Read Your (Book) Shelf reading challenge

Read Your (Book) Shelf

Reading Challenge

2017

hosted by Michelle at Gather Together and Read

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#ReadYourShelf

There are only 12 books to read but the picking which books is tricky for me.  There are allowances for books out of series order. You can read the books in order or randomly, just read one every month.



1. Go to a shelf/pile and pick one book
2. Also pick the next 11
3. That your list of books to read this year.

Now, off to pick a shelf/pile!

Okay, I have a shelf! I did move books around to avoid things like #4 when I still need to read #2 then realized that most of them were "first in a new series" so I moved a couple more. shrug

No picture yet but here are the titles:
Nightmares Can Be Murder by Mary Kennedy
Murder, She Barked by Krista Davis
Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass
Looming Murder by Carol Ann Martin
Hope Ignites by Jaci Burton (dang, should I swap out for Hope Flames?) - YES
Hope Flames by Jaci Burton
Kneading to Die by Liz Mugavero
Peaches and Scream by Susan Furlong
Tempest in a Teapot by Amanda Cooper
Bless Her Dead Little Heart by Miranda James
A Tale of Two Castles by Gail Carson Levine
A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff
Wish by Barbara O'Connor - Jan 4

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TBR Reading Challenges

The are a lot of reading challenges based on the to-b-read pile/list. I'm starting with Beat the Backlist.

#1 Beat the Backlist

Hosted at Novel Knight
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post updates all year with #beatthebacklist

We've got all year to read, and review, all books that keep getting pushed back because of new releases. Decide on a number and get started! Well, start on January 1st.

Goal: Review 6. I'm hoping I'll get more read but I have trouble with the reviews to I'll commit to six . . . and hope I get 12 ;-)

#2 Mount TBR

Hosted at My Reader's Block
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Read books on your tbr pile. These are already books you own from before 1-1-17. There are seven levels, you can move up but not down. I'm going for Mount Blanc and hope to read 24 books.








#3 #RockMyTBR

Hosted at The YA Book Traveler
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Stress-free challenge but should help me with my goal of reading from my pile every month. I'm going for 12 books, one a month!

JAN  |  FEB  |  MAR  |  APR  |  MAY  |  JUN  

JUL  |  AUG  |  SEP  |  OCT  |  NOV  |  DEC  

#4 The TBR Dare

Hosted by Lizzysiddal and Annabel
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Basically, don't read any of your new books until April. Go ahead and buy them, just spend this time reading the books you already own.

My exception will be ebooks purchased at the publisher, books for reading challenges and picture books.





#5 Shelf Love Challenge

hosted by Second Run Reviews and Chapter Break
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Read the books already on your shelves before 1-1-17. Or set a limit/budget on new books coming in.

I'm going to read what I have, I'll give your shelves a warm friendly hug and read 21-30 books.

~ Books Read - Reviewed? ~

Wish by Barbara O'Connor
All Cats are Gray by Andre Norton
The 10/60 Diet by Phil Torcivia
The Enchanted Horse by Magdalen Nabb
Dragon in Distress by Mercedes Lackey, Elisabeth Waters
Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh
Wild Embrace by Nalini Singh




~ Possibilities ~
My whole house is a tbr pile but I'm going to try and make a list of ones that count for 2017 challenges or maybe sound so good I don't know why I haven't read them yet.

The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin (purchased Jan 2016)
The Martian

check out the list for this challenge

Books from a 2009 TBR Challenge that still need to be read:
Seabiscuit
In the Event of My Death
Acheron
True Evil
Change
Gone for Good
Where Hearts Prosper
Start Living, Start Losing
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Lady, Beware
Marley and Me
The Last Lecture

Shelf-ies, Quotes and Cozy Mysteries

Happy Saturday! 

I was excited to see a Cozy Mystery Saturday but her site isn't active. I still love the idea so I'll be telling you about a cozy on my shelf.

The Shelf-ies idea came from Kimberlyfaye Reads. I'll spotlight one book from my TBR pile.

Quotes should be self-explanatory. If I find a good one, it will get posted. It used to be Quote it Sat at Freda's Voice but I didn't find recent ones so I don't know if she's still doing it. Found Quote-tastic at Herding Cats and Burning Soup.

