Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy discussion

Since at least one of you liked last year's Weather challenge, I've decided that that is what we will be using for the April challenge. After all, we've been dealing with weather of the horrific type for most of this winter. (I mean, come on--it actually made 3 inches of snow here in Southeastern NC. That's like almost totally unheard of.) And, everyone knows the old saw, "April showers. . ."

So, here we go.


Each of the books that we read must meet ONE (or more, if you can find any that do) of the following rules: the cover has pictures of the flowers for that time (examples are tulips for spring, roses for summer, aster’s or mums for fall and poinsettias for winter) or a picture FROM that season—swimsuits, snowmen, etc., the title has the season in it, either the h or H is named (first or last) for the season, the AUTHOR’s name is the season or, the entire book is set in that particular season. In the event that you are using the COVER, please link a picture of the cover for your edition.
3 books for Spring
3 books for Summer
2 books for Fall (although we will also accept Autumn as a name/title)
2 books for Winter

I'm in.

10/10 Read

Spring
1. Beauty in Spring ✔ 4/6
2. An Unexpected Diversion (occurs in Spring) ✔ 4/6
3. Bear-ly Spring ✔ 4/7


Summer
1. Vampire's Kiss (by Ella Summers) ✔ 4/1
2. Witch's Cauldron (by Ella Summers) ✔ 4/2
3. Siren's Song (by Ella Summers) ✔ 4/3


Fall / Autumn
1. Autumn's Blood ✔ 4/4
2. Autumn Thorns ✔ 4/5


Winter
1. Baby, I'm Howling For You (Snow on cover) ✔ 4/4
2.Winter's Promise ✔ 4/6

4/10 Read

3 books for Spring: 1/3
The Black Key -- Violet is main character. Violets bloom in Spring. -- read 04/10/18


3 books for Summer: 0/3
Vampire's Kiss By Ella Summers
Witch's Cauldron By Ella Summers
Siren's Song By Ella Summers

2 books for Fall / Autumn: 2/2
The Belles - About Camellia and her Camellia flowers (which bloom Fall to early winter) -- 04/05/18
Before I Fall -- 04/16/18


2 books for Winter :1/2
Hunting Prince Dracula -- set in December -- 04/24/18

We are down to only the 2 of you signing up in the last 8 days. If we don't get a big upswing in people joining, I think this might be the last month for our Reading Challenges. It's been fun, and we've lasted quite a while, but I guess that people are either losing interest or have too many other things on their plates to join any more. I'll wait til the first of April to decide, but I thought I'd make the announcement early, so that there was time for gathering more challenge takers.

I haven't done one of these in ages but this month should be fun.

0/10 Read

3 books for Spring
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3 books for Summer
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3.

2 books for Fall
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2 books for Winter
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I'm in!! It was 68 here one day last week and then it snowed 8 inches this weekend. lol crazy weather.

Tell me about it Lynn. I live at the beach--where the average winter temperature is 50. And we've had TWO snow storms this winter. Two days ago it was 28 degrees--and today, it hit 75. . .

♥ ♥Lynn ♥ ♥ wrote: "I'm in!! It was 68 here one day last week and then it snowed 8 inches this weekend. lol crazy weather."

Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "Tell me about it Lynn. I live at the beach--where the average winter temperature is 50. And we've had TWO snow storms this winter. Two days ago it was 28 degrees--and today, it hit 75. . ."

Seriously! Mother Nature is giving us all whiplash this year.

10/10 Completed +22
"April showers. . ." Challenge - April 2018

Each must meet at least ONE of the following: has pictures of the flowers for that time (examples are tulips for spring, roses for summer, aster’s or mums for fall and poinsettias for winter) or a picture FROM that season—swimsuits, snowmen, etc., the title has the season in it, either the h or H is named (first or last) for the season, the AUTHOR’s name is the season or, the entire book is set in that particular season.

THREE books for Spring
1. Jinx by Meg Cabot done 4-9-18
2. The Wish by Gail Carson Levine done 4-17-18
3. A Ghostly Undertaking (Ghostly Southern Mysteries #1) by Tonya Kappes 4-24-18

THREE books for Summer
1. When an Omega Snaps (A Lion's Pride #3) by Eve Langlais done 4-10-18
2. Pies and Prejudice (Charmed Pie Shoppe Mysteries #1) by Ellery Adams done 4-14-18
3. A Familiar Tail (Witch's Cat Mystery #1) by Delia James done 4-18-18

TWO books for Fall/Autumn
1. Ghost of a Potion (Magic Potion Mystery #3) by Heather Blake done 4-13-18
2. Ever by Gail Carson Levine done 4-25-18

TWO books for Winter
1. I Am Half Sick Of Shadows (Flavia de Luce #4) by Alan Bradley done 4-3-18
2. Murder Most Howl (Paws and Claws Mystery #3) by Krista Davis done 4-24-18

READ

Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "We are down to only the 2 of you signing up in the last 8 days. If we don't get a big upswing in people joining, I think this might be the last month for our Reading Challenges. It's been fun, and ..."

