinlay 9/21
O: Out of the Easy - Ruta Sepetys 9/16

T: The Oath of the Vayuputras - Amish Tripathi 8/22
O: Out of the Mist - JoAnn Ross 9/13

B: Bite My Fire - Mary Hughes 10/14
E: Foul Play - Janet Evanovich 10/21
D: Deadmen Walking - Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/4

I: In Stone's Clasp - Christie Golden 11/6
T: Forbidden Embers - Tessa Adams 9/11
S: Shoots to Kill - Kate Collins 9/7

A: Afterlight - Elle Jasper 9/6

S: Spellbent - Lucy Snyder 9/5
C: Crimson Shore - Douglas Preston 9/19
H: Ho-Ho-Homicide - Kaitlyn Dunnett 10/5
O: Star of the Sea - Joseph O'Connor 10/17
O: The Obsidian Chamber - Douglas Preston 11/5
L: Strong, Sleek and Sinful - Lorie O'Clare 11/4

N: Nadine (char) - Forgive Me - Daniel Palmer 11/13
I: Darkness Avenged - Alexandra Ivy 11/9
G: Midnight's Kiss - Donna Grant 9/2
H: Hour of the Rat - Lisa Brackmann 9/18
T: Kinked - Thea Harrison 11/13

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

July As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 6/6

✔1 ~ [Do It Yourself Mystery 01] ~ Fatal Fixer-Upper - Jennie Bentley 7/17
✔2 ~ [Strangely Beautiful] ~
The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker - Leanna Renee Hieber 7/20
✔3 ~ [Taylor Jackson 03] ~ Judas Kiss - J.T. Ellison 7/28



✔1 ~ [Warm Bodies 01] Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion 7/14
✔2 ~ [Dark Redemption 02] Concrete Savior - Yvonne Navarro 7/7
✔3 ~ [Sisters of the Moon 03]Darkling - Yasmine Galenorn 7/11


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

July Scavenger Hunt

48/40 FOUND

Lost Gods - Brom 7/1
31. sandals - the man wore a tunic and sandals, p171
43. swimming - again that swimming feeling, p66
47. travel - your's is a road we all travel, p329

Lord's Fall - Thea Harrison 7/4
23. independence - had used it to sign the Declaration of Independence, p154
30. sand - the sand could be raked in between bouts, p21

Prime Cut - Diane Mott Davidson 7/4
21. ice cream - you guys go get an ice cream in town, p274
44. swimsuit - but Arch needs his swimsuit, p249

Gingerbread Cookie Murder - Joann Fluke 7/6
4. barbecue - remember the time he set his barbecue on fire, p166
14. garden - how does your garden grow, p211
29. pool - replete with club house, swimming pool, p131
34. sprinkler - an emergency with the lawn sprinklers, p146
46. tennis - dressed head to toe in tennis whites, p139
50. vacation - this was supposed to be my vacation, p153

Fireproof - Alex Kava 7/6
42. sweat - beneath the grime and sweat stains, p5

Concrete Savior - Yvonne Navarro 7/7
1. air conditioning - their sweet air conditioning on high, p48

Lucky CatchLucky Catch - Deborah Coonts 7/8
8. beer - Teddie thrust a beer at Adone, p63
9. bikini - dressed in a white bikini, p13
11. bugs - like capturing lightning bugs, p23

No Man's Land - David Baldacci 7/9
6. baseball - a baseball bat from behind his back, p180
19. hot dog - I'll spring for the hot dogs, p414
26. ocean - a frothing, pitching ocean right next door, p191
28. picnic - like ant at a picnic, p170
36. summer - eight years this summer, p176
38. sunbathing - the king's sunbathing was over for the day, p155
40. sundress - she was now wearing a floral sundress, p156
41. sunscreen - she put sunscreen on his exposed skin, p154

Darkling - Yasmine Galenorn 7/11
7. beach - they thought I'd taken off for the beach, p42

Dark Roots and Cowboy Boots - Luann McLane 7/13
5. barefoot - I'd go barefoot all day long, p21
39. sunburn - how's the sunburn, p58

Slipknot - Linda Greenlaw 7/13
10. bright - vanished into the bustle and bright sunshine, p31
12. camp - I need the cash for basketball camp, p180
25. June - this June sunshine infused the mud, p19
35. strawberry - a large basket filled to the top with strawberries, p165

Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion 7/14
3. backyard - the only sound is rusty backyard swing sets, p98
13. fourth - lighting up cells like the Fourth of July fireworks, p229
49. tropical - no tropical getaways, p134

A Catered St. Patrick's Day - Isis Crawford 7/14
45. tan - to a pleasing shade of tan, p4

Fatal Fixer-Upper - Jennie Bentley 7/17
16. heat - in the sweltering heat of summer, p10
18. hot - I turned back to the counter, my cheeks hot, p176
33. shorts - a pair of shorts and a rumpled t-shirt, p173
48. trip - I remember the cats and a little about the trip, p11

The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie R. King 7/18
24. July - with the July bombardment, p40

Our Husband - Stephanie Bond 7/19
22. iced tea - want some ice tea, p214

Midnight's Warrior - Donna Grant 7/20
32. scorching - to such scorching desire, p208
37. sun - I turned to the sun in the middle of January, p252

The Perfect Liar - Brenda Novak 7/23
2. August - we're thinking August before Sam has to go back to school, p93
27. outdoors - because he was outdoors at a baseball game, p71

White Fire - Douglas Preston 7/29
20. humid - plumes of steam created a humid, stinky microclimate, p209

August As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 3/3

✔1 ~ [Royal Entourage] ~ Between the Duke and the Deep Blue Sea - Sophia Nash 8/5
✔2 ~ [Dragon's Heat] ~ Hidden Embers - Tessa Adams 8/8
✔3 ~ [Shiva Trilogy] ~ The Oath of the Vayuputras - Amish Tripathi 8/22



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

August Scavenger Hunt

50/40 FOUND

Spider’s Revenge - Jennifer Estep 8/3
10. Destination - eager to reach my destination, p318
15. Holiday - instead of holiday cheer, p218
16. Hotel - telling them to check into a hotel, p215
18. Journey - he continued his slow careful journey, p220

Eternal Hunger - Cameron Dean 8/3
6. Camera - her eyes were on the camera, p6
30. Relax - I felt myself relax, p80
41. Tourist - I'm just a tourist, p10

Between the Duke and the Deep Blue Sea - Sophia Nash 8/5
17. Island - carriages were so flimsy on this awful island, p42
3. Boat - there was always a boat, p129
14. Guide - a person to guide him, p21
19. Landmark - look at the coast for a recognizable landmark, p21
40. Tour - a tour of the Mount, p71
45. Travel - did not like to travel long distances, p20
46. Trip - madness to embark on this trip, p21
47. Trunk - unpacking all the trunks that had arrived, p53
50. Voyage - who is on an extended sailing voyage, p105

Straight from the Heart - Tami Hoag 8/5
13. Foreign - in one of those foreign jobs with the top down, p63

A Dying Fall - Elly Griffiths 8/6
12. Flight - in full-scale flight from her parents, p7
24. Pack - the bags are packed, p335
26. Photograph - what about photographs, p152
37. Suitcase - has half her stuff in her suitcase, p183

Cancans, Croissants, and Caskets - Mary McHugh 8/7
7. Cruise - passengers could see the monuments during the evening cruise, p12
31. Reservation - I have plane reservations, p133
48. Vacation - who haven't gone on vacation, p247
49. Visa - I'm her on a visa from Algeria, p132

Hidden Embers - Tessa Adams 8/8
21. Luggage - carted around like a piece of luggage, p133
23. Motel - pulling up to a motel, p28
27. Plane - the second she'd gotten off the plane, p36
36. Station - her lab station straightened up, p117
39. Ticket - the hottest ticket in town, p25

The Passage - Justin Cronin 8/8
22. Map - they found a kiosk with a large map, p95
42. Train - in front of the house like a circus train, p151

Lick - Kylie Scott 8/10
1. Airport - getting to the airport in time, p14
28. Pool - a luxurious pool sat below, p30

Bound By Darkness - Alexandra Ivy 8/11
11. Explore - it's a possibility I need to explore, p190

Night Shift - N. Singh/I. Andrews/L. Shearin/M. Vane 8/12
29. Postcard - nothing more than a scribbled postcard, p81
43. Translate - would easily translate to fiasco, p188
44. Transport - a prisoner transport vehicle had arrived, p247

Blue Labyrinth - Douglas Preston 8/14
8. Currency - expended a great deal of currency, p49
9. Customs - at both Customs and Homeland Security, p49
25. Passport - using a false passport issued by Brazil, p168
32. Resort - at the Turtle Bay Resort, p22
34. Ship - like the lower decks of a passenger ship, p103
38. Sunbathe - they'd spent their time sunbathing, p22

Photographs & Phantoms - Cindy Spencer Pape 8/16
35. Souvenir - to take home as souvenirs, p21

The Girl with Ghost Eyes - M.H. Boroson 8/18
20. Leisure - would suck out the essence of spirit at their leisure, p161

The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón 8/18
33. Safari - returning from his gastronomic safari, p92

Sliding Home - Kate Angell 8/31
2. Baggage - he carried no baggage, p25

The Harder You Fall - Gena Showalter 8/31
4. Booking - I'm not the one in charge of bookings, p147
5. Break - well thank you for the break, p268

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

September As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 6/6

✔1 ~ [Deadman's Cross 01] ~ Deadmen Walking - Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/4
✔2 ~ [Sianim 02] ~ Steal the Dragon - Patricia Briggs 9/30
✔3 ~ [Dragon's Heart 03] ~ Forbidden Embers - Tessa Adams 9/11




✔1 ~ [Dark Ink Chronicles 01] ~ Afterlight - Elle Jasper 9/6
✔2 ~ [Ellie McEnroe 02] ~ Hour of the Rat - Lisa Brackmann 9/18
✔3 ~ [A Brit in the FBI 03] ~ The End Game - Catherine Coulter 9/14



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Colors of the Month - Green
Duration: August 15 - September 15, 2017

READ: 6/7

✔1. Read a book whose cover is a shade of the color of the month.
By a Thread - Jennifer Estep (forest green) 9/11


✔2. Read a book whose author's first and last initials are in a shade of green from the graphic above BUT you cannot use the word GREEN. Tell us the shade.
Forbidden Embers - Tessa Adams (teal) 9/11


✔3. Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in GREEN.
The End Game - Catherine Coulter 9/14


✔(figuratively, of people) Inexperienced.
John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.
5. Read a book with a character that is new at something. Tell us what that is.
Deadmen Walking - Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/4
(mc is new at being a pirate)