~ Quote ~ 

“The gods will not give you a burden that you cannot carry.”

“And if they do?” Orinakin asked, simply wanting to hear what Selorin’s answer would be.

Selorin smiled. “Then they will also provide you with a wheelbarrow in which to bear it."

In This Land by Matthew Haldeman-Time

an on-line serial

~ Cozy ~ This was so long ago I don't remember when I bought it!

Kill One, Knit Two by Maggie Sefton
Kelly Flynn Mysteries, 2005, mass market paperback
(1st of 14 books in the knitting books - own 11)

Despite the fact that her aunt was an expert knitter, Kelly Flynn never picked up a pair of knitting needles she liked—until she strolled into House of Lambspun. Now, in the first in a brand-new series, she learns how to knit one, purl two, and untangle the mystery behind her aunt's murder.

Kelly Flynn would be the first to admit her life in Washington, D.C. is a little on the dull side. But coming back to Colorado for her beloved aunt's funeral wasn't the kind of excitement she was seeking. The police are convinced that her Aunt Helen's death was the result of a burglary gone bad, but for the accountant in Kelly, things just aren't adding up. After all, why would her sensible, sixty-eight-year-old aunt borrow $20,000 just days before her death? With the help of the knitting regulars at House of Lambspun, Kelly gets a few lessons in turning out a sumptuously colored scarf and in luring a killer out of hiding.




~ Shelf-ies ~ a Nov 2015 purchase of a Mar 2016 release ;-)

Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
historical romance (Regency period), 2016, mass market paperback

Sometimes you find love in the most unexpected of places...

This is not one of those times.

Everyone expects Billie Bridgerton to marry one of the Rokesby brothers. The two families have been neighbors for centuries, and as a child the tomboyish Billie ran wild with Edward and Andrew. Either one would make a perfect husband... someday.

Sometimes you fall in love with exactly the person you think you should...

Or not.

There is only one Rokesby Billie absolutely cannot tolerate, and that is George. He may be the eldest and heir to the earldom, but he's arrogant, annoying, and she's absolutely certain he detests her. Which is perfectly convenient, as she can't stand the sight of him, either.

But sometimes fate has a wicked sense of humor...

Because when Billie and George are quite literally thrown together, a whole new sort of sparks begins to fly. And when these lifelong adversaries finally kiss, they just might discover that the one person they can't abide is the one person they can't live without...

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Shelf-ies, Quotes and Cozy Mysteries

Happy Saturday! 

I was excited to see a Cozy Mystery Saturday but her site isn't active. I still love the idea so I'll be telling you about a cozy on my shelf.

The Shelf-ies idea came from Kimberlyfaye Reads. I'll spotlight one book from my TBR pile.

Quotes should be self-explanatory. If I find a good one, it will get posted. It used to be Quote it Sat at Freda's Voice but I didn't find recent ones so I don't know if she's still doing it. Found Quote-tastic at Herding Cats and Burning Soup.

~ Quote ~ 

I forced myself to take one step forward, then another, until I made it to the front door and touched my fingers to the latch. 

"What do I do when I get inside?" 

"Follow your gut," Frankie said. 

My gut told me to run. But I knew I could do this. I had to do this. And so, I slipped inside.

Southern Spirits by Angie Fox

Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries Book 1

~ Cozy ~ This was a Jan 2016 purchase and still unread
To Helvetica and Back by Paige Shelton
A Dangerous Type, 2015, mass market paperback

Star City is known for its slopes and its powder. But nestled in the valley of this ski resort town is a side street full of shops that specialize in the simple charms of earlier eras. One of those shops is the Rescued Word, where Chester Henry and his adult granddaughter Clare lovingly repair old typewriters and restore old books. Who ever thought their quaint store would hold the key to some modern-day trouble?

When a stranger to town demands they turn over an antique Underwood typewriter they’re repairing for a customer, Clare fears she may need to be rescued. A call to the police scares the man off, but later Clare finds his dead body in the back alley. What about a dusty old typewriter could possibly be worth killing for?



~ Shelf-ies ~ a Jan 2016 purchase

The Martian by Andy Weir
science fiction, 2015-movie tie-in edition, mass market paperback

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.

But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

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Shelf-ies, Quotes and Cozy Mysteries

Happy Saturday! 

