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RRRC A-Z Friend ChallengeDuration: February 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
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RRRC Romance 101 ChallengeDuration: January 17 - June 16, 2011
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RRRC Chubby Chunkster ChallengeMor-book-ly Obese - (8 over 450 or 3 over 800)
ROUND III - July 13 - December 31, 2011
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ROUND II - April 22, 2011 - July 7, 2011
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ROUND 1 - January 1, 2011 - April 17, 2011
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RRRC - Films du Monde ChallengeDuration: September 3, 2011 - February 1, 2012
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RRRC Toy Stories ChallengeToy Stories Reading Challenge
Duration: November 5, 2010 - April 5, 2011
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12/12 COMPLETE
RRRC Full Moon ChallengeGROUP 2 Duration:: December 21 - April 16, 2011
Commitment: 1 book for each category
Cold Moon: DONE 1/23/11
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Wolf Moon: DONE 2/23/11
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RRRC Full Moon ChallengeGROUP 3 Duration: April 17 - August 23, 2011
Commitment: 1 book for each category
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Strawberry Moon: COMPLETE
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Buck Moon: COMPLETE
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12/12 COMPLETE
RRRC Willy Wonka's Chocolate ChallengeDuration: September 1 - November 30, 2011
16/16 COMPLETE
RRRC And the winner is...Oscar Winners ChallengeDuration: March 5 - August 31, 2011
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RRRC I Need A Vacation ChallengeDuration: June 5 - September 5, 2011
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Dare You to Read: The 4 ElementsTitle: (Read) The 4 Elements
Duration: July 1 - December 31, 2011
EARTH COMPLETE
WATER
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FIRE COMPLETE
AIR
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
RRRC Dare You to Read: Drinks/Cocktails ThemeDuration: July 15, 2011 - June 30, 2012
BONUS drinks: stolen from Shell and Fran. Thanks Ladies.
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Fall Colors ChallengeRead 5 books with covers in yellow, orange, brown or red.
1. Wolfbreed - S.A. Swann 11/10
2. Nutcase - Charlotte Hughes 11/25
3. The Dark Griffin - K.J. Taylor 11/28
4. Airtight Case - Beverly Connor 12/11
5. Cereal Killer - G.A. McKevett 12/16
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
A Lifetime of Books Challenge (Apr 23, 2009 - Apr 23, 2011)
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I've given up on this challenge as I just can't force myself to read books that were written/printed before the 80s. Yuck. Also, I had to choose between completing my April 2011 challenges or reading these boring books. Guess what won?
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September ChallengeREAD: 9/11
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October ChallengeREAD: 7/10
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8. World Food DAY: One Hex of a Wedding - Yasmine Galenorn
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November ChallengeREAD: 5/10
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3. Geography-Alabama - On Ice - David Ramus
4. Chemistry Week - The Janus Stone - Elly Griffith (archeologist)
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Duration: March 1 - May 31, 2011
Welcome Back Kotter: Evermore - Alyson Noel3/9Laverne & Shirley: Twenty Wishes - Debbie Macomber4/21Happy Days: Bad Boys Down Under - Nancy Warren3/3WKRP In Cincinnati: Halfway to the Grave - Jeaniene Frost(ohio) 3/18Gilligan's Island: Fragment - Warren Fahy3/5One Day at a Time: (single mother) Flat-Out Sexy - Erin McCarthy3/22Dallas: Smooth Talking Stranger - Lisa Kleypas3/30MASH: Taken - Chris Jordan(ex-military captain) 4/8Hawaii 5-0: Fool Moon - Jim Butcher(paranormal detective) 4/10ER: Strange Neighbors - Ashlyn Chase(heroine is a nurse) 3/6Green Acres: Bullet - Laurell K. Hamilton3/12I Love Lucy!: Seduce Me in Shadow - Shayla Black(red-headed heroine) 4/24The Brady Bunch: SKIP
Star Trek: Lucan - Susan Kearney(sci-fi) 3/21A-Team: Lover Mine - J.R. Ward3/15BONUS:
Bewitched: - Thorn Queen - Richelle Mead3/13I Dream of Jeanne:I Dream of Genies - Judi Fennell5/24Bionic Woman: Black Wings - Christina Henry3/1717/17 COMPLETE