✔(cricket) Describing a pitch - (putting green): putting green
6. Read a book with a character that is an athlete.
Sliding Home - Kate Angell (baseball player) 8/31


✔(US, slang, uncountable) Money.
7. Read a book with a character that has plenty of money.
Blue Labyrinth - Douglas Preston (mc is a millionaire) 8/14

September Scavenger Hunt

49/40 FOUND

Deadmen Walking - Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/4
22. field - she was the only field he wanted to plow, p199
32. hen - like some great mother hen, p154
36. meadow - he was in the green meadows where he'd run as a boy, p56
43. plant - play a little game of plant the seed, p325
50. wheat - all around them was purple wheat, p337

Spellbent - Lucy Snyder 9/5
4. barn - a big barn-red house, p63
12. cow - a cow waiting to be led off, p52
19. farmer - three thousand from the farmers, p5
20. farmhouse - a farmhouse the firefighter's found, p212
23. flock - startling a small flock of Canada geese, p15
25. geese - he said as the geese flew off, p15
40. organic - the demon's effecting organic matter, p49
49. vegetable - the difference between animal and vegetable, p161

Shoots to Kill - Kate Collins 9/7
47. stable - we're having the shed turned into a stable, p230

By a Thread - Jennifer Estep 9/11
42. pig - peeling pig tracks on the floor, p1

Forbidden Embers - Tessa Adams 9/11
13. crop - had not dealt with crops or employment issues, p99

Out of the Mist - JoAnn Ross 9/13
6. bull - you're talking about him as if he's a bull, p197
8. cattle - the cattle-dotted meadows and woodlands, p33
11. country - played the role of a country gentleman, p229
28 . grow - roots grow deep out of the rocky soil, p260
34. horse - the horse lines vast, p36
46. sheep - rolling fields of white and black sheep, p68

The End Game - Catherine Coulter 9/14
21. fence - he crossed the fence during the power outage, p332
31. haystack - finding a soggy needle in a wet haystack, p194

Blue Hollow Falls - Donna Kauffman 9/14
9. chicken - cows, chickens and sheep, p30
10. corn - and corn, too, p30
26. goat - I had a goat, said Bailey, p120
45. scarecrow - there were also straw scarecrows, p224

Out of the Easy - Ruta Sepetys 9/16
1. acre - cottage sat on twenty peaceful acres, p105
35. land - owned land just outside Orleans Parish, p11
37. milk - drove to the nearest town for milk and eggs, p108

Happy Hour at Casa Dracula - Marta Acosta 9/18
3. animals - crawling over the fence and riling the animals, p100
29. harvest - harvest and blend the product, p192
39. orchard - a beautiful house in an apple orchard, p49
41. pasture - she looked at the pastures, p108

Hour of the Rat - Lisa Brackmann 9/18
17. duck - we end up at a veterinarians office with a dehydrated, malnourished duck, p4
24. gate - through a metal gate, p22

Crimson Shore - Douglas Preston 9/19
5. breed - we breed a mortal devil, p281
27. grain - worked on whaler's and grain ships, p59

Dairy Queen - Catherine Murdock 9/20
2. agriculture - wanted to learn agricultural science, p13
14. dairy - who also know about dairy farming, p161
15. dog -why's your dog named Smut?, p56
18. farm - dad got the farm to himself, p14
30. hay - so off we went to hay, p16
48. tractor - you know anything about tractors, p10

Pirates! - Celia Rees 9/21
7. cat - she twisted like a cat, p322
16. donkey - too small for a donkey, p95

Empire of Storms - Sarah J. Maas 9/27
33. herd - still trying to herd her, p152

Steal the Dragon - Patricia Briggs 9/30
38. oats - rich men went to sow their wild oats, p28

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

September Monthly Challenge

READ: 12/10

✔2. Read a book with a blue or purple cover. Post the cover.
Out of the Mist - JoAnn Ross 9/13


✔4. Read a book with a title that is 9 letters long. May be more than one word.
By a Thread - Jennifer Estep 9/11


✔6. Read a book with a moon on the cover OR MOON in the title.
Evil Harvest - Anthony Izzo 9/23


✔8. Read a book where a character has an ocean voyage or rides in a boat. BONUS: Boat or Ship on cover
Deadmen Walking - Sherrilyn Kenyon (pirates in a pirate ship) 9/4


✔15. Read a book set in one of these states: California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York.
Fear the Darkness - Alexandra Ivy (Illinois) 9/28
The End Game - Catherine Coulter (New York/New Jersey) 9/14
Shoots to Kill - Kate Collins (Indiana) 9/7
Spellbent - Lucy Snyder (Ohio) 9/5


✔16. Read a book with a character named Sam OR a character that is an uncle.
Happy Hour at Casa Dracula - Marta Acosta 9/18


✔17. Read a book with a pirate - can be a real pirate or dressed up for a costume party. BONUS: Pirate on cover
Pirates! - Celia Rees 9/21


✔19. Read a book whose title starts with an A, B or C. BONUS: A, B, C in the title- does not have to be in order
A- Afterlight - Elle Jasper 9/6
B- Blue Hollow Falls - Donna Kauffman 9/14
C- Crimson Shore - Douglas Preston 9/19


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

October As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 3/3

✔️1 ~ [Golgotha 01] ~ The Six-Gun Tarot - R.S. Belcher 10/26
✔️2 ~ [Iron Witch 02] ~ The Wood Queen - Karen Mahoney 10/4
✔️3 ~ [Sin Brothers 03] ~ Blind Faith - Rebecca Zanetti 10/16



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Colors of the Month - Orange
Duration: September 15 - October 15, 2017

READ: 6/7

✔1. Read a book whose cover is a shade of the color of the month.
Foul Play - Janet Evanovich (merigold) 10/21


2. Read a book whose author's first and last initials are in a shade of ORANGE from the graphic. Tell us the shade.
The Six-Gun Tarot - R.S. Belcher (bronze)


✔3. Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in ORANGE.
Golden Age and Other Stories - Naomi Novik 10/9


✔5. Read a book with an object mentioned in the graphic on the cover or in the title. Please post the cover.
White Trash Zombie Unchained - Diana Rowland (chains on cover) 10/7


✔7. Read a book set in a country or U.S. state where there is a town or county named Orange. Look under Places.
Metro Girl - Janet Evanovich (Florida) 10/3


✔8. Orange River 1300 miles (2092 kilometers) long in southern Africa flowing from the Drakensberg Mountains in Lesotho west into the Atlantic Ocean.
Read a book with two of these numbers in the page count: 1, 3, 0, 2 or 9.
The Wood Queen - Karen Mahoney (321 pages) 10/4


✔9. Game of Life (film), a 2007 film originally known as Oranges
The Oranges (film), a 2011 American romantic comedy starring Hugh Laurie
Read a book with a character named Hugh, Laurie, Jill, Tom, Catherine, Oliver, Heather, Allison or Adam. May be first or last name.
Evil Harvest - Anthony Izzo (Jill Adams) 9/23

October Scavenger Hunt

READ: 45/40

Where All the Dead Lie - J.T. Ellison 10/2
35. Rainy - it would be cold and rainy, p246

The Wood Queen - Karen Mahoney 10/4
2. Amber - his amber hair shone under the ugly bright lights, p48
7. Chilly - the room felt chilly, p30
13. Creepy - going on with that creepy statue, p75
21. Frost - melted away like the frost outside my bedroom window, p1
28. Icy - watching her step on the icy path, [15
48. Weird - sometimes her tattoos did pull some weird crap, p13

[bookcover:Ho-Ho-Homicide|20702337] Ho-Ho-Homicide - Kaitlyn Dunnett 10/5
3. Apples - potatoes, onions and apples filled there respective bins, p26
18. Flannel - her flannel nightgown afforded little protection, p273
22. Ghoul - I'm not a ghoul, p60
26. Harvest - folks who want to harvest their own christmas trees, p39
41. Soggy - soggy and misshapen stumps, p189

White Trash Zombie Unchained - Diana Rowland 10/7
14. Crisp - her tone was crisp and professional, p219
16. Eerie - let out an eerie wail, p15
33. Orange - lavender and orange painted the heavens, p63
43. Vibrant - appearing vibrant and confident, p397
49. Yellow - with a pair of milky yellow eyes, p79
50. Zombie - between the zombie research lab and my house, p1

Highland Avenger - Hannah Howell 10/9
8. Cider - her mouth full of cider, p84
45. Vivid - occasionally noticed a very vivid bruise, p219

Golden Age and Other Stories - Naomi Novik 10/9
32. Moonlit/Moonlight - moonlight in the canals, p45

Midnight's Captive - Donna Grant 10/12
25. Haunted - now appeared haunted, p6

The Wrong Hostage - Elizabeth Lowell 10/12
9. Colorful - language that specific and colorful, p157
44. Visual - a thorough visual inspection, p235

Bite My Fire - Mary Hughes 10/14
5. Bright - bright heat exploded in my belly, p189
23. Golden - in their golden years, p146
34. Pumpkin - a creepy jigsaw in his pumpkin head, p203
42. Spooky - it'd be spooky if it weren't so annoying, p54

She'll Never Live - Hunter Morgan 10/14
11. Cozy - playing out this cozy little fantasy, p154

Star of the Sea - Joseph O'Connor 10/17
39. Scarf - a ragged scarf wound around his chin, p1

Dorothy Must Die - Danielle Paige 10/19
30. Magical - setting off the magical alarms, p107
31. Misty - leaving a misty multicolored trail, p142
38. Rustling - I heard squeaking and rustling, p18
47. Witch - she's a witch but she's good, p46

Foul Play - Janet Evanovich 10/21
15. Enchanting - with an enchanting thin line of hair, p42

Godsgrave - Jay Kristoff 10/24
4. Breezy - as breezy as on can get, p103
12. Crackling - she sensed the current crackling between them, p261
37. Ripe - I want her looking ripe on the stocks, p9

The Persian Always Meows Twice - Eileen Watkins 10/26
1, Abundant - into his abundant fur, p203

Burning The Map - Laura Caldwell 10/28
19. Foggy - everything is foggy, p58

The Outcast Dead - Elly Griffiths 10/30
6. Brown - people who put brown sauce on their chips, p122
10. Costumes - a simple black costume, p179
36. Red - with a red scarf wound around her neck, p76

Highland Wolf Pact - Selena Kitt 10/31
27. Howling - still howling his objections, p151
17. Fireside/Fire - feeling a slow fire heating her chest, p41

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

November As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 3/3

✔️1 ~ [Cats & Curios Mysteries 01] ~ How to Wash a Cat - Rebecca M. Hale 11/22
✔️2 ~ [Cate Kincaid Files 02] ~ Dolled Up to Die - Lorena McCourtney 11/6
✔️3 ~ [FBI 03] ~ Strong, Sleek and Sinful - Lorie O'Clare 11/4