I was excited to see a Cozy Mystery Saturday but her site isn't active. I still love the idea so I'll be telling you about a cozy on my shelf.

The Shelf-ies idea came from Kimberlyfaye Reads. I'll spotlight one book from my TBR pile.

Quotes should be self-explanatory. If I find a good one, it will get posted. It used to be Quote it Sat at Freda's Voice but I didn't find recent ones so I don't know if she's still doing it.


No quote today


~ Cozy ~ This one is a new purchase
A Peach of a Murder by Livia J. Washburn (blog)
A Fresh Baked Mystery

All year round, retired schoolteacher Phyllis Newsom is as sweet as peach pie-except during the Peach Festival, whose blue ribbon has slipped through Phyllis's fingers more than once...

Everyone's a little shook up when the corpse of a no-good local turns up underneath a car in a local garage. But even as Phyllis engages in some amateur sleuthing, she won't let it distract her from out-baking her rivals and winning the upcoming Peach Festival contest.

She and all the other contestants guard their secret, original recipes with their lives-and talk a whole lot of trash. With her unusual Spicy Peach Cobbler, Phyllis hopes to knock 'em dead. But that's just an expression-never in her wildest dreams did she think her cobbler would actually kill a judge. Now, she's suspected of murder-and she's got to bake this case wide open.


~ Shelf-ies ~ a Feb 2016 purchase
The Perfect Touch by Elizabeth Lowell
romantic suspense, 2016, mass market paperback

An art dealer and owner of her own design studio, Perfect Touch, Sara Medina travels the world to find the ideal artwork for her clients. Her sophisticated, comfortable life in San Francisco is light years away from the poverty of her family’s dairy farm, and Sara will do whatever it takes to keep her business strong. A dedicated urban career woman focused on her work, she doesn’t have time or energy for a family or distracting romantic entanglements.

Jay Vermilion recently inherited his family’s ranch near Wyoming’s breathtaking Grand Teton Mountains—and the estates of the rich and restless. While he was fighting in two wars, his father tried to keep the homestead running, until illness stole his fight and then his life. Jay is determined to restore Vermilion Sky, but first he’s got to settle a vicious battle with his former stepmother over some of his late father’s paintings. The last thing on his mind is finding a wife and creating a seventh generation of Vermilions.

When Jay hires Sara to handle his father’s artwork, it’s love at first sight—a mutually inconvenient attraction that is soon complicated by a double murder at the edge of the ranch and a potential betrayal even closer to home. Working together to unmask a murderer, Sara and Jay try to fight the intense heat between them. Then the killer targets Sara. And suddenly Jay, the war-weary soldier, finds something he’s once again willing to die for…

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RC: To Be Read challenges

 To-Be-Read

Reading Challenges

All of these boxes contain books. Okay, one has my 5 (yes, 5) work-in-progress manuscripts but there are how-to write books with it. I can say that not all of the books are unread, just too many of them. I need to redo a couple of bedrooms and bring these home so I can read them.

I'm hoping a couple of challenges will help!




Challenge: TBR Pile
Dates: 2014
Hosted by:
For more information and to sign up click here

Basic Requirements: Read the unread books already on your shelf. Nothing from 2014. No ARCs. Any format, any length.

There are six levels, I'm going for . . . First Kiss . . . and hope to read 21-30 books.

Challenge: Mount TBR
Dates: 2014
Hosted by: My Reader's Block
For more information and to sign up click here

Basic Requirements: Read the unread books already on your shelf. No ARCs, no library books, no re-reads. Make a list-or not. You can move up but not down.

There are eight levels, I'm going for . . . Pike's Peak . . . and hope to read 12 books and jump to Mt. Vancouver (36 books).

Challenge: The TBR Triple Dog Dare!
Dates: Jan 1 - Mar 31
Hosted by: Ready When You Are, C.B.
for more information and sign up, click here

Basic requirements: read only books you already own or have requested at the library. Exceptions can be made for book clubs, ARCs, school reading, or just-published-but-forgot-to-preorder-it books.
One year I lasted until the first week of March and one year I didn't even make it to February.  I'll also make exceptions for re-reads and new ebooks (hey, some have just published discounts!)

