We Love Lisa Kleypas discussion

Ok so here i am to dissect books, challenges, and lists from all the groups i belong to!!


CATEGORIES

- BYO (MONTLY)

- My age in books

- quarterly QT

-Winter challenge LK

-Book club LK

January :

BYO COMPLETED!!!

- Strange Bedpersons (part of AIB 1994) 1/5
-The Bride (part of AIB 1989)(Lk Book club) (pick-it-4-meRRR JAN)
-The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie (part of AIB 1999)
-A Knight in Shining Armor (part of winter challenge) 5/5
-Daring to Dream (part of AIB 1996)
- One Foot in the Grave (part of AIB 2008) 5/5!!
- Talk Me Down
-Bet Me (part of AIB 2004) 4/5

Winter Theme Challenge

Dec- 21/ march 30/ COMPLETED!!!



its a good chance to sprinkle some non-romance here and there in-between other challenges. =)

S Stuck: Why We Can't (or Won't) Move On (feb)
T The Book Thief March
O Only With Your Love March
C Commencement (feb)
K A Knight in Shining Armor (JAN)
I A Vintage Affair i sabel woll (feb)
N Daring to DreamNora robets (JAN)
G Eat, Pray, Love Gilbert elizabeth March

have you reached chapter 32 yet??? Have you fell hopelessly and irrevocably in love with my man Bones??

(Stressing MY man)

:-)

OMG im in chpt 16!! what are the odds!!16 more to go!! and i have helplessly fell in love with bones!!! my god!! and now with his brown/honey hair.. **sighs** just got even hotter!!!!!! yaawwza!!!

thanks for the introduction to such an addiction LOL!!

no problem!

challenge of the year

i dont know how are you going to do it Atum, but YOU must get thru this book!!!!!! i mean it! **frowns**


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a lengthy book indeed!!!!!

FEBRUARY BYO
COMPLETED!!!

- Commencement winter challenge
-The Lady Most Likely...: A Novel in Three Parts lk bk
- A Vintage Affair: A Novel winter challenge
- Happy Hour at Casa Dracula rec by D.G
- The Wedding RRC Garwood.
- Can You Keep a Secret?
- Too Good To Be True buddy read
- At Grave's End
- When Strangers Marry
- Stuck: Why We Can't (or Won't) Move On Winter challenge
- Catch A Mate
- Anne of Green Gables
- As You Desire pick-it-4 me FEB. (buddy read)
- Start Me Up
- All I Ever Wanted buddy read
- Dirty


Bonus

-Anne of Avonlea
-Anne of the Island
-Anne of Windy Poplars
-Anne's House of Dreams
-Of Thee I Sing: A Letter To My Daughters

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Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes

A Lifetime-of-books-Challenge

Count 22/27

-1985
-1986
-1987
-1988 Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
-1989 The Bride
-1990 Oh, the Places You'll Go!
-1991 The Prize
-1992 Only With Your Love
-1993 Thunder and Roses
-1994 Strange Bedpersons
-1995 Midnight Angel
-1996 Daring to Dream
-1997 Holding the Dream
-1998Stranger in My Arms<----
-1999 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
-2000 Carolina Moon
-2001
-2002 When Strangers Marry
-2003 Fallen from Grace
-2004 Bet Me
-2005 Can You Keep a Secret?
-2006 Happy Hour at Casa Dracula
-2007 Catch A Mate
-2008 One Foot in the Grave
-2009 The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie
-2010 The Lady Most Likely...: A Novel in Three Parts
-2011 A Lot Like Love
-2012 The Prince
-2013 Lover At Last

Couch Potato Challenge:Classic TV Edition (Quarterly)





You can pick out 10 shows out of the 15 choices, choose all 15, or go for 20 by creating 5 more categories based on your own favorite classic TV shows.

DURATION: March 1 - May 31, 2011


Welcome Back Kotter: The Truth about Forever
Laverne & Shirley::Finding the Dream April
Happy Days : Only With Your Love (March)
One Day at a Time : Holding the Dream (March)
Dallas :Blue-Eyed Devil
MASH:What Happens in London
Hawaii 5-0 : A Lot Like Love (March)
E.R.: Not Quite a Husband (March)
Green Acres : A Kiss at Midnight April
I Love Lucy! :The Devil Wears Plaid April
A- Team : The Prize (March)

Lisa Kleypas Inventory






Berkley-Faulkner

-Where Passion Leads (1987)-->got it
-Forever My Love2. (1988)-->need to buy




Vallerands

- When Strangers Marry (1992)
- Only With Your Love (1992)




Gamblers

-Then Came You(1993)
-Dreaming of You(1994)




Stokehursts

-Midnight Angel (1995)
-Prince of Dreams(1995)