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

30 Days of Gratitude

READ: 17/13+

1. Family - Forgive Me - Daniel Palmer (family drama) 11/13
2. Pet/ animal
3. Summer throwback
4. Dream Vacation place - Midnight's Temptation - Donna Grant (Scotland) 11/30
5. Fall colours - To Brie or Not To Brie - Avery Aames (cover) 11/27
6. Sunset - The Obsidian Chamber - Douglas Preston (sunset on cover) 11/5
7. Nature
8. Kindness
9. Comfort
10. Fire - Strong, Sleek and Sinful - Lorie O'Clare (fire on cover) 11/4
11. Friendship - The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster - Scott Wilbanks (mc friendly with neighbor) 11/29
12. Laughter - A Tale of Two Vampires - Katie MacAlister (humorous) 11/16
13. Cozy - Dolled Up to Die - Lorena McCourtney (cozy mystery) 11/6
14. Faith - Pig Island - Mo Hayder (cross on cover) 11/12
15. Food - Widow’s Web - Jennifer Estep (mc loves to cook) 11/30
16. Leaves - Lady of Devices - Shelley Adina (SA in leaves) 11/23
17. Books - How to Wash a Cat - Rebecca M. Hale (on cover)11/22
18. Music -
19. Joy
20. Sunshine
21. Dessert
22. Home
23. Fun - Body Check - Deirdre Martin (mc has fun playing hockey) 11/20
24. Weather - In Stone's Clasp - Christie Golden (icy conditions on cover) 11/6
25. Love - Kinked - Thea Harrison (romance) 11/13
26. Memories
27. Warmth
28. Coffee/ Tea - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers (characters drink lots of tea) 11/25
29. Job - Field of Graves - J.T. Ellison (mc lives her job) 11/17
30. Quiet time

November Scavenger Hunt

READ: 43/40

Secrets in Death - J.D. Robb 11/3
15. Fortunate - she'd be fortunate to find a job, p85
17. Gathering - maybe gathering herself, p24
34. Rake - lifted a hand, nearly raked it through her hair, p133
39. Serving - you absolute dedication to protecting and serving, p221

Strong, Sleek and Sinful - Lorie O'Clare 11/4
35. Relax - relax and enjoy the moment, p210

In Stone's Clasp - Christie Golden 11/6
2. Blessed - a child blessed with his so called magical talents, p41
12. Festival - he would see her at the festival, p40
22. Lavish - participate in a lavish feast, p40
25. Memories - as memories washed over her, p83
27. Orchard - walked among the fields, orchards and stables, p39
28. Parade - parade of onlookers followed Janeth, p58
26. Native - he had not spoken in her native tongue, p118
46. Together - men and women stone-steamed together, p25

Dolled Up to Die - Lorena McCourtney 11/6
10. Decor/Decorations - the old-fashioned decor, p227

Darkness Avenged - Alexandra Ivy 11/9
18. Grateful - not quite as grateful as he should be, p382
19. Happy - the endless happy, happy joy joy, p3
32. Quilt - to the bed covered by a hand stitched quilt, p59
36. Roasted - roasted over an open fire, p403
44. Thankful - thankful that his essence had been destroyed, p59
47. Travel - did he attempt to travel beyond the veil, p24
48. Turkey - carved up like a Thanksgiving turkey, p81

The Dragons Want Her - Angela Foxxe 11/9
14. Football - holding the football she just caught, loc9884
23. Magnificent - the Aragon was a magnificent beast, loc9704

Entwined - Colette Gale 11/13
1. Aroma - the aroma of pink, yellow and orange flowers, p24

Kinked - Thea Harrison 11/13
9. Delicious - he smelled incredibly delicious, p11
16. Friends - friends cut down friends, p35
29. Past - the past is nearly as limitless, p11
41. Stormy - those stormy grey eyes dancing, p167
42. Stuffed - her right fist was stuffed full, p55
43. Sweater - a think silk sweater, p26
50. Wonderful - it had been wonderful, p146

Pig Island - Mo Hayder 11/12
33. Raincoat - he unbuttoned his raincoat, p140

A Tale of Two Vampires - Katie MacAlister 11/16
8. Crow - as the crow flies, p61

Field of Graves - J.T. Ellison 11/17
49. Welcome - this week was welcome, p47

The Bedlam Stacks - Natasha Pulley 11/18
4. Carving - howling carving straining away from the salt, p136
30. Pies - mince pies and mulled wine, p78

Forever... - Jude Deveraux 11/19
11. Family - due to family connections, p297

Body Check - Deirdre Martin 11/20
45. Thursday - we might need to freeze the shoulder Thursday night, p222

Death Echo - Elizabeth Lowell 11/25
40. Snuggle - watched the big boat snuggle against the dock, p188

Echoes of Ice - Boone Brux 11/26
37. Savory - the savory aroma causing her mouth to water, loc1998

To Brie or Not To Brie - Avery Aames 11/27
21. Homemade - a gigantic homemade biscuit, p203

The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster - Scott Wilbanks 11/29
13. Fleece - he botched a fleece job, p177

Midnight's Temptation - Donna Grant 11/30
5. Chestnuts - alders, pines and chestnuts, p283


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3. Bountiful
6. Cornucopia
7. Custom
20. Hayride
24. Mayflower
31. Pilgrims
38. Seasonal

December Scavenger Hunt

48/40 FOUND

Of Grave Concern - Max McCoy 12/4
5. Card - you could hear a card drop, p125
9. Elf/Elves - much better at seeing ghosts and elves, p92
10. Exchange - put up surety in exchange for bail, p84
13. Gift - you could use this gift to help people, p208
25. Mistletoe - you've got elves with a mistletoe problem, p86
29. Orange - amid a shower of orange sparks, p96
38. Spirit - having recently been born of spirit, p92

Vampires Dead Ahead - Cheyenne McCray 12/5
2. Bell/Bells - Fae bells chimed at the front door, p145
14. Green - had made the park green with life, p202

The Woman in Blue - Elly Griffiths 12/7
1. Angel - such a beautiful smile, like an angel, p18
3. Birth - she's hoping that birth, sex and death will wait, p35
15. Happy - quite bouncy and happy, p44
16. Holly - hidden under a holly bush, p51
17. Hug - giving her a fierce hug, p283
19. Jingle - when the news jingle comes on the radio, p30
32. Presents - Christmas is about presents, p35
42. Toys - everyone of her bath toys, p75
47. Wonder - I wonder if that was what you really saw, p38

Her Own Devices - Shelly Adina 12/7
7. Cookie - discovered a cache of cookies, p135
34. Ribbons - tied at the knees with ribbons, p127
36. Shop/Shopping - in preparation of a shopping trip, p77

Red 1-2-3 - John Katzenbach 12/9
4. Bow - wrapped up wit a nice red bow, p361
23. Lights - the lights were ablaze inside her home, p15
35. Santa/Santa Claus - more suited to department store Santa Claus than detective, p103
43. Unwrap - would ask her to unwrap such a package, p267
45. Visit - pictures of the house she intended to visit, p327
48. Wrap - covered it with plastic see-through wrap, p215

Dreadmarrow Thief - Marjory Kaptanoglu 12/9
6. Chimney - ordered you to clean out the chimney flue, p129
24. Log - added a log to the flame, p154
26. Mittens - a fur hat and mittens, p154
30. Ornaments - and decorated with gilded ornaments, p110

The NYC Werewolf: Tales, Book Two - Bert Murray 12/12
44. Vacation - it's summer and you're on vacation, p85

Silver Silence - Nalini Singh 12/13
12. Frosty - hear the frosty control of her voice, p21
18. Icy - he only did that for his icy starlight, p26
21. Kings - they were kings of the jungle, p322
27. Naughty - to do even more naughty sexy things, p256
40. Tinsel - one had tinsel wrapped around his neck, p133
46. Winter - they wake up at dawn in winter, p99

How to Seduce a Vampire - Kerrelyn Sparks 12/14
37. Snowman - there's no such thing as an abominable snowman, p128

The Four Sworn: Spring Equinox - Lenore Sagaskie 12/15
28. Nice - he seems like a nice guy, p185
39. Tidings - good tidings on the morrow, p275
41. Turkey - Rose and Mary put the turkey into the oven, p176

Death on Paradise Island - B.M. Allsopp 12/19
11. Festive - a festive atmosphere, p44

Duck the Halls - Donna Andrews 12/25
8. Eggnog - come have an eggnog, p188
31. Pageant - the living Nativity pageant, p81
49. Wreath - a wreath on the door, p188
50. Yule - just shedding a little yuletide warmth, p127

The Zig Zag Girl - Elly Griffiths 12/25
33. Rejoice - who rejoiced in the name Desdemona, p99


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20. Joy
22. Kris Kringle

Cities Crazy for Christmas

READ: 9/7

✔️1. Skaneateles, New York
🎅 Read a book set near or on a lake OR a book whose author's initials are in SKANEATELES.
Mind Game - Iris Johansen (set near a lake in Scotland) 12/11


✔️2. Vienna, Austria
🎄 Read a book where the characters ice skate OR go to church.
Duck the Halls - Donna Andrews 12/25


✔️3. Indianapolis, Indiana
🌟 Read a book where a character with children takes them on an outing OR a book published in November, December or January.
Red 1-2-3 - John Katzenbach (published Jan 2012) 12/9


✔️4. Grapevine, TX
❄ Read a book with some kind of lights on the cover OR where the characters go to the movies.
Vampires Dead Ahead - Cheyenne McCray 12/5


✔️5. Reykjavik, Iceland
🎅 Read a book where a character travels from one place to another (does not have to be a long distance) OR where there is live entertainment in the story. Tell us what kind.
Her Own Devices - Shelly Adina (England to Wales) 12/7


✔️6. Hershey, PA
🌟 Read a book where a character eats chocolate OR goes to an amusement park.
The NYC Werewolf: Tales, Book Two - Bert Murray 12/12


✔️7. Chicago, IL
❄ Read a book where a character sees a show or play OR a book from a list that has the word CHRISTMAS, WINTER or HOLIDAY in the list's title. Tell us the list and the number the book is.
The Naked Duke - Sally MacKenzie 12/16


✔️8. Williamsburg, VA
🎄 Read a book a book within the Historical genre OR a book from Lewis Carroll Shelf Award Winners.
Of Grave Concern - Max McCoy 12/4


✔️9. New York City
🌟 Read a book set in New York City OR a book with the word KICK in the title or series name. Tell us the series name.
The NYC Werewolf: Tales, Book One - Bert Murray 12/12