Challenge: The Rewind Challenge
Dates: 2014
Hosted by Coffee Been Bookshelf
for more information and to sign up, click here

Basic requirements: Read and Review books published before January 1, 2014. ARCs do not count. Any age group, format, genre.
And there are prizes!
I'll post my reviews on my blog at the minimum and will go for 12 books read and reviewed.

Challenge: Dusty/Buying Ban
Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks Mini Challenge
Hosted here
for more information click here
to sign up click here

Basic Requirements: Go as long as possible with buying new print books (pre-orders okay) and read from the pre-2013 shelves.

 Challenge: The 2014 TBR Pile

hosted by Roof Beam Reader

for more information and to sign up, click here

Basic Requirements: Make a list of 12 books (and two alternates) that have been on your list or pile for at least a year and were published before 1-1-13. 

Books must be reviewed. Final list linked by 1-15-14.

~ Books Owned before Jan 2013 ~

1. Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh
2. Play of Passion by Nalini Singh
3. Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh
4. Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
5. Promise Canyon by Robyn Carr
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

The Red Pyramid - print 2010, ebook 2013

~ Books Published before Jan 2013 List ~

don't forget to link reviews! 
1. Blackberry Summer by RaeAnne Thayne (2011)
2. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston (1995)
3. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932)
4. The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler (2006)
5. Happy Hour by Michele Scott (2009)
6. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (2009)
7. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (2003)
8. Homer's Odyssey by Gwen Cooper (2009)
9. It Happened One Night by Lisa Dale (2009)
10. Elantris by Brandon Sanderson (2007)
11. Fangs for the Memories by Kathy Love (2007)
12. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (1996)

A1. The Girl of Legare Street by Karen White (2009)
A2. The Giver by Lois Lowry (1993)

~ Books Read ~

don't forget to link reviews!

1. Christmas in Snowflake Canyon by RaeAnne Thayne
2. Blackberry Summer by Raeanne Thayne
3. Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh
4. Play of Passion by Nalini Singh
5. Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh
6. Seaview Inn by Sherryl Woods (cheating . . . purchased 12-30)
7. Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
8. Heart Fortune by Robin D. Owens
9. The Affair by Lee Child
10. Through the Red Door by Devon Rhodes
11. Zero Day by Mark Russinovich
12. Promise Canyon by Robyn Carr

~ Woo Hoo! Made it to Pike's Peak ~

June 23

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15.
16.
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18.
19.
20.
21.

~ {blush} Had my First Kiss ~

date

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Tackle Your TBR Pile Read-a-Thon progress

The Tackle Your TBR Read-a-Thon

September 8 - 21

hosted by Colorimetry and Tressa’s Wishful Endings

Sign up here

Twitter: #TackleTBR

Goals: Read two books that count for Gothic September (they will also count for RIP), read two library books. Yes, 13th Tale counts for all three.

~Books Read~

Heart Search by Robin D. Owens (I think this has been on my tbr shelf since being published...8-11!)

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Tackle Your TBR Pile Read-a-Thon Sign-up/Goals

I know, just what I need, another read-a-thon. I'm hoping I can use this as a kick in the you-know-what to get my fall type challenge books read and whittle down my library book pile.

The Tackle Your TBR Read-a-Thon

September 8 - 21

hosted by Colorimetry and Tressa’s Wishful Endings

Sign up here

Twitter: #TackleTBR

Goals: Read two books that count for Gothic September (they will also count for RIP), read two library books. Yes, 13th Tale counts for all three.

R.I.P VIII

Jimmy by William Malmborg (kindle)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (kindle)
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield  (library book)
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (kindle)
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
. . . and more than 10 others

Gothic September

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (kindle) 

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield  (library book)   

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (kindle)  

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (kindle and box 33) 

library books currently checked out

Dick Francis's Refusal by Felix Francis
The Enemy by Lee Child
The Girl Who Played Go by Sa Shan
Last Wool and Testament by Molly MacRae
Posted to Death by Dean James
A Race Like No Other by Liz Robbins
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip
Town in a Lobster Stew by B.B. Haywood
A Werewolf in the North Woods by Vicki Lewis Thompson
While My Pretty One Knits by Anne Canadeo
Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich

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A page just for TBR Challenges

Too many pages for similar reading challenges....



