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DECEMBER 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, Lisa Kay, Gisela, Susan, and CaroB. (Heather is away for a while.)

If You Believe in Santa-2012 . Online Elf will be glad to talk to Santa about giving you the gift of a good book recommendation.



We are getting ready for another We are tweaking a few things, thanks to all the suggestions. If you want to shake your bootie, join the game, and sign-up to be on a team, check out these threads !

BOOK SUB-GENRE OF THE MONTH (SGOM)
We mods are continuing to try something different for the next several months. Instead of choosing a short-list for a Book of the Month, we'll each nominate a Romance Sub-Genre and then get you, our members, to vote. Last month we had a tie and checked off Urban Fantasy & Category Romance. This month the current poll reveals SUSPENSE wins! Check out the list of sub-genres will be choosing from HERE . Or just leave a comment letting us know what you think of this wacky idea, and whether the acronym SGOM is just too wrong to use :-) here.

BUDDY READS

You’re welcome to lurk, answer questions, make predictions, volunteer, or just say “Hi!” But please be warned: Expect Spoilers!
♥ Slammed, by Colleen Hoover
      Start Date: November 29, 2012, but still going on. Come join us here...
♥ A Virgin River Christmas, by Robyn Carr.
      Start Date: December 1, 2012. Come join us here...
♥ How the Marquess Was Won, by Julie Anne Long
      Start Date: December 13, 2012. Come join us here...
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SERIES READS

We were alternating one every other month, but it looks like we’ve increased the speed.
Series Reads are similar to our “buddy reads,” but voted on via a poll &, like BOM, lasts all month, continues ‘till done. Notable: located in the ‘Group Reading’ Folder.
Psy-Changeling, #11 the final book has started; however, you can still join in the discussion.
♥ Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh
         Start Date: November 26 . Come join us here.
Cynsters, #6 continues this month.
♥ All About Passion, by Stephanie Laurens
     Start Date: December 3. Join us here .

♥ Now we're all caught up with the Psy-Changeling series!  What should we read next?  We had too many suggestions, so we are doing a second round to narrow it down: Vote in the poll here .

CURRENT READING CHALLENGES
♥ Monthly: December 2012 ~ Favorite Things!
        December 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012
♥ Quarterly Theme: The Mod Challenge
        October 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 - This is the second month of the current Quarter.
        Stop by this challenge and meet the Mods for the group :-)

READING CHALLENGES 2012
          
♥ 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 met our goal four times now, and we are about to hit - 9,000 WooHoo!
      I don't know if we can get to 10,000, but it gives us hope for next year. **gulp**
      For further help, check out this link to the "GoodReads How To..." folder.
♥ Read Your Freebies (6-monthly)
♥ “A Look Back at Our Favorites Challenge: Gigi’s Thread”
♥ Z-A Cover Art Image Search (Yearly)
♥ Artists’ Color Wheel (Yearly)
♥ Reporter-Journalist-Blogger Challenge (Extended to a Yearly Challenge!)

READING CHALLENGES 2013
♥ Quarterly Challenge: Tart, Trollop, Tramp, Tease, Thief, or Trashy
♥ Coming Soon: “Promises, Promises” & “Who's Your Alpha?”

WE TWEAKED THE THREAD TITLE
♥ A motivational one: Are You Dieting? Exercising? Changing Up Your Lifestyle? ?!?

RECURRING THREADS
♥ Gigi’s “Favorite Read of the Month” for November .
♥ Mod Announcements > Free Reads!  Big Kudos to Jenny, ♥Robin♥, KarenL, Leslie, Gisela, Carrie, and Juliet for contributing to this thread and helping to feed our book/freebie addiction!
♥ Also check out the thread: e-Books On Sale!
♥ No matter how much we like to read, we must make time to eat ;) Stop by the recipe thread and share your favorite, or maybe find something new to fix at your house. Even if you've gone Vegan !

CALIBRE HOW TO...
♥ Ask a Discussion Question .

GOODREADS HOW TO...
♥ How to Add a General Status Update .
♥ Don’t forget! The Alphabetical Index is being kept up-to-date for your reference.

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, feel free to let us know below :-)

Happy Reading! Happy New Year!

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