10. Orlando, FL
🎅 Read a book with a sunset on the cover OR a book with a person's name in the title.

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

December As Easy As 1-2-3 Challenge

READ: 2/3

✔️1 ~ [Shaye Archer 01] ~ Malevolent - Jana DeLeon 12/16
✔️2 ~ [Magnificient Devices 02] ~ Her Own Devices - Shelly Adina 12/7
3 ~ [Seven Deadly Sins 03] ~ Mortal Sin - Allison Brennan

It's My Party Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2017

READ: 20/20

Party Costumes - COMPLETE
Read a book with a character (does not have to be a main character) who is a:

✔Animal (shifters are acceptable) - Circle of Desire - Keri Arthur (wolf shifter) 9/17
✔Cowboy - Matthew - Emma Lang 9/17
✔Fairy - Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble - H.P. Mallory 9/17
✔Vampire - The Undead in My Bed - Katie MacAlister 9/18
✔Witch/Wizard - Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files - Jim Butcher 9/11


Party Buffet ~ COMPLETE
Read books with food or drink on the covers or in the titles
✔1. Town in a Lobster Stew - B.B. Haywood 11/6
✔2. The Apple Orchard - Susan Wiggs (apples on trees) 12/19
✔3. The Curse of Tenth Grave - Darynda Jones 1/11
✔4. The Beekeeper's Ball - Susan Wiggs 1/12
✔5. A Harvest of Bones - Yasmine Galenorn 2/8


Party Bags ~ COMPLETE

✔Balloon
B: Best Laid Plans - Allison Brennan 9/2
A: Alien Tango - Gini Koch 9/4
L: Silent Mercy - Linda Fairstein 9/24
L: Beast Behaving Badly - Shelly Laurenston 9/28
O: The Wicked Game - Olivia Fuller 9/4
O: If the Slipper Fits - Olivia Drake 9/5
N: Not Quite a Wife - Mary Jo Putney 10/28

✔Bracelet
B: Barefoot Season - Susan Mallery 9/25
R: Ready, Scrap, Shoot - Joanna Campbell Slan 10/2
A: Waking the Witch - Kelley Armstrong 9/26
C: Captive Spirit - Anne Windsor 10/7
E: Easter Bunny Murder - Leslie Meier 9/8
L: Bear Meets Girl - Shelly Laurenston 10/5
E: Edge of Sight - Roxanne St. Claire 9/9
T: Thirty-One and a Half Regrets - Denise Grover Swank 9/23

✔Candy
C: Dark Promises - Christine Feehan 9/15
A: Juliet - Anne Fortier 9/30
N: The Art of Duke Hunting - Sophia Nash 10/13
D: Dark Destiny - M.J. Putney 9/14
Y: The Curse of the Wendigo - Rick Yancey 9/5

✔Crayons
C: Chainsaw Jane - Marie-Jo Fortis 10/21
R: Brotherhood in Death - J.D. Robb 9/29
A: The Aeronaut's Windlass - Jim Butcher 10/1
Y: The Isle of Blood - Rick Yancey 9/13
O: One Snowy Knight - Deborah MacGillivray 11/25
N: North Pole Reform School - Jaimie Admans 11/23
S: Soulless - T.M. Frazier 9/4

✔Whistle
W: Hard as a Rock - Christine Warren 9/21
H: Snow on the Bayou - Sandra Hill 9/30
I: Shadow Play - Iris Johansen 9/11
S: Dragonmark - Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/3
T: Thirty-Two and a Half Complications - Denise Grover Swank 10/16
L: Mister X - John Lutz 10/3
E: The Devil Wears Kilts - Suzanne Enoch 10/17

Party Games ~ COMPLETE
✔Hunt the Thimble - Read a book where somebody has to search for something
Ghoul Interrupted - Victoria Laurie (search for a lost Native American artifact) 9/15

✔Hide & Seek - Read a book where somebody has to hide
Edge of Sight - Roxanne St. Claire (heroine witnessed a crime and now someone is trying to kill her) 9/9

✔Spin The Bottle - Read a book where somebody falls in love
Bound by Light - Anne Windsor 9/7

✔Musical Chairs - Read a book where somebody plays an instrument
The Snow Queen - Mercedes Lackey (godmother plays the harp) 9/19

✔Charades - Read a book where somebody pretends to be something they are not.
Born of Legend - Sherrilyn Kenyon (hero pretends to be a ghost to spook someone) 9/9



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Back To School: College Edition
Duration: October 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017

READ: 42/42

✔Chemistry is sometimes called the central science because it bridges other natural sciences, including physics, geology and biology.
✔**Cover – read a book with an equation or chemistry items (beaker, microscope, etc) OR a bridge
Wrayth - Pip Ballantine 3/21

✔**Read a book with characters who have a strong chemistry
Burn for Me - Ilona Andrews 10/30
✔**Spell: TEST TUBE (9)
T: Thirty-Two and a Half Complications - Denise Grover Swank 10/16
E: The Devil Wears Kilts - Suzanne Enoch 10/17
S: Hangman - Michael Slade 12/9
T: Tall, Dark & Dead - Tate Hallaway 10/18
T: Total Control - David Baldacci 10/29
U: Ultimate Weapon - Shannon McKenna 11/19
B: Cold Days - Jim Butcher 11/22
E: Rogue with a Brogue - Suzanne Enoch 11/17

✔Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments
✔**Cover: read a book with a map of some sort
The Girl from Everywhere - Heidi Heilig 12/25
(maps at the beginning of each chapter )
✔**Read a book where there is a lot of travel OR a book that has a location in the title
The Hunter - Theresa Meyers 10/31
(m.c. bops all over the west coast on a quest to save the world)
✔**Spell MARKERS (7)
M: She'll Never Know - Hunter Morgan 11/23
A: The Keeper of Lost Causes - Jussi Adler-Olsen 11/19
R: Rainshadow Road - Lisa Kleypas 11/20
K: The Kingdom of Gods - N.K. Jemisin 11/16
E: Deadly Lies - Cynthia Eden 11/27
R: Sweet Revenge - Rebecca Zanetti 11/20
S: Priceless - Shannon Mayer 12/27

✔Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound and silence.
✔**Cover: read a book with something musical on it (an instrument, music, music symbols)
Not Quite a Wife - Mary Jo Putney (piano on cover) 10/28

✔**Read a book with a main character that works or studies this subject or a book you can justify for this subject (tell us how it fits)
The Memorist - M.J. Rose (revolves around Beethoven & his music) 1/29
✔**Spell: RECORDER (8)
R: Rogues - George R.R. Martin et al 11/13
E: Deadly Lies - Cynthia Eden 11/27
C: Captive Soul - Anne Windsor 11/25
O: One Snowy Knight - Deborah MacGillivray 11/25
R: The Fire Kimono - Laura Joh Rowland 11/14
D: The Down Home Zombie Blues - Linnea Sinclair 11/5
E: Restless Heart - Emma Lang 12/5
R: Floating Staircase - Ronald Malfi 11/3

✔Psychology is really a very new science, with most advances happening over the past 150 years or so. However, its origins can be traced back to ancient Greece, 400 – 500 years BC.
✔**Cover – read a book with something “Greek” – a statue, the flag, OR a cover that is only blue & white
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend - Katarina Bivald 3/17

✔**Read a book with a main character who works or studies in the subject OR a book you can justify for this subject (tell us how it fits)
The Lost Key - Catherine Coulter (FBI profiler uses psychology) 1/23
**Read a book set in Greece
✔**Spell KLEENEX (7)
K: Thirteen - Kelley Armstrong 11/10
L: The Likeness - Tana French 12/30
E: Web of Lies - Jennifer Estep 12/21
E: Venom - Jennifer Estep 1/21
N: Normal - Graeme Cameron 12/18
E: Eleventh Grave in Moonlight - Darynda Jones 2/6
X: The Fire Dragon - Tianna Xander 12/18

✔Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences. The early civilizations in recorded history, such as the Babylonians, Greeks, Indians, Egyptians, Nubians, Iranians, Chinese, and Maya performed methodical observations of the night sky.
✔**Cover: read a book with stars, moons, asteroids, anything found in space
Beauty and the Werewolf - Mercedes Lackey 11/18

✔**Read a book by an author originally from Greece, India, Egypt, Iran, or China
A Walk Across the Sun - Corban Addison 1/9
✔**Spell: TELESCOPE (9)
T: Town in a Lobster Stew - B.B. Haywood 11/6
E: The Rocky Road to Romance - Janet Evanovich 12/25
L: The Ghoul Next Door - Victoria Laurie 11/1
E: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous in Plaid - Suzanne Enoch 12/2
S: Shadow on the Sun - David Macinnis Gill 10/20
C: Cold, Cold Heart - Tami Hoag 12/3
O: One Moonlit Night - Samantha James 12/6
P: Prince of Magic - Linda Winstead-Jones 10/24
E: Remy - Katy Evans 12/29

✔Accounting: Mathematics is essential in many fields, including natural science, engineering, medicine, finance and the social sciences. Applied mathematics has led to entirely new mathematical disciplines, such as statistics and game theory. Mathematicians also engage in pure mathematics, or mathematics for its own sake, without having any application in mind.
✔**Cover: a book with a number on the cover (The 5th Horseman is ok but Zero Day is not)
14th Deadly Sin - James Patterson 10/7

✔**Read a book with a main character who works or studies in the subject OR a book you can justify for this subject (tell us how it fits)
Love in the Light - Laura Kaye (heroine is an accountant) 10/16
✔**Spell – ABACUS (6)
A: Spell Bound - Kelley Armstrong 10/22
B: Skin Game - Jim Butcher 12/8
A: Alien in the Family - Gini Koch 12/14
C: Captive Heart - Anne Windsor 12/11
U: Die for You - Lisa Unger 11/29
S: Someone to Watch Over Me - Lisa Kleypas 12/11

✔Language is the ability to acquire and use complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so, and a language is any specific example of such a system
✔**Read a book with a main character that works or studies the subject OR a book that you can justify for this subject (tell us how it fits)
The Beekeeper's Ball - Susan Wiggs (hero speaks 5 or 6 languages) 1/12
✔**Read a book where the main character can speak more than one language
Chainsaw Jane - Marie-Jo Fortis (Russian and English) 10/21
✔**Spell – DICTIONARY (10)
D: Thirty-Three and a Half Shenanigans - Denise Grover Swank 12/28
I: Third Degree - Greg Iles 11/26
C: Crooked Kingdom - Leigh Bardugo 12/17
T: Tutu Deadly - Natalie Roberts 12/12
I: Night and Day - Iris Johansen 12/4
O: Off Kilter - Hannah Reed 1/1
N: North Pole Reform School - Jaimie Admans 11/23
A: Men of the Otherworld - Kelley Armstrong 12/31
R: Ravens - George Dawes Green 1/28
Y: Sword of the Rightful King - Jane Yolen 1/17