Challenge:   Mount TBR
Dates:   2013
Hosted by: Bev at My Reader's Block
Sign- up here

Basic requirements: No books from 2013, purchased or gifts. No library books, re-reads or ARCs. There are several levels corresponding with a mountains.

I'm going for Mt. Vancouver and hope to read 36 books.

Challenge: An Embarrassment of Riches
Dates:   2013
Hosted by:
Sign up here, sign ups are closed

Basic Requirements: Read books owned prior to 1-1-13, overlaps allowed, any format. List books in end-of-month posts. Five levels . . . I'm going for Platinum and hope to read 50 books

Challenge: Croon for Me
Dates:   2013
Hosted by: Robin at 52 Books in 52 Weeks,
more info here

Basic Requirements: Read your dusty books. There are several levels.
I'm going for . . . Bobby Darin . . . and hope to read 12 or more

Challenge: TBR Double Dog Dare

Dates vary:  Jan 1 to Feb 11

Hosted by: Ready When You Are, C.B.

Sign- up here

Basic Requirements: Read ONLY from your TBR pile, with exceptions, until April 1 or another date of your choice.

Exceptions:

• picture books
• review books

1-16: as long as library books don't count (did request in 2012) I'm still okay

~Books Read~

1.  Wicked Gift by Sean Michael

2. The Missing Monarch by Rachelle McCalla

3. Moosed-Up by Tiffinie Helmer

4. The Reluctant Vampire

5. To Tame a Dragon by Megan Bryce

6. Frozen Prospects by Dean Murray

7. A Lady Risks All by Stephanie Laurens

8. Heart Search by Robin D. Owens

9. The Dragon Egg by Michael Yu

10. Lucky in Love by Carolyn Brown

11. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

12. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

~Completed Dusty~

October 5

13. The Groom Wanted Seconds by Shirley Jump

14. The Christmas Catch by Genny Baird

15. 

16. 

17. 

18. 

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Finished Reading on #4 . . . (short)

The Reluctant Vampire
Carla Krae

30? pages
source: private library

~*~*~

I was a little miffed that there was no cover for this title. Okay, I'll go to amazon and get it. Nope, can't find it. I know I own the book, it's in my kindle library but nowhere to be found on the site.

huh

Found it. Sort of. Looks like the author combined two stories into one binding. Both of them are way too short and should have been a full book instead of what ever she did.

Well Written? okay
Good story line? well, yes
so what's wrong? sigh, the fact that I can't find any info on it. I know title and author plus it was released in 2011. I guess it's out of print and the copy I have just doesn't have the full information. And the cover that shows up on my bookshelf is not shown in the book.

sigh


Other challenges this works for:
Paranormal,
. . .


purchased Dec 30, 2012 so it counts as a tbr book. Finished Jan3

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Quick Thoughts on #3 . . . (sexy)

Moosed-Up
Wild Men of Alaska #2
Tiffinie Helmer
ASIN: B007W51VP4
128 pages
April 2012
ebook 
Romance

Grade: B
source: private library

Nurse Practitioner Eva Stuart’s life is messed-up. She found her fiancé in bed with her best friend Jeremy, which has killed her confidence as a desirable woman and brought her judgment into question when it comes to men. Needing a change of scenery, she leaves Cincinnati behind for the wilds of Alaska and opts for running a medical clinic in a remote town. Her life quickly changes from messed-up to moosed-up as nature takes a stab at her.

Wildlife Refuge Officer Lynx Maiski is big... and hot... and hungry for a mate. He’s more than willing to show Eva just how sexy she is. After all, sometimes what a street-smart woman really needs is a forest-smart mountain man. But he’s keeping a secret that seems destined to ruin his chances at love.

Soon they are dealing with small town interference, a sun that refuses to set, deadly poachers, out of control lust, and a matchmaking moose on the loose.

~*~*~

This was a fun read with a little sex. Defiantly bedroom scenes even if they don't take place in the bedroom, but the romance, and the moose, is the story. I started reading this series with book ... 5 and didn't realize this was the same series.

Eva is sassy and petite but hurt. Lynx is 6'3" and enthralled. I loved watching the city-girl deal with not only small, small town but also living in the land of the midnight sun.