Capitol Theatre

-Somewhere I'll Find You(1996)
-Because You're Mine (1997)




Bow Street Runners

-Someone to Watch Over Me (1999)
-Lady Sophia's Lover(2002)
-Worth Any Price(2003)




Wallflowers

Again The Magic(prequel)(2004)
Secrets of a Summer Night(2004)
It Happened One Autumn(2005)
Devil in Winter(2006)
Scandal in Spring(2006
A Wallflower Christmas(2008)




Travis
Sugar Daddy(2007)
Blue-Eyed Devil(2008)
Smooth Talking Stranger(2009)



Hathaways

Mine Till Midnight(2007)
Seduce Me at Sunrise(2008)
A Hathaway Wedding(2010)
Tempt Me at Twilight(2009)
Married By Morning(2010)
Love in the Afternoon(2010)




Harbor series.

Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor (2010)
Rainshadow Road (2012)
Dream Lake (2012)
Crystal Cove (2013)



Novels

Love Come to Me (1988)<--need to buy
Give Me Tonight(1989)<--need to buy
Stranger in My Arms(1998)
Where Dreams Begin(2000)
Suddenly You(2001)





Novellas

Christmas Love Stories(1991) (with Diane Wicker Davis, Shannon Drake, Kay Hooper)<--i own

Three Weddings and a Kiss(1994) (with Loretta Chase, Judith E French) <--- i own

Wish List(2001) (with Lisa Cach, Claudia Dain and Lynsay Sands)<---i own

Where's My Hero?(2003) (with Kinley MacGregor and Julia Quinn)

Gifts of Love(2006) (with Kay Hooper)<--i own

A Historical Christmas Present(2008) (with Leigh
Greenwood and Lynsay Sands<--iown

MARCH BYOC COMPLETED!!!

- Only With Your Love
- Holding the Dream
- A Lot Like Love
- Not Quite a Husband
- The Book Thief
- Eat, Pray, Love
- Fallen from Grace
- Lead Me On
- The Prize
- The Billionaire Next Door (The O'Banyon Brothers)
- Blame It on Paris
- Accidentally Expecting



Bonus
-Simply Irresistible
-Love at First Flight
-Italian Prince's Pregnant Bride
- Reason Enough
- The Woman in White
- The Great Gatsby



Finito baby!! :) i will roll over the bonuses into April.

Miscelaneous Poetry.. COMPLETED!!!

Dont belong to any challenge, but will be reading throught this 2 months..


- If There is Something to Desire: One Hundred Poems (4*)
-Gift from the Sea 5*

April reading challenge from RRRC





1.April: A Kingdom of Dreams ★★★★★~4/2

2.Birthday: Jane Eyre ★★★★~4/1

3.Geography:(NR) Finding the Dream ★★★★ ~4/12

4.Fourth Month: TBD The Devil Wears Plaid ★★★~4/20

5.The Royal Wedding: A Kiss at Midnight ~★★★★ 4/9

6.April Fool's Day: The Peach Keeper: A Novel ★★★★ ~4/22

7. Find-A-Rainbow Day: Midnight Angel ★★★★~4/15

8. Taxes are due in US (15 April): Romeo, Romeo ★★★★~4/18

9. Pets Are Wonderful month (nodding also to Pet Owners Day, World Rat Day and National Hairball Awareness Day): My One and Only ★★★ 4/20

10. Reader's Choice: Pick-it-for -me (April) Remembrance ★★★1/2 ~ 4/14

April BYOC

YAY!!! i was worried i wasnt going to be able to finish it!! Now i just have to let my thoutghts sink a bit so i can rate them and write at least a sentence for a review!!

13 + BONUS. COMPLETED!!!

Completed: 13/13

1: PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives

2: A Kingdom of Dreams 4/2 (5*) ofc!!!

3. Finding the Dream

4. The Devil Wears Plaid

5. A Kiss at Midnight (4*)

6. The Peach Keeper: A Novel

7. Midnight Angel

8. Romeo, Romeo

9 My One and Only

10. Remembrance (3.5*)

11. If There is Something to Desire: One Hundred Poems

12. Gift from the Sea

13. The Italian Prince's Pregnant Bride (2*)

Bonus
Across a Moonlit Sea

COMPLETED!!!

Pamela Clare I-team challenge! ;)


- Extreme Exposure (5*)
- Unlawful Contact (5*)
- Hard Evidence (4.5*)
- Heaven Can't Wait (I-Team series featured characters novella) (5*)
- Naked Edge (5*)
- Breaking Point (5*)

Done +1 :) COMPLETED!!!