✔Technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation.
✔**Cover: read a book with some form of technology on it – (computer, e-reader, stereo, etc))
The Current Between Us - Kindle Alexander (camera) 12/26

✔**Read a book with a main character that works or studies the subject OR a book that you can justify for this subject (tell us how it works)
Rocked by Love - Christine Warren (heroine is a computer hacker) 10/16
✔**Read a book where use of technology is important (the use of a computer for research to find something, the use of GPS to get somewhere, etc)
The Twelfth Card - Jeffery Deaver 10/24
(m.c. is a quadriplegic and uses sophisticated electronics to solve crimes)

✔Religious studies originated in the 19th century, when scholarly and historical analysis of the Bible had flourished, and Hindu and Buddhist texts were first being translated into European languages.
✔**Read a book with a main character who works or studies the subject OR a book you can justify for this subject (tell us how it fits)
Immortal - Traci L. Slatton (revolves around Christian religion) 2/2
✔**Read a book where religion is important to the plot
The Thrall's Tale - Judith Lindbergh 1/8
✔**Spell: BIBLE (5)
B: A Confidential Source - Jan Brogan 11/24
I: Quicksand - Iris Johansen 10/26
B: Bethany's Heart - C.L. Scholey 12/18
L: No Ghouls Allowed - Victoria Laurie 11/13
E: The Edge of the World - Kevin Anderson 1/13

✔Earth sciences: Earth, the third planet from the sun, is the fifth largest planet in the solar system; only the gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are bigger. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets of the inner solar system, bigger than Mercury, Venus and Mars.
✔**Cover: read a book with a cover with an outdoor scene
Ghost Story - Jim Butcher 10/15

✔**Read a book with a main character that works/studies in this subject OR a book you can justify for this subject (tell us why it fits)
Spider's Bite - Jennifer Estep (m.c. fights an Earth Elemental) 10/25
✔**Read a book that is set outdoors OR that is 3rd or 5th in a series
Sentenced to Death - Lorna Barrett (Booktown Mystery #5) 10/22

✔Writing is a medium of human communication that represents language and emotion through the inscription or recording of signs and symbols. In most languages, writing is a complement to speech or spoken language
✔**Cover – read a book with words/letters or writing symbols (other than title & authors name)
Fighting to Forget - J.D. Salisbury (tattoos are names/phrases) 10/12

✔**Read a book with an main character who works or studies the subject OR a book you can justify works with this subject (tell us how it fits)
Stolen: A Letter to My Captor - Lucy Christopher 10/23
(m.c. writes a 300 page letter to her kidnapper)
✔**Read a book that you found to be well written (this is opinion based, but please tell us why you think so)
The Dreaming: A Novel of Australia - Barbara Wood 11/5
(the prose of this book puts you into the Australian Outback. You can see, feel and even smell the flavor of the barrenest place on earth. Makes you want to take the next plane out or totally convinces you this isn't a place to vacation.)

✔Medicine has existed for thousands of years, during most of which it was an art (an area of skill and knowledge) frequently having connections to the religious and philosophical beliefs of local culture.
✔**Cover: read a book with something medical on it (stethoscope, prescription bottle)
Birdman - Mo Hayder (forcepts?)1/7

✔**Read a book with a main character who works or studies in the subject OR a book you can justify for this subject (tell us how it fits)
Anyone But You - Jennifer Crusie (hero is a doctor) 10/29
✔**Read a book where someone needs medical attention
Hide Away - Iris Johansen (m.c. needs to be airlifted out of Scotland) 11/16

✔Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.
✔**Cover – read a book with a child on the cover
Daughter of the Blood - Ann Bishop 1/22

✔**Read a YA book
Crash - Nicole Williams 11/11
✔**Spell: BINDER (6)
B: Bite Me - Shelly Laurenston 12/24
I: I Love This Bar - Carolyn Brown 12/23
N: Not Always a Saint - Mary Jo Putney 11/24
D: The Witch Is Dead - Shirley Damsgaard 12/16
E: Some Like It Scot - Suzanne Enoch 1/8
R: Raising the Past - Jeremy Robinson 2/28

✔Criminal justice~~ Criminal justice is the system of practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts.
✔**Read a book with a main character who works or studies in the subject OR a book you can justify for this subject (tell us how it fits)
Edge of Midnight - Charlene Weir (m.c. is a police chief) 10/19
✔**Read a book where a character goes through the legal system (either rightly or wrongly accused - must go through 2 or more processes - jailed, arraignment, court, etc)
Apprentice in Death - J.D. Robb 12/17
✔**Spell: BRIEFCASE (9)
B: The Hawk and His Boy - Christopher Bunn 1/31
R: Rogue - Katy Evans 2/2
I: Insidious - Catherine Coulter 11/7
E: The Last Good Man - Kathleen Eagle 2/17
F: The Final Cut - Catherine Coulter 1/5
C: Compulsion - Allison Brennan 12/24
A: The Art of Duke Hunting - Sophia Nash 10/13
S: Paper, Scissors, Death - Joanna Campbell Slan 10/30
E: The Edinburgh Dead - Brian Ruckley 2/23

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Reading The Seasons - Spring
Duration: March 1, - May 31, 2017

READ: 33/20

✔1. Read a book published in March, April or May of any year
When Maidens Mourn - C.S. Harris (March 2012) 3/14
Kiss Me, I'm Irish - St Claire / Shalvis / Child (March 2012) 3/22
Beyond the Darkness - Alexandra Ivy (April 2010) 3/25

✔3. Read a book with the letters F O O L somewhere in the title. Does not have to be in order.
Dragon of the Island - Mary Gillgannon 4/1
Full Scoop -Janet Evanovich 5/6

✔5. Read a book with a cover that reminds you of spring. This can be as simple as a pastel coloured cover. Show us the cover.
Once Upon a Marigold - Jean Ferris 3/25
Coming Home - Mariah Stewart 4/17


✔7. Spring Break - Read a book set in USA
Phantom Shadows - Dianne Duvall (North Carolina) 3/19
Fish Perfume - Sammie Grace (Rhode Island) 3/6
Die Like an Eagle - Donna Andrews (Virginia) 5/21
The Quiet Game - Greg Iles (Mississippi) 5/20
Oracle's Moon - Thea Harrison (Kentucky) 5/16

✔8. Saint Patrick – Read a book with an Irish character.
Buried in a Bog - Sheila Connolly 3/12

✔9. Saint Patrick - Read a book with a green cover - Show us the cover
Some Like It Wild - Teresa Medeiros 3/13
Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon - Nancy Atherton 4/22
The Luckiest Lady in London - Sherry Thomas 4/23
Fruitcake - R.J. Kaiser 5/4
Lethal Investments - K.O. Dahl 5/26


✔10. Easter Egg Hunt - Read a book where someone searches for something - Tell us what they're looking for
The Wicked Ways of Alexander Kidd - Paula Quinn (pirate treasure) 3/16
Seizure - Kathy Reichs (pirate treasure) 5/25

✔12. April Fool's Day - Read a book where someone plays a prank.
A Rose from the Dead - Kate Collins (pranksters at a convention) 5/17

✔13. May Day - Read a book where someone needs rescuing - Tell us how
Hotwire - Alex Kava (heroine is kidnapped) 4/29
Silence Fallen - Patricia Briggs (heroine is kidnapped) 5/1

✔14. Mothers Day - Read a book with a main character who is a mother.
St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
A Room Full of Bones - Elly Griffiths 5/4

✔16. St Davids Day (Wales) - Read a book with a character OR author called David
The Shadowy Horses - Susanna Kearsley (char=David Fortune) 5/11

✔17. St Georges Day (England) - Read a book set in England OR that features a dragon
The Lazarus Machine - Paul Crilley (England) 3/27

✔18. Memorial Day (US) - Read a book with a character in the military.
Better To Rest - Dana Stabenow (hero's father) 4/15

✔19. Patriot's Day (US) - Read a historical book.
Once a Cavalier - Linda O. Johnston 3/16
The North Water - Ian McGuire 4/10
When a Scot Ties the Knot - Tessa Dare 4/12
The Striker - Monica McCarty 4/15
Harbinger - Pip Ballantine 4/25

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Disney Movie Scavenger Hunt
Duration: June 1 - December 31, 2017

60/60 FOUND

Pete's Dragon
1. Orphan - Less than a Treason - Dana Stabenow 6/8
(both only children, both orphans), p170

2. Dragon - The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5
(a glittering silver dragon), p9

3. Lighthouse - Death Takes Priority - Jean Flowers 6/10
(with the Plymouth lighthouse scene), p111


Mary Poppins
4. Umbrella - Snipped in the Bud - Kate Collins 6/5
(had already tiled the brass umbrella stand), p44

5. Chimney - One Night in Scotland - Karen Hawkins 6/3
(every piece of furniture, every chimney), p154

6. Kite - Death Takes Priority - Jean Flowers 6/10
(will represent our spring kite festival), p45


Pirates of the Caribbean
7. Pearl - Getting Lucky - Carolyn Brown 6/4
(shirts with pearl snaps), p48

8. Chest - An English Bride In Scotland - Lynsay Sands 6/19
(two more men carrying a chest between them), p66

9. Ocean - The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5
(crashing into the ocean), p65


Swiss Family Robinson
10. Island - Starting Now - Debbie Macomber 6/12
(a welcoming island where all that mattered was holding a baby), p57

11. Ship - Havoc - Jack DuBrul 6/8
(as if he were on a rocket ship), p2

12. Race - The Chocolate Mouse Trap - JoAnna Carl 6/24
(a third vehicle was in the race), p216


Enchanted
13. Apple - The Scent of Jasmine - Jude Devereau 6/11
(corn bread and apple butter), p138

14. Chipmunk - Bad Monkey - Carl Hiaasen 6/30
(box spring sounded like a chipmunk being skinned), p131

15. Poison - One Night in Scotland - Karen Hawkins 6/3
(I'm not trying to poison you), p44


National Treasure
16. Map - One Night in Scotland - Karen Hawkins 6/3
(it's a map etched in gold), p333

17. Code - One Night in Scotland - Karen Hawkins 6/3
(we must find a way to break the code), p107

18. Lantern - One Night in Scotland - Karen Hawkins 6/3
(the room itself was lit by special lanterns), p195


The Parent Trap
19. Camp - The Scent of Jasmine - Jude Devereau 6/11
(bears were unlikely to attack the camp), p58

20. Honey - Getting Lucky - Carolyn Brown 6/4
(honey dripped from his words), p18

21. Twins - One Night in Scotland - Karen Hawkins 6/3
(her two older sisters were twins), p45


The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
22. Lion - Snipped in the Bud - Kate Collins 6/5
(like a hungry lion circling a lame gazelle), p262