I'll be buying more in this series as soon as my buying ban is over. :-)

Other challenges this works for:

Self-published (googled the publisher and didn't find it.)
Contemporary Romance
ebook
What an Animal
Where are you reading/50 States
Let Me Count the Ways
Mt TBR - An Embarrassment of Riches
Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks
I Double Dog Dare You


purchased Dec 30, 2012 so it counts as a tbr book. Finished Jan3

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Quick Thoughts on #2 . . . (clean read)

The Missing Monarch
Reclaiming the Crown #4
Rachelle McCalla
9780373445066
224 pages
Harlequin/Love Inspired Suspense
September 2012
ebook (and print)
Love Inspired Suspense

Grade: B
source: private library

Six years ago Crown Prince Thaddeus abandoned his new bride and went into hiding. His motive was to protect his country and his family from a ruthless tyrant. But when his estranged wife tracks him down, Thaddeus knows it's time to make a stand. Restore the royal line. And reclaim the crown. Yet just as he learns about the family's new addition—his and Monica's son—little Peter becomes a target. In a deadly game of power, Thaddeus must choose between the country and heritage he's been raised to defend…and the woman he never could forget.

~*~*~

This is a Happily Ever After for the Whole County kind of book.

Five-six years ago the was an explosion during the Royal Family's motorcade. The first three books explain what is happening, the trouble everyone is having trying to protect their tiny Christian country from a madman with the brains and money to defeat them. A man who wants to rule and doesn't like to lose.

While this is book four, it has been long enough since I read the others that I'm sure you won't be disappointed. You'll miss the journey the others had to make but you shouldn't feel lost in the story.

I'm happy to note that the author has not abandoned the county and I'm looking forward to reading more.

Oh, I mentioned it was a clean read. The whole country was based on Christian values, they pray frequently during the series and in this book, the kisses happen between husband and wife. No going behind doors either. Just Kisses.

Other challenges this works for:

Contemporary Romance
A-Z (M)
Genre/Sub-Genre
Let Me Count the Ways
Mt TBR - An Embarrassment of Riches
Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks
ebooks
I Double Dog Dare You
Romantic Suspense

purchased Dec 2012 so it counts as a tbr book. Finished Jan3

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An Embarrassment of Riches? I'll say!

An Embarrassment of Riches TBR

Reading Challenge

2013

Hosted by Planet Books
Sign up here, through Jan 8



RULES: To be considered a TBR book,

• you must own it prior to Jan 1, 2013.
• The book can count toward other challenges, as well.
• It can be fiction or nonfiction, poetry or play, audiobook–as long as it is a book.
• This is not a picky challenge–just about reading the riches we already own.
• On the last day of each month I will post an entry where you can say how many TBRs you read that month, titles, and whether you liked them or not.
• Full-blown reviews not required. You can list them in comments or link back to your own blog or page where they are listed.
• At the end of the year I will have pretty badges for all levels, and if I haven’t learned to create them by myself, hopefully somebody else will make them for me.

There are five levels of accomplishment (and a bonus challenge) in the Embarrassment of Riches TBR Reading Challenge

1. Copper: Read 6 TBR books between Jan 1 and Dec 31 2013
2. Bronze: Read 12 TBR books between Jan 1 and Dec 31 2013
3. Silver: Read 24 TBR books between Jan 1 and Dec 31 2013
4. Gold: Read 36 TBR books between Jan 1 and Dec 31 2013
5. Platinum: Read 50 TBR books between Jan 1 and Dec 31 2013

Bonus Challenge! The same levels are also available for digital samples. If you are like me, you also have a quizillion samples you’ve downloaded onto your e-reader. Culling through samples and deciding whether to keep reading or not is a separate challenge with all five levels and the same year-end prize–a special badge.

Wait! My ebooks don't count as my TBR list? Oh, she said samples. I'm okay and will go for Platinum and read 50 books from my tbr pile during the year.