This challenge will run from March 21st - June 20th and the books you choose to read should somehow remind you of Spring -

Spring Challenge





- The Peach Keeper: A Novel
- A Kingdom of Dreams
- Water for Elephants
- My Dearest Enemy
-Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
- Here Comes the Groom
- What the Librarian Did
- My Secret: A PostSecret Book
- PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
-A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret
Book
-PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God
-Mr. Imperfect
-Mr. Irresistible
-Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
-The Search
-Nights of Fire
-Slave to Sensation
-Peril at End House
-Visions of Heat(4*)
-Dona Barbara(4*)
-The Queen of the South(4*)
-Broken(4*)
-It Had to Be You(2.5*)

May BYOC

14/~ COMPLETED!!!


- A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book (5*)
- Extreme Exposure (5*)
- Mr. Imperfect (2*)
- Hard Evidence (4.5*)
- My Dearest Enemy (4.5*)
- Unlawful Contact (5++*)
- Heaven Can't Wait (5)
- Mr. Irresistible (3*)
- The King's Speech (5*)
- Naked Edge (5+++*)
- Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (4*)
- The Search (3*)
- Breaking Point (5*++)
- Nights of Fire (4*)
- Visions of Heat (4*)
- Dona Barbara (4*)
- The Queen of the South (4*)
- Broken (4*)
- It Had to Be You (2.5*)

Lisa Kleypas Book club monthly selections:

-1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8)N/A 9)

RRRC Monyly pick-it-for-me selections

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) N/A- 9)

June BYOC


17/ * I think im done for this month Dhes. :) COMPLETED!!!

- Slave to Sensation (5*+++)

- It Had to Be You (2.5 *) RRRC pick-it-4-me

- Peril at End House

- Visions of Heat (4*)

- Dona Barbara (4*)

- The Queen of the South (4*)

- Broken (4*)

- Caressed By Ice

- An Enchanted Season

- Carnal Innocence

- Carolina Moon

- Mine to Possess

- Comanche Moon

- Devil of the Highlands

- A Gift for Kit

- The Magical Christmas Cat

- Hostage to Pleasure

DRINKING BINGE!

This challenge is open for 11 months and 16 days. It will start on 15 July 2011 and continue through until 30 June 2012.

Count: 33/30 COMPLETED


~"~"~LOCATION~"~"~

-Wine of choice:

A Visit from the Goon Squad (Naples- South Italy) 8/2

- Mojito:
Perfect Chemistry H/ Hispanic.

- Tennessee Cowboy:
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Setting: LA,California.

-Play of Passion(California)7/15
- Montana Sky (cowboy)8/21
- Midnight Bayou (Louisiana)8/20


- Tequila Sunrise
- High Noon (cover-sun) 8/30


- Rob Roy:
- Dreamfever (Scottish character)8/30


- Manhattan:
- The Mane Event (New York/ LI) 9/18


- Long Island Ice Tea:
- Shadowfever (Length 490) 9/1


- Bay Breeze:
- Sweet Release (sail/travel) 9/12

- Rusty Nail:

Angel's Rest (H:Architect)7/24

- Rum Runner:
Delirium Heroine is a runner.

- Jägerbomb:
- The Kite Runner (bomb/war)8/14


Kiss of Snow (Plot:war/bombs)7/23

-White Russian:

Daughter of Smoke and Bone Setting: Eastern Europe.

-Mint Julep:

Passion (minty cover) 7/30



~*~*~THEME~*~*~


- Bloody Mary:
- Darkfever (kick-ass h) 8/21


- Virgin Bloody Mary:

- Tribute (red cover)8/25

For You, Just Because You're Very Special to Me: (red cover)8/12

- Cosmo (ala Sex in the City):

Simply Irresistible : Sisters/best friends. protagonists of series.
- Martini (shaken not stirred):

Patience (England)8/7
- Dead Man's Folly(England)9/21


- Sex on the Beach:
The Last Song Beach cover.

- Salty Dog:

Letters to a Secret Lover Hero owns a dog.

- 7&7:

The Lincoln Lawyer (7 letter first name)
- Angels Fall (last name 7) 8/20


- Lemon Drop:

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (Yellow cover)8/13


- Snakebite:
- The Seeking Kiss (vampire)8/18


- Kamikaze:
- Bloodfever (daredevil) 8/26


- Zombie:
- Faefever (knocked out h)8/29


- Flaming Lamborghini:

- Blue Smoke (work-smoke)8/20

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- Swan Lake: (Vodka,light cream,curacao,vanilla liquor)

Hummingbird Lake:(Name) 8/3

- Absolut Royal Fuck (Crown Royal® Canadian whisky ,Absolut® Kurant, vodka,peach schnapps,cranberry juice,pineapple juice)

Go the Fuck to Sleep (Name) 7/31

July’s Build Your Own Challenge

Duration - July 1st - July 31st.