23. Witch - Getting Lucky - Carolyn Brown 6/4
(let me go, you witch), p200

24. Wardrobe - One Night in Scotland - Karen Hawkins 6/3
(except the bed and the great wardrobe), p81


Flight of the Navigator
25. Spacecraft - Havoc - Jack DuBrul 6/8
(clay models of monsters and spaceships), p299

26. Fireworks - The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5
(a great cheer went up, fireworks exploded), p73

27. Alien - The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella 6/3
(to be honest, it could be an alien), p137


The Muppets
28. Studio - Lucky Bastard - Deborah Coonts 6/7
(equaled the rent for a studio), p20

29. Frog - Going Organic Can Kill You - Staci McLaughlin 6/2
(used the little cage I had a frog in once), p184

30. Theater - The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5
(the size of a theater or cathedral), p48


The Journey of Natty Gann
31. Wolf - Less than a Treason - Dana Stabenow 6/8
(a wolf howled in the distance), p53

32. Train - Getting Lucky - Carolyn Brown 6/4
(his train runs on a different track), p70

33. Wallet - Getting Lucky - Carolyn Brown 6/4
(she remembered taking it from her wallet), p59


Something Wicked This Way Comes
34. Carnival - Death Takes Priority - Jean Flowers 6/10
(crazy trip to one of those carnival fun houses ), p110

35. Carousel - Spectacle - Rachel Vincent 6/14
(mermaid and unicorn seats on the carousel), p22

36. Storm - One Night in Scotland - Karen Hawkins 6/3
(the sound of a storm raging outside the castle walls), p205


Return to Oz
37. Chicken - Getting Lucky - Carolyn Brown 6/4
(felt like a one-legged chicken), p96

38. Robot - The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5
(a Chinese emperor flirted with a robot), p2

39. Nome - Definitely Dead - Charlaine Harris 6/26
(she was pointing at a garden gnome), p317


Hocus Pocus
40. Broom - The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5
(with brooms, mops and soapy water), p149

41. Candle - Death Takes Priority - Jean Flowers 6/10
(the smell of candle wax), p246

42. Graveyard - Snipped in the Bud - Kate Collins 6/5
(I'm on the graveyard shift this week), p134


The Mighty Ducks
43. Hockey - Down the Rabbit Hole - J.D. Robb 6/10
(the grizzly hockey mask of Jason Voorhees), p276

44. Game - Snipped in the Bud - Kate Collins 6/5
(let's play a game), p181

45. Coach - Snipped in the Bud - Kate Collins 6/5
(when she took on Coach DePush), p57


The Shaggy Dog
46. Spell - Down the Rabbit Hole - J.D. Robb 6/10
(a sudden dizzy spell had him searching for the wall), p231

47. Mailman - Snipped in the Bud - Kate Collins 6/5
(when our mail carrier is late), p8

48. Museum - One Night in Scotland - Karen Hawkins 6/3
(enriched the coffers of the British Museum), p6


Holes
49. Shovel - The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5
(and shovel it into wheelbarrows), p150

50. Onion - Lucky Bastard - Deborah Coonts 6/7
(onions glazing in a buttery skillet), p134

51. Lizard - Going Organic Can Kill You - Staci McLaughlin 6/2
(disappeared faster than a lizard), p5


The Three Caballeros
52. Movie - The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5
(a prop from a mummy movie), p14

53. Book - Less than a Treason - Dana Stabenow 6/8
(designed to cast light on an open book), p44

54. Pinata - Fireproof - Alex Kava 7/6
(trying to swat down a pinata), p231


High School Musical
55. Karaoke - Melting into You - Tracey Alvarez 6/30
(singing like a karaoke pro), p70

56. Stage - The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5
(made his way towards the stage), p319

57. Basketball - The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5
(palmed his head like a basketball), p269


The Incredible Journey
58. Letter - One Night in Scotland - Karen Hawkins 6/3
(Michael's urgent letter had arrived), p8

59. Porcupine - The Scent of Jasmine - Jude Devereau 6/11
(involving porcupine quills), p285

60. Waterfall - Snipped in the Bud - Kate Collins 6/5
(a self-contained waterfall in one corner), p188


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1998
Duration: July 1, - September 30, 2017

READ: 11/11

✔1. Most watched TV show– ER
Read a book that features a medical professional (doctor, nurse etc)
Hidden Embers - Tessa Adams (he's a doctor, she's a healer) 8/8


✔2. Best selling single (UK) – Believe - Cher
Read a book with a one word title.
Fireproof - Alex Kava 7/6


✔4. Most popular film – Armageddon
Read a book where somebody goes into space OR featuring a major disaster.
The Passage - Justin Cronin (apocalypse via viral vampire epidemic) 8/8
- Justin Cronin

✔7. Born this year – Apr 9th - Elle Fanning - (Actress sister of Dakota Fanning)
Read a book featuring sisters.
Darkling - Yasmine Galenorn 7/11


✔8. Died this year – Feb 6th - Carl Wilson - (Guitarist/ singer with 'The Beach Boys'.)
Read a book set in the summer OR with a beach scene on the cover.
Blue Labyrinth - Douglas Preston 8/14


IN THE NEWS

✔10. Feb/Mar - Five week blackout in Auckland, New Zealand.
Read a book with a black cover.
The Perfect Liar - Brenda Novak 7/23


✔11. Apr 22nd – Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
Read a book with an animal character. (Shifters are acceptable)
The Man Who Spoke Snakish - Andrus Kivirähk 7/17
(one of the m.c. is a talking snake)


✔12. Jul 12th - Host nation France wins the final of the 16th FIFA World Cup.
Read a book published in 2016.
No Man's Land - David Baldacci (Nov 15, 2016) 7/9


✔13. Sep 4th - Search engine GOOGLE is founded.
Read a book with a title starting with one of the letters in GOOGLE.
Our Husband - Stephanie Bond 7/19


✔14. Dec 26th - The Great Boxing Day Storm - Severe gale force winds hit Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England.
Read a book where bad weather plays an important part.
The Perfect Storm -Sebastian Junger 7/27


✔15. 1998 is the International Year of the Ocean (YOTO), by declaration of the United Nations.
Read a book with water on the cover.
Slipknot - Linda Greenlaw 7/13


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Fun Things To Do in August
Duration: August 1 - October 31, 2017

READ: 15/15

✔ Lollapalooza (Chicago)
Read a book that takes place in Chicago OR a book that has a concert or some type of musical performance.
Bound By Darkness - Alexandra Ivy 8/11

✔ La Tomatina (Bunol, Spain)
Read a book that takes place in Spain OR a book that has a red cover (show us the cover)
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón 8/18

✔ PGA Championship (Charlotte, NC)
Read a book with an author or main character named Charlotte OR a book where a character takes part in a tournament or competition of some kind (tell us how it fits)
Death by the Dozen - Jenn McKinlay (bake-off competition) 8/27

✔ Happy Birthday, Hawaii!
Read a book that is set on an island OR a book with either 21 or 50 in the page total (321 or 450 etc)
Between the Duke and the Deep Blue Sea - Sophia Nash 8/5

✔ Elvis Week (Memphis, TN)
Read a book that has an Elvis (real or impersonated) in it OR a book with a King .
Straight from the Heart - Tami Hoag 8/5
(one of the characters was an Elvis impersonator)

✔ Maine Lobster Festival (Rockland, ME)
Read a book that is set near the sea (tell us where) OR a book that features a goddess.
Deadmen Walking - Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/4
(set on a pirate ship in the Caribbean)

✔ Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival (Seattle)
Read a book that has a character involved in the arts - film, theatre, art, or dance (tell us which) OR a book that is set in Seattle/Washington.
Cancans, Croissants, and Caskets - Mary McHugh 8/7
(mc's are professional tap dancers)

✔ US Open Tennis Tournament (Queens, NY)
Read a book that is #4 in a series (tell us the series) OR a book with a title that begins with one of the letters in TENNIS
Night Shift - N. Singh/I. Andrews/L. Shearin/M. Vane 8/12

✔ Cowal Highland Gathering (Dunoon, Scotland)
Read a book set in Scotland OR a book with a skirt on the cover - in honour of all those Scots men in kilts! (show us the cover)
Midnight's Kiss - Donna Grant 9/2

✔ Burning Man (Black Rock Desert, NV)
Read a book that has a fire on the cover (show us the cover) OR a book where a character is cut off from civilization or isolated in some way (tell us how)
The Oath of the Vayuputras - Amish Tripathi 8/22


✔ Sturgis Motorcycle Rally (Sturgis, SD)
Read a book that has someone wearing leather on the cover (show us the cover) OR a book with a character who rides a motorcycle.
Midnight's Captive - Donna Grant 10/12


✔ State Fair Season
Read a book with an orange cover (show us the cover) OR a book set in Minnesota.
The Outcast Dead - Elly Griffiths 10/30


✔ World’s Longest Yard Sale! (127 Corridor Sale)
Read a book that has 400+ pages OR read a book that you borrowed from the library, got for free, borrowed or bought cheap.
The Passage - Justin Cronin (766 pages) 8/8

✔ August Doins Rodeo (Payson, AZ)
Read a book that involves a cowboy, a rodeo or a ranch (tell us which) OR a book with boots on the cover (show us the cover)
Cowboy Town - Kasey Millstead 8/25

✔ Hatch Chile Festival (Hatch, NM)
Read a book set in New Mexico OR a book where a character eats some kind of Mexican/Tex-Mex cuisine - chilli, burritos, tacos, fajitas etc (tell us the page number and sentence)
Hidden Embers - Tessa Adams 8/8

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Colors of the Month - Blue
Duration: October 15 - November 14, 2017

READ: 8/10

✔️1. Read a book whose cover is a shade of the color of the month.
Wait for Dark - Kay Hooper (airforce blue) 10/31


✔️2. Read a book whose author's first and last initials are in a shade of blue from the graphic above BUT you cannot use the word BLUE. Tell us the shade.
The Outcast Dead - Elly Griffiths (Egyptian Blue) 10/30


✔️3. Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in BLUE.
Burning The Map - Laura Caldwell 10/28


✔️5. a :low in spirits :melancholy has been feeling blue
b :marked by low spirits :depressing a blue funk things looked blue
❈ Read a book with a character that is sad or depressed.
Forgive Me - Daniel Palmer 11/13


✔️6. of a woman :learned, intellectual
… the ladies were very blue and well-informed … —W. M. Thackeray
❈ Read a book with an intelligent woman.
Godsgrave - Jay Kristoff 10/24


✔️7. a :profane, indecent a blue movie
b :off-color, risqué blue jokes
❈ Read a book where a character swears a lot OR a kinky read.
A Tale of Two Vampires - Katie MacAlister (heroine swears a lot) 11/16


✔️9. In US and European public opinion polls that blue is the most popular color, chosen by almost half of both men and women as their favorite color.
❈ Go to Top Shelves. Chose a book from your favorite genre's shelf.
Highland Wolf Pact - Selena Kitt (paranormal) 10/31


✔️10. In the 17th century, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, was one of the first rulers to give his army blue uniforms. Blue was the color of liberty and revolution in the 18th century, but in the 19th it increasingly became the color of government authority, the uniform color of policemen and other public servants.
❈ Read a book where a character wears a blue uniform. Tell us what kind of uniform
Pig Island - Mo Hayder (the cops wear blue uniforms) 11/12

Tribute to Tom Petty
Duration: November 2017

READ: 5/10

✔️1. Thomas Earl Petty was born October 20, 1950, in Gainesville, Florida, the first of two sons of Kitty (Avery) and Earl Petty.
🎸 Read a book published in October OR set in Florida.
The Obsidian Chamber - Douglas Preston (pub Oct 2016) 11/5


2. His interest in rock and roll music began at age ten when he met Elvis Presley. In the summer of 1961, his uncle was working on the set of Presley's film "Follow That Dream" in nearby Ocala, and invited Petty to come down and watch the shoot.
🎸 Read a book with FOLLOW or DREAM in the title.