~Books Read~
1.  Wicked Gift by Sean Michael
2. The Missing Monarch by Rachelle McCalla
3. Moosed-Up by Tiffinie Helmer
4. The Reluctant Vampire
5. To Tame a Dragon by Megan Bryce
6. Frozen Prospects by Dean Murray
7. A Lady Risks All by Stephanie Laurens
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

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Book Ban, Dusty and/or Chunky Books

52 in 52 Mini

Reading Challenges

2013

Hosted by Robin of My Two Blessings
at 52 Books in 52 Weeks,

more info here

I dare you not to buy any new books until you've cleared a few of those dusty or chunky or dusty and chunky books from your TBR pile. You know, those ones that have been calling your name but you've been ignoring them in favor of that brightly polished, got to read it now, new book. The siren song of new books. They sing so sweetly but if you stop and listen, the clear bell tones of an old friend sitting lonely on the shelf is crooning your name.

The dusty books are the ones that have been sitting on your shelves for a while - you know which ones.

The chunky books are those that are more than 500 pages long and will take a bit more time, but oh so worth it.

There are several levels for each challenge, The level I'm going for is in bold type.

I dare you not to buy any new books

One for the money - 1 month

Two for the show - 2 months

Three to get ready - 3 months

Four to go - 4 months

Dusty Books - Croon for me

Bing Crosby - 4 books

Dean Martin - 6 books

Frank Sinatra - 8 books

Nat King Cole - 10 Books

Bobby Darin - 12 Books or more

Chunky Books - Let's rock and roll

Short Fat Fannie - 2 books

Lawdy Ms. Clawdy - 4 books

Long Tall Sally - 6 books

Good Golly Miss Molly - 8 books

Blueberry Hill - 10 books

Have Mercy Baby - 12 books or more

Mix and match any way you like


January: NO NEW BOOK PURCHASES
9: so far so good, only free kindle books have been "purchased"
12: purchased a criminal YA for another challenge. It was a bargain paperback "only 1 left in stock"

~Challenge Completed FAILED~

January 12

Dusty Books ~ 12
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~Challenge Completed~

date

Chunky Books ~ 4
1. Killing Floor by Lee Child (524 pages)
2. Running Blind by Lee Child (519 pages)
3. Echo Burning by Lee Child (557 pages)
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~Challenge Completed~

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copyright Book Dragon's Lair 2009-2012

TBR Challenge Update

Remember my boxes? Nothing has changed with them. :-( I signed up for 5 challenges to help me whittle down my pile, failed one, completed two, and one includes 2012 books.




Goal: to read 25 books

Progress: only 10 more to go!











Goal: to read 1-5 books

Progress: Totally cheated on this one with the number of books to be read but wanted the satisfaction of some kind of progress

~Challenge Complete~
Jan 16

Goal: to read 15 books

Progress: tried for 30 last year and only tracked 9 before abandoning the challenge in June.

~Challenge Complete~
March 14

Goal: to read ONLY books from my TBR stack for 30 days.

Progress: Total. Fail.
I picked up a children's book while shopping and read it right there in the store! ("Happy Valentine's Day, Mouse", a board book!)

~Challenge Failed~
Jan 19

Goal: Any book you own

Progress: 15 books read from my pre-2012 TBR pile
How long does a book have to sit on the TBR pile before it isn't a new purchase anymore?







so, not counting 2012 purchases, library books, or ARCs....I've read 15 of my own books! I think that is GREAT progress. Now that I see it in black and white, maybe I can "Make a Dent" and read 30....or climb "Mt. Ararat" and read 40.... ;-)

copyright Book Dragon's Lair 2009-2011

TBR Challenge

The challenge is to read 12 books this year from my TBR pile. Once my list is complete I can not change it. I am allowed 12 alternates. See the blog for official rules.

I'm getting a late start & still need to go through my "pile" but here goes:

1. The Time Traveler's Wife (completed 8-2)
2. Seabiscuit
3. In the Event of My Death
4. Ender in Exile
5. Two to the Fifth
6. Killed by Clutter (completed 3-20)
7. Dark Curse
8. Silks
9. Mistaken Identity (completed 2-12)
10. Acheron
11. True Evil
12. Change

alternate list
1. Upon a Midnight Clear dang, already read
2. Dashing Through the Snow (completed 1-12)
3. Gone for Good
4. Where Hearts Prosper
5. One Silent Night
6. Dewey (completed 1-8)
7. Start Living, Start Losing
8. A Wallflower Christmas (completed 7-?)
9. The Memory Keeper's Daughter
10. Lady, Beware
11. Marley and Me
12. The Last Lecture


wow - I thought it would take me days to decide!