POSTING AS GO!

12/X COMPLETED!!!

- Branded by Fire
- Just Like Heaven
- Backstage Pass
- Rock Hard
- Bonds of Justice
- Burning Up
- Blaze of Memory
- Play of Passion
- Kiss of Snow
- Angel's Rest
- Go the F**k to Sleep
- Passion

All Things Summer Challenge COMPLETED!!!

Duration - June 21st - September 22nd.

25/X COMPLETED!!!

I will select books that are part of series in order to do a sweep-sweep clean up.Post as i go :)

-Changeling-psy (up to date)
-Hostage to Pleasure
-Branded by Fire
-The Magical Christmas Cat
-Blaze of Memory
-Bonds of Justice
-Burning Up
-Play of Passion
-Kiss of Snow

Smythe-Smith Quartet
-Just Like Heaven (up to date)

Sinners on Tour (up to date)
-Backstage Pass
-Rock Hard

Eternity Springs
-Angel's Rest
-Hummingbird Lake: An Eternity Springs Novel

Passion Quartet(up to date)
-Passion
-Patience

- Mickey Haller series
-The Lincoln Lawyer

-Midnight Playgroung
-The Seeking Kiss

-Fever (up to date)
-Darkfever
-Bloodfever
-Faefever
-Dreamfever
-Shadowfever

-Blackewell/Kenleigh
-Sweet Release

-Pride
-The Mane Event

All Things Autumn Challenge

Duration - September 23rd through December 21st, 2011


My excuse for getting hauls of books is because "they are on sale";how could i not take advantage of it??. Well,In This challenge, im allowed to only read books that i got ON SALE or by GIFT CARD ONLY. ^_^ i need to see how savvy i am when it comes to dealing with my weakness...

33/x

- A Night to Surrender $4.99- (3.5*)-9/23
- Before I Fall $0.
- The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake $1.19
- F in Exams: The Funniest Test Paper Blunders $0.0
- Letters to a Secret Lover $4.99
- Rules of Attraction $0.0
-The Graveyard Book $0.0
- Chain Reaction $0.00
The Last Song $0.00
This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women $5.99
Dear John $0.00
Simply Irresistible $4.99
The Last Song $0.00 =>L
A Discovery of Witches $0.00 =>L
Angels' Blood $3.99
Archangel's Kiss $5.00
Archangel's Consort $5.00
Archangel's Blade $0.00 =>L
Wish List $1.99
Gone With the Wind $0.00 =>L
Speak $0.00 =>L
The Chronicles of Narnia $0.00 =>L
Delirium $0.00 =>L
The Truth about Forever $4.99
This Lullaby $0.00 =>L
Leaving Paradise $0.00 =>L
Return to Paradise $0.00 =>L
Daughter of Smoke and Bone $0.00 =>L
Just Listen $0.00 =>L
Beautiful Disaster $2.99
Comfort Food $0. Free E-book.
Dark Lover $0.00 =>L
Lover Eternal
When Food Is Love: Exploring the Relationship Between Eating and Intimacy
Lover Awakened =>L
Father Mine: Zsadist and Bella's Story 3.99

Lisa's Ladies' Halloween Reading Challenge


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I LOVE,LOVE Masquerades, so i know i will at least be wearing a sassy mask to all the parties!!

count: 0/3-5 (Dhes,its obvious i have a real problem committing.. lol)


Party #1
Location:Erotica Court
Costume: Carrie Bradshaw (from sex and the city)
Candy: Good N plenty
Book: Letters to a Secret Lover
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Party #2
Location:Contemporary romance court.
Costume:A sexy mouse :) (Like maddy)
Candy:Junior Mints
theme: SNICKERS
Simply Irresistible





Party #3
Location:
Costume:
Candy:
Book:******Tentative *****

December Monthly ChallengeRRC.

8/8 Completed


1. 'D' is for December:
Dessen:
JustListen 3*

2. Happy Birthday!: Happy Birthday Kristen :)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone 4*

3. Geography: Pass.

4. Christmas Theme: : Pass

5. Walt Disney's Birthday:
Northanger Abbey

6. Explore-A-Series:
BDB: Dark Lover 4*

7. Pearl Harbor Day:
Lover Eternal 3.5*

8. Fruitcake & Pumpkin Pies:
Comfort Food 4*

9. Holiday Clean-Up:
Monthly: All the Things Autumn Challenge.
Leaving Paradise

10. Reader's Choice:
Beautiful Disaster 3*

Just an update:

The 2012 Reading Log folder has been created here:

Your 2012 Reading Log folder

UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: "Just an update:

The 2012 Reading Log folder has been created here:

Your 2012 Reading Log folder"

THANK YOU Dhes :)