3. One of his first guitar teachers was Don Felder, a fellow Gainesville resident, who would later join the Eagles.
🎸 Read a book where a character helps another character to become successful OR with a character that is a teacher.

4. Petty also overcame a difficult relationship with his father, who found it hard to accept that his son was "a mild-mannered kid who was interested in the arts" and subjected him to verbal and physical abuse on a regular basis. Petty was extremely close to his mother, and remained close to his brother, Bruce.
🎸 Read a book where the MC does not have a good relationship with his/her father OR is extremely close to their mother .

✔️5. Petty released 3 albums as a solo artist. He was in three bands which also released albums; Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch.
🎸 Read a Series/TBR #3.
Strong, Sleek and Sinful - Lorie O'Clare (FBI #3) 11/4


✔️6. He wrote virtually all of his songs on a Gibson Dove acoustic saved from his 1987 house fire.
🎸 Read a book with a bird or bird name on the cover, in the title or author's name OR where a house catches fire.
To Brie or Not To Brie - Avery Aames 11/27


✔️7. Petty was married twice and had 2 daughters and a stepson.
🎸 Read a book where the MC is a parent OR was married twice.
The Ghost Fields - Elly Griffiths (mc has 5 y.o. daughter) 11/28


8. Hypnotic Eye is the 13th and final studio album by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released on July 29, 2014, by Reprise Records. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the only Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album to ever top the chart. Hypnotic Eye was nominated for the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.
🎸 Read a book whose cover has more than 3 colors BUT has no buildings, people or animals on it.

✔️9. Petty was known as a staunch guardian of his artistic control and artistic freedom. He fought record companies over control and record prices. He also sued a tire company using a very similar song to one of his after they were told they could not use the rights to his song.
🎸 Read a book where a character stands up for their rights or beliefs OR where someone takes something that does not belong to them.
The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster - Scott Wilbanks 11/29


10. Tom Petty was a very successful musician and songwriter. He worked with many, many other musician and songwriters like Johnny Cash, The Grateful Dead and Stevie Nicks. He and his band were always there to play concerts and record albums for charity to help people - Live Aid and schools and the community after Hurricane Katrina.
🎸 Read a book from the Music genre.

November Special Scavenger Hunt

READ: 48/40

Secrets in Death - J.D. Robb 11/3
1. Ace - no rights for you, ace, p86
18. Generate - could have generated the perfect picture, p233
39. Signal - shot up a finger to signal, p127
40. Strike - you strike me as a snob, p10
42. Tank - gray trousers and a support tank, p283
45. Transport - I'm not going to transport all this, p63

Strong, Sleek and Sinful - Lorie O'Clare 11/4
12. Ditch - you don't think she's dead in a ditch somewhere, p184
47. Various - typing in various versions, p227

The Obsidian Chamber - Douglas Preston 11/5
13. Eject - she slid it out, ejecting the magazine, p381
31. Observe - sending to observe the transfer, p163
44. Thrust - with a savage thrust, p312

Dolled Up to Die - Lorena McCourtney 11/6
26. Jet - a woman who might jet off to the South Seas, p119

Kinked - Thea Harrison 11/13
4. Battle - still ready for battle, p155
6. Cabin - dotted throughout the cabin, p46
7. Capture - he did not manage to capture everybody, p39
17. Flight - trouble trying to make the flight, p45
35. Quick - they at a quick breakfast, p119
37. Rocket - pump up his rocket engine, p100
14. Engine - and gunned the engine, p59
29. Machine - how he had gotten the machine, p149

Pig Island - Mo Hayder 11/12
43. Taxi - get a taxi and take the train, p99

Forever... - Jude Deveraux 11/19
3. Aisle - I'll walk her down the aisle to you, p238
22. Helicopter - where he called a helicopter company, p292
27. Knowledge - in his pursuit of knowledge, p167
34. Pilot - the helicopter pilot, p292

No Rest for the Dead - Andrew Gulli 11/20
21. Haul - the haul so astonishing, p209
24. Ignition - he killed the ignition, p92
25. Information - each was labeled with information about the artifacts, p187

How to Wash a Cat - Rebecca M. Hale 11/22
8. Cargo - impossible to find anyone to unload the cargo, p16
23. Horizon - the horizon of a future, p22
20. Hanger - stiffened like a close hanger, p55
32. Oxygen - antiseptically soaked oxygen, p291

Death Echo - Elizabeth Lowell 11/25
2. Airplane - to control of his airplane, p321
9. Control - she could tell he was fully in control, p25
10. Cruise - taking new boat for a cruise, p188
11. Design - spent hours on the boats design, p124
16. Flap - the sailboat lowered yards of flapping cloth, p196
28. Lift - he didn't lift his foot, p61
30. Motion - the motion didn't appear to bother her stomach, p268
33. Passenger - it would be hell on the passengers, p356
36. Radar - Mac pushed the radar's reach out to maximum, p350
38. Safety - levering himself up to safety, p346
49. Wing - the plane wagged its wings at them, p267

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers 11/25
5. Bay - huge cases of dentbot packs in the cargo bay, p10

Echoes of Ice - Boone Brux 11/26
48. Vibration - vibrations ribbed along the blade and hilt, loc2413

The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster - Scott Wilbanks 11/29
15. Exhaust - discharge coughing from an exhaust pipe, p298
46. Turbulence - falling a suggested turbulence of air, p347

Widow’s Web - Jennifer Estep 11/30
41. Tail - the mermaid was missing her tail, p325


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19. Glider
50. Zeppelin

Colors of the Month - Purple
Duration: November 15 - December 14, 2017

READ: 6/10

✔️1. Read a book whose cover is a shade of the color of the month.
Blood Pact - Tanya Huff (lavender) 12/14


✔️2. Read a book whose author's first and last initials are in a shade of purple from the graphic above. Tell us the shade.
Her Own Devices - Shelly Adina (sangria) 12/7

✔️3. Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in PURPLE.
Red 1-2-3 - John Katzenbach 12/9

4. Read a book from this list - Purple Mist Turning into Fabric...

✔️5. In Japan, purple is the color of privilege and wealth, the color associated with the Japanese aristocracy.
💜 Read a book with a wealthy MC OR set in Japan.
Mind Game - Iris Johansen 12/11

✔️6. In Britain, purple is sometimes associated with mourning. In Victorian times, close relatives wore black for the first year following a death ("deep mourning"), and then replaced it with purple or dark green trimmed with black. This is rarely practiced today.
💜 Read a book with a character that is in mourning OR a book from the Historical genre.
Of Grave Concern - Max McCoy 12/4

7. During the 1960s and early 1970s, it was also associated with counterculture, psychedelics, and musicians like Jimi Hendrix with his 1967 song "Purple Haze", or the English rock band of Deep Purple which formed in 1968. Later, in the 1980s, it was featured in the song and album Purple Rain (1984) by the American musician Prince.
💜 Read a book a with the genre or tagged with MUSIC.

8. As early as the 15th century BC the citizens of Sidon and Tyre, two cities on the coast of Ancient Phoenicia, (present day Lebanon), were producing purple dye from a sea snail called the spiny dye-murex. Clothing colored with the Tyrian dye was mentioned in both the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. The deep, rich purple dye made from this snail became known as Tyrian purple.
💜 Read a book with a seashell on the cover OR a title that begins with a T, but not "the".

✔️9. A purple heart is awarded to United States military veterans when injured while serving their country. A symbol of honor for sacrifice.
💜 Read a book with a character that has sacrificed something for another.
Dreadmarrow Thief - Marjory Kaptanoglu 12/9

10. Purple is the color of the ball in Snooker Plus with a 10-point value. In the game of pool, purple is the color of the 4-solid and the 12-striped balls.
💜 Read a book with a ball OR stripes on the cover.

At the Carnival - Foods
Duration: August 1 - October 31, 2017

READ: 9/10

✔Caramel Apples -
Read a book with a "caramel" colored cover OR with a character that is a Granny.
Brother - Ania Ahlborn 10/28


Corn Dogs -
Read a book set in Texas OR where a character eats a corn dog, hot dog or sausage.


