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~ Romance Lovers for the Challenge-Impaired ~



JULY NEWSLETTER
This newsletter is a recurring feature, making it easier to notify you of all the new, exciting things going on in our group for the month and a central place to keep track of any carry-over challenges and discussions. As always, this is a joint effort by your moderators, Heather, Lisa Kay, and CaroB.

JUNE STATS
❂We had 29 new members join us in June!!! Welcome all, don't forget to make your introductions! This brings our total number of members to 533!!!! The moderators are preparing some special celebrations for when we reach 1000 members, so we'll keep you informed as that draws closer…

BOOK OF THE MONTH (BOM)
We have a winner!

The Divorce Club, by Jayde Scott. Join in the discussion here!
If there are any books you think would make great group reads for August, nominate here.

NEW CHALLENGES
❂ Monthly: >Wing It! - July 2012 Challenge
        July 1, 2012 to July 31, 2012
❂ Quarterly Theme: >Astro Challenge
        July 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012

BUDDY READS
Check out our monthly “Buddy Read” calendar here.
You’re welcome to lurk, answer questions, make predictions, volunteer, or just say, "Hi!" But please be warned: Expect Spoilers!
❂July 1, 2012: The Gamble, by Kristen Ashley . Discussion here.
❂July 9, 2012: Devil's Bride, by Stephanie Laurens. Discussion here.
❂July 23, 2012: Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn. Discussion here.


SERIES READS
These alternate every other month. Series Reads are similar to our “buddy reads,” but were voted on via a poll in 2011 and, like BOM, lasts all month, continue ‘till done. Notable: located in the ‘Group Reading’ Folder.
Pink Carnation, #5 continues this month.
❂ The Temptation of the Night Jasmine, by Lauren Willig
         Start Date: July 12th, 2012. Come join us here.
Psy-Changeling, #7 continues this month.
❂ Blaze of Memory, by Nalini Singh
         Start Date: July 16th. Come join us here .
Symphany of Ages,#3 is an on-going Series Read; picks up in July.
❂ Destiny: Child of the Sky, by Elizabeth Haydon
         Start Date: July, 2012. Come join us here.
         

OTHER CHALLENGES


❂ 2,012 in 2012 Book Count Challenge.


This is a GROUP challenge. Join directly here, or join the thread here .
We invited everyone to help us read 2,012 books this year. We've done so well that the goal has been moved to 5,000 books for the year! In June we read approximately 460 books! For further help on how you can join us, check out this link for the "GoodReads How To..." folder.
❂ “A Look Back at Our Favorites Challenge: Gigi’s Thread” This is a fun challenge using all the books recommended on Gigi’s recurring monthly thread.
❂ Z-A Cover Art Image Search (Yearly)
❂ Artists’ Color Wheel (Yearly)
❂ Reporter-Journalist-Blogger Challenge Please note: this has been changed from a six-month to a yearly challenge.
❂ Who’s Your Hero? Take the quiz & do the challenge.

RECURRING THREADS
❂ Gigi’s “Favorite Read of the Month” - June can be found here.
❂ Mod Announcements > Free Reads! Big Kudos to Jenny (Jyl22075), Robin, & Christine for contributing to this thread and helping to feed our book/freebie addiction!

NEW THREAD
❂ Also added the thread: e-Books On Sale! for those not-quite-free eBooks we might want to grab!

GOODREADS HOW TO... New this month.
❂ Review Multiple Editions
❂ Add a Picture: Easy! (Revised with screens.)
❂ Add a Private Note to a Book & Link to free Kindle/Nook for PC/Mac.
❂ Batch Editing

Please feel free to forward this newsletter to friends you think would be interested. We appreciate all your comments, this group wouldn't be as fun as it is without your participation! If you have any feedback / suggestions, please feel free to let us know :-)

Happy Reading!

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My apologies to anyone who just got an empty message from me, not sure what Goodreads is doing!

I think Goodreads is acting wonky this morning. I've had trouble doing a few things here today.

I've had a couple of members message me and ask me why they're being asked to leave the group, Please disregard the message, that's definitely NOT what we want!

I got the blank newsletter too!!! Are we having to much fun over here CaroB LMAO is that why you asked us all to leave!!! Well, as you can see I paid you no attention and didn't leave; just stepped right in and read the newsletter here ☺☺☺

CaroB wrote: "I've had a couple of members message me and ask me why they're being asked to leave the group, Please disregard the message, that's definitely NOT what we want!"
I'm so glad you said that! I was feeling so sad and unloved (LMAO!!)