:-(
Sure hope we can keep it up, This has been my primary challenge for many years now.

2/10 Read

Spring
1. Semi-Charmed by Isabel Jordan 4STARS
2. Consort of Secrets by Eva Chase
3.

Summer
4. Last Kiss of Summer by Marina Adair
5. Hereafter by Tara Hudson
6. Traces of Guilt by Dee Henderson


Fall
7. The Vixen's Lead by Tate James
8.


Winter
9. The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire
10. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden 4 STARS

I always enjoy these challenges.

10/10 Read COMPLETED

Spring
1. 28/4/18
2. 6/4/18
3. 27/4/18

Summer
1. 11/4/18
2. 16/4/18
3. 11/4/18

Fall
1. 20/4/18
2. 23/4/18

Winter
1. 3/4/18
2. 7/4/18

I lurked a lot...Figured it's time for me to actually participate in this challenge. This sounds really fun and simple. So Count me in!

4/10 Read

Spring
1. Infinite Spring (Young Adult Fantasy Horror series) 5 out of 5 - Read on April 6th.
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3.

Summer
1. Eternal Summer (Young Adult Horror Fantasy series) 5 out of 5 - Read on April 7th
2. Summer Blood
3.

Fall
1. Autumn Ever After (Young Adult Fantasy Horror series) 5 out of 5 - Read on Aril 10th. Excellent ending to the series even though I was shocked to see some of the characters being killed off :(
2.

Winter
1. Endless Winter (Young Adult Fantasy/Horror Series) 5/5 - read on 4/4/2018 This book is reminding me so much like Twilight except it wasn't vampire story.
2.

0/10 Read


Spring
1. Beneath a Spring Moon by Becca Jameson
2. Spring Mates by Lynn Tyler
3. A Hero's Welcome by Jan Springer



Summer
1. Scoundrel (The Blades of the Rose #2) by Zoe Archer
2. Roses in the Devil's Garden by Charlie Cochet
3. (cover) An American Werewolf in Hoboken by Dakota Cassidy



Fall
1. (cover) The Viking In My Bed by Jan Irving
2. (cover) Saviours of Oestend by Marie Sexton



Winter
1. (cover) Wicked by Any Other Name by Linda Wisdom
2. Winter's Wolf by Tara Lain

This looks fun!

0/10 Read

Spring
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Summer
1.
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3.

Fall
1.
2. (Nocturne Falls #1)

Winter
1. (Winter Wayne #1)
2.

This challenge will be my first one so I hope to succeed :D I'm in.

We are at 10 people participating in this challenge. I will do another 2 month's of challenges, but if we drop below 10 people for two month's, I'm going to just cancel the challenges. At one point in time we had close to 100 people doing these--but we've also been doing them for a long time, and, well, I guess that people have just gotten tired of them.

Celina--the challenge is strictly a personal one. Some of our group who do them (or used to do them) couldn't make 10 because of other commitments, so they did 3 or 4 or 6 or whatever number they felt comfortable with. Just challenge yourself to do one more than you would normally read. And if you don't succeed, we won't dance around pointing at you and teasing you. We tend to be very supportive for those trying these challenges.

Sweets!! No more lurking! It's great to see you on GR. I miss you!

I am still gathering my list. It's gonna be hard for me to read this month with all the weather causing my kids sports stuff to be cancelled and moved, we now have 4 softball games and 2 soccer games this week alone. I may be a sleep walker this month.

♥ ♥Lynn ♥ ♥ wrote: "Sweets!! No more lurking! It's great to see you on GR. I miss you!

I am still gathering my list. It's gonna be hard for me to read this month with all the weather causing my kids sports stuff to b..."

Above all of that, you still can do it! Reading is a way of us escaping the reality ;-) Miss you too!

1/10 Read


Spring
1. Beneath a Spring Moon by Becca Jameson
2. Spring Mates by Lynn Tyler
3. A Hero's Welcome by Jan Springer



Summer
1. Scoundrel (The Blades of the Rose #2) by Zoe Archer
2. Roses in the Devil's Garden by Charlie Cochet
3. (cover) An American Werewolf in Hoboken by Dakota Cassidy 4/4



Fall
1. (cover) The Viking In My Bed by Jan Irving
2. (cover) Saviours of Oestend by Marie Sexton



Winter
1. (cover) Wicked by Any Other Name by Linda Wisdom
2. Winter's Wolf by Tara Lain

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