✔ Cotton Candy
Read a book that has a two word title AND one of the words contains a 5 or 6 letter word.
Eternal Hunger - Cameron Dean 8/3


✔ French Fries -
Read a book with a character that is/has served in the military OR with a title that has at least two words that start with the same letter.
Cancans, Croissants, and Caskets - Mary McHugh 8/7


✔ Fried Candy Bars -
Read a book with CANDY or BAR(S) in the title or series name OR set in Scotland.
Midnight's Kiss - Donna Grant 9/2


✔Fried Pickles -
Read a book set in the Southern U.S. OR where characters eat a fried food.
Out of the Easy - Ruta Sepetys (set in Louisiana) 9/16


✔ Funnel Cake -
Read a book with a circular object on the cover OR a book with immigrant characters.
The Girl with Ghost Eyes - M.H. Boroson (Asian immigrants) 8/18


✔ Kettle Corn -
Read a book with a sweet OR salty character.
Deadmen Walking - Sherrilyn Kenyon (old salty pirate) 9/4


✔ Onion rings -
Read a book whose title starts with an "O" OR whose author's first or last initial is an "O".
The Oath of the Vayuputras - Amish Tripathi 8/22


✔ Snow Cones -
Read a book with a brightly or neon colored cover.
Metro Girl - Janet Evanovich 10/3

A-Z Friends

READ: 26/26

✔A: Ab2y ~ Dark Roots and Cowboy Boots -Luann McLane 7/13
✔B: Bailey ~ Shoots to Kill - Kate Collins 9/7
✔C: Charlie ~ Empire of Storms - Sarah J. Maas 9/27
✔D: Danielle The Book Huntress ~ The Lazarus Machine - Paul Crilley 3/27
✔E: Ellie Red ~ One Dog Night - David Rosenfelt 4/21
✔F: FlibBityFLooB ~ Once Upon Stilettos - Shanna Swendson 4/9
✔G: Gina Robichaud ~ Fever Dream - Douglas Preston 4/27
✔H: Hayley ~ Malevolent - Jana DeLeon 12/16
✔I: Irinak ~ Concrete Savior - Yvonne Navarro 7/7
✔J: Jeann (Happy Indulgence) ~ The Girl with All the Gifts - M.R. Carey 4/4
✔K: ♥The Kat's Meow♥ ~ Definitely Dead - Charlaine Harris 6/26
✔L: Leslie ~ Stolen Songbird - Danielle Jensen 1/3
✔M: Marla ~ Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood 1/2
✔N: Nita Gill ~ Spider-Touched - Jory Strong 8/24
✔O: Ora Amis ~ On Her Father's Grave - Kendra Elliott 2/27
✔P: Patches Braz ~ Night Reigns - Dianne Duvall 2/11
✔Q: Quynh ~ Echoes in Death - J.D. Robb 3/29
✔R: ♥Robin ♥ ~ Out of the Easy - Ruta Sepetys 9/16
✔S: Sandy (WI girl at heart) ~ The Zig Zag Girl - Elly Griffiths 12/25
✔T: Tina "coffee and books" ~ The Curse of Tenth Grave - Darynda Jones 1/11
✔U: Ulrika ~ Wife by Wednesday - Catherine Bybee 12/13
✔V: Victoria Hansen ~ Born of Vengeance - Sherrilyn Kenyon 4/12
✔W: Wendy T ~ 15th Affair - James Patterson 5/12
✔X: Xiamera ~ Our Husband - Stephanie Bond 7/19
✔Y: Yz the Whyz ~ Once Upon a Marigold - Jean Ferris 3/25
✔Z: Zee ~ The Edinburgh Dead - Brian Ruckley 2/23




CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Oh, The Places You'll Go
Duration: May 1, - January 31, 2018

Part I: Spell out destinations from the list below, using first letters of book titles and authors first or last name initials.

✔CAIRO
C: Changeling - Yasmine Galenorn 5/11
A: Die Like an Eagle - Donna Andrews 5/21
I: The Quiet Game - Greg Iles 5/20
R: Red Velvet Cupcake Murder - Joanne Fluke 5/9
O: Oracle's Moon - Thea Harrison 5/16

✔HANOI
H: Bad Monkey - Carl Hiaasen 6/30
A: Archangel's Heart - Nalini Singh 6/17
N: Night Unbound - Dianne Duvall 5/20
O: Never Look Back - Linda Lael Miller 5/30
I: A Catered St. Patrick's Day - Isis Crawford 7/14

✔TOKYO
T: Forbidden - Tabitha Suzuma 6/24
O: One Last Look - Linda Lael Miller 6/28
K: The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie R. King 7/18
Y: Concrete Savior - Yvonne Navarro 7/7
O: The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5

✔MINSK
M: The 120 Days of Sodom - Marquis de Sade 5/16
I: The Immortals - J.T. Ellison 6/19
N: Nevernight - Jay Kristoff 6/20
S: Shadow's Seduction - Kresley Cole 5/18
K: The Shadowy Horses - Susanna Kearsley 5/11

✔PARIS
P: The Preacher - Camilla Läckberg 5/31
A: The Man Who Spoke Snakish - Andrus Kivirähk 7/17
R: A Rose from the Dead - Kate Collins 5/17
I: Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion 7/14
S: Snipped in the Bud - Kate Collins 6/5

✔VEGAS
V: The Valcourt Heiress - Catherine Coulter 6/18
E: The Empire's Ghost - Isabelle Steiger 7/22
G: Going Organic Can Kill You - Staci McLaughlin 6/2
A: All That Bleeds - Kimberly Frost 6/15
S: The Scent of Jasmine - Jude Devereau 6/11


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Part II. Read books that have the name of a location in the title, author or series.

✔1. One Night in Scotland - Karen Hawkins 6/3
✔2. An English Bride In Scotland - Lynsay Sands 6/19
✔3. Sliding Home - Kate Angell (Richmond Rogues #4) 8/31
✔4. Ukulele Murder - Leslie Langtry (Aloha Lagoon Mysteries #1) 10/23
✔5. Death on Paradise Island - B.M. Allsopp (in Fiji) 12/19

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✔Part III. Read books where a trip is made to another location. (We're not talking a trip to the store here but a trip to another city, state, country or planet. The kind of trip that usually requires packing a bag!) Be sure to tell us your characters destinations!

✔1. Silence Fallen - Patricia Briggs (Washington to Italy) 5/1
✔2. Midnight Rainbow - Linda Howard (DC to Costa Rica) 5/13
✔3. Cold Vengeance - Douglas Preston (NY to Scotland to Louisiana) 5/22
✔4. The Wild Irish Sea - Loucinda McGary (California to Ireland) 5/29
✔5. Havoc - Jack DuBrul (NJ to Africa) 6/8
✔6. Two Graves - Douglas Preston (NY to Mexico to Brazil) 6/24

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Part IV. Read books with the following items on the cover. (Please post your covers!)

✔TRAVEL COMPANION - two people
Melting into You - Tracey Alvarez 6/30

✔TRANSPORTATION - a mode of transportation - train, plane, boat etc
The Woman Who Wouldn't Die - Colin Cotterill 5/14

✔DESTINATION - a city scene, or a well known landmark/an outdoor/rural scene
Death Takes Priority - Jean Flowers 6/10

✔WINTER BREAK - a winter scene / somebody dressed for the cold.
Less than a Treason - Dana Stabenow (snow/parka) 6/8

✔COMING HOME - a house or bed.
Seduced by the Storm - Sydney Croft 5/9



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1979
Duration: October 1, - December 31, 2017

READ: 11/15

✔1. Most watched TV episode– Largest audience on record for a regular series learns Who shot JR on “Dallas”, it was JR’s girlfriend Kristin.
Read a book where there is an attempt made on a character's life.
Highland Avenger - Hannah Howell 10/9


2. Best selling single (US) – "My Sharona" - The Knack
Read a book with a title that begins with MY.

✔3. Best selling album (US) – Pink Floyd - The Wall
Read a series book #11 OR a book with a wall on the cover.
Blood Pact - Tanya Huff 12/14


4. Most popular film – Kramer vs. Kramer
Read a book where a character gets a divorce OR parents fight over custody of their child/children.

✔5. Hottest book – The Dead Zone by Stephen King
Read The Dead Zone by Stephen King OR a book with DEAD in the title.
Where All the Dead Lie - J.T. Ellison 10/2


✔6. Most Popular Christmas Toy - Atari Video Computer System
Read a book with a title that begins with an A, V, C, or S.
She'll Never Live - Hunter Morgan 10/14


7. Born this year – Apr 4th - Heath Ledger
Read a book with a character that is an actor or in the movie business OR set in Australia.

✔8. Died this year – June 11th - John Wayne
Read a book with a MPG of Western, War/Military or Family.
The Six-Gun Tarot - R.S. Belcher 10/25


IN THE NEWS

✔9. February 26 - A total solar eclipse occurred in North America
Read a book with a moon or sun on the cover.
Highland Wolf Pact - Selena Kitt 10/31


✔10. March 28th - Three Mile island Nuclear Accident after fire at reactor in Pennsylvania (US)
Read a book with THREE, MILE, or ISLAND in the title.
Pig Island - Mo Hayder 11/12


✔11. May 3rd - Margaret Thatcher elected as the Prime minister in UK
Read a book by an author named Margaret (or any variation) OR a book with a strong female character. Tell us the character's name.
And I Darken - Kiersten White (Lasa Dragwlya) 10/30


12. June 1st – McDonald's introduces the Happy Meal.
Read a book with HAPPY in the title OR with a MPG Food.

✔13. July 1st - Sony introduces the Sony Walkman in Japan.
Read a book where music is very important.
Ukulele Murder - Leslie Langtry (professional ukulele player) 10/23


✔14. November 12 - Iran hostage crisis. People put yellow ribbons around trees in their yards as a symbol of support.
Read a book with a yellow cover.
Foul Play - Janet Evanovich 10/21


✔15. December 23 – The highest aerial tramway in Europe, the Klein Matterhorn, opens.
Read a book that is set in the mountains OR where mountains are an important part of the story.
Wait for Dark - Kay Hooper (set in mountain town in NC) 10/31

Colors of the Month - Red
Duration: December 15, 2017 - January 14, 2018

READ: 7/10

✔️1. Read a book whose cover is a shade of the color of the month.
Duck the Halls - Donna Andrews (candy) 12/25


✔️2. Read a book whose author's first and last initials are in a shade of red from the graphic above. Tell us the shade.
Hide Your Heart - Tracey Alvarez (scarlet) 12/27


✔️3. Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in RED OR a title that contains one of the words from the graphic. eg. The Red Pony or Lipstick Jungle
Robot Academy - R.T.W. Lipkin 1/6


4. Read a book from this list - Fair is the Red Rose OR Red as a Blood Ruby.
#6 girl in steel corset

5. :one that is of a red or reddish color: such as a red wine
🔴 Read a book where wine is important to the story.
Helpers: Wine books OR Wine and Roses: Romances featuring Wineries
#25 The Sparkling One

✔️6. a (1) :flushed especially with anger or embarrassment
🔴 Read a book where a character gets angry or embarrassed.
The Naked Duke - Sally MacKenzie 12/16
(heroine gets caught naked by strangers...twice)


7. Red is slang for loss.
🔴 Read a book where a loss is suffered. Tell us what the loss is.

✔️8. Red has been a constant companion of Indian brides. It is the color of life- a new life. A wedding indicates a significant change in the life of a traditional Indian woman.
🔴 Read a book where a wedding takes place OR where a significant change in the life of a woman occurs.
Seven Stones to Stand or Fall - Diana Gabaldon 1/14


✔️9. Red is the color most associated with courage.
🔴 Read a book with a character that shows courage.
Malevolent - Jana DeLeon 12/16
(mc is being terrorized by a stalker and her PI sticks around even when her family is threatened)


✔️10. "red herring." A false clue that leads investigators off the track.
🔴 Read a book with an investigator OR from the MYSTERY genre.
The Zig Zag Girl - Elly Griffiths 12/25