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I want to be friends with......
I Want To Be Friends With...: Juliet Marillier Option 1: I'm going to try to read everything by Juliet Marillier
Level: Gang (16 - 20 books)
Duration: You set the pace
Progress: 17/20 books
Already Read:
1. Daughter of the Forest - ★★★
2. Wildwood Dancing - ★★★
3. Heart's Blood - 04/04 - ★★★★
4. Dreamer's Pool - 09/04 - ★★★
5. Son of the Shadows - 29/04 - ★★★★
6. Child of the Prophecy - 19/05 - ★★★★
7. Heir to Sevenwaters - 22/06 - ★★★★
8. Shadowfell - 16/08 - ★★★★
9. Raven Flight - 21/08 - ★★★★
10. The Caller - 26/08 - ★★★
11. Cybele's Secret - 24/09 - ★★★★
12. Tower of Thorns - 11/10 - ★★★★
13. Seer of Sevenwaters - 01/10/2018 - ★★★
14. Flame of Sevenwaters - 05/08/2019 - ★★★★
15. Wolfskin (The Light Isles, #1) - 17/08/2021 - ★★★★
16. Foxmask: Saga of the Light Isles 2 - 04/11/2021 - ★★★★★
17. The Well of Shades - 04/12/2021 - ★★★★
To Read:
I Want To Be Friends With...: Dana Stabenow
Option 2: Spell out ALASKA - birthplace of author Dana Stabenow + setting of her Kate Shugak series
Level: Comrades
Progress: 4/6 books
Amy Harmon - From Sand and Ash - ★★★1/2
Loretta Nyhan - All the Good Parts - ★★★
Arden, Katherine - The Bear and the Nightingale - ★★★★★
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Andrews, Ilona - One Fell Sweep - ★★★★
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Shadowfell is on my tbr and I intend to read it this year. I've heard such good things about this author
I'm coming back to add more to this but...
Option 1: I'm going to try to read everything by Larissa Ione, Kresley Cole, and Gena Showalter
Level: Comrades (6 - 10 books) to begin with
Duration: You set the pace
Read: 2/10 books
Larissa Ione
💜
2 Ecstasy Unveiled
3 Sin Undone
4 Reaver
5 Revenant
6 O Come, All Ye Horsemen (And Angels)
7 Azagoth
8 Hades
9 Bound by Night
10 Blood Red Kiss*
*This shows the main author as Kresley Cole. However, it is an anthology and there is a story by Larissa Ione included.
Kresley Cole
1. A Hunger Like No Other
Gena Showalter
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2 The Darkest Torment
I want to be friends with...... 1st April - December 2016Option One: Kit Morgan -----*****----- Level: BFFs: 1-5 books
Read: 5/5
1. A Mid-Summer's Mail-Order Bride ✔
2. The Columbus Day Mail-Order Bride ✔
3. The Harvest Time Mail-Order Bride ✔
4. August ✔
5. Leora: Bride of California ✔
Books read:
Oooh I like this! I have a HUGE shelf of Stephen King and I hate to admit that I probably have only read a quarter of the books I own. Perfect excuse to cut that down :)I want to be friends with Stephen King
1. Cujo
2. Needful Things
3. The Dead Zone
4. The Dark Tower
5. Christine
6. 11/22/63
7. Under the Dome
8. Bag of Bones
9. The Eyes of the Dragon
10. The Long Walk
Hopefully I can get through this list *cross fingers* It'd be awesome if I read more than this!
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I want to be friends with Susan Howatch, but she has disappeared. She was very prolific (and brilliant) until the late 1990s and then that was it. Would love to pick her brain.
Going to join this challenge. I want to be friends with Jodi Taylor and my Goal the level of Comrades (6 - 10 books) and I will work on 2 options. I plan to read all 5 books by this author in the Chronicles of St. Mary's series
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And I will also read books to spell out
J - Just One Damned Thing After Another
O -The Ocean at the End of the Lane
D -Dark Places
I- The Ice Twins
Time Frame - April 1st to July 31st 2016
Cheers ! Completed!
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I Want To Be Friends With...Author: Laurann Dohner
Options 1 & 2
Level: Gang
Start Date: 5/4/16
0/18
Option 1
1 - Ral's Woman
2 - Burning Up Flint
3 - Mate Set
4 - Numbers
5 - Drantos
Option 2
L - Eternal Kiss - Laura Wright
A - Kill Without Mercy - Alexandra Ivy
U - Archaic - Regan Ure
R - Rule Breaker - Lora Leigh
A - Wild Justice - Kelley Armstrong
N - Nighshade - Andrea Cremner
N - Archangel's Enigma - Nalini Singh
D - Bully - Penelope Douglas
O - On A Snowy Christmas Night - Debbi Rawlins
H - Highlander Untamed - Monica McCarty
N - Shards of Hope - Nalini Singh
E - Earth Bound - Christine Feehan
R - The Stars Never Rise - Rachel Vincent
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Kevin Hearne!Comrades 6-10 books.
Re-reading all the Iron Druid books because the newest one came out, and doing my part for the environment by listening to them in Audio format!
(which I highly recommend as they are all read by Luke Daniels and he is FANTASTIC)
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Comrades 6-10 books.
Re-reading all the Iron Druid books because the newest one came out, and doing my part for the environment by listening to them in Audio format!
(which I highly r..."
Oh nice. I've only read the first 2 books ; via audio... and only fairly recently. I need to get back to the series :)
I would like to join.I want to be friends with......
Authors: Lynn Stark, Sandrine Gasq-Dion and Catherine Lievens
Duration: 7th April 2016 - Whenever I Finish
Level: Crew
Option: One
Books: 15/78
Author: Lynn Stark - 2/14
Hot, Wild & Crazy (Men of Silver series)
Fierce Hearts (Men of Silver series)
A Forever Kind of Guy (Men of Silver series)
The Lawman, the Badass & the Songbird (Men of Silver series)
Cowboys Wanted (Men of Silver series)
Unexpected Gifts (Men of Silver series)
Tristan & Levi: Perfect Together (Silver's Studs series)
Alex & Connor: Torn Hearts (Silver's Studs series)
Taren & Keith: White Hot (Silver's Studs series)
Jack & Garrett: Dark Lust (Silver's Studs series)
Isaac & Jesse: Twink vs. Bear (Silver's Studs series)
Noah & Reagan: Naughty's Nice (Silver's Studs series)
Author: Sandrine Gasq-Dion - 7/33
Reflash (Assassin/Shifter series)
The Red Zone (Assassin/Shifter series)
Irish Wishes (Assassin/Shifter series)
Pleading the Fifth (Assassin/Shifter series)
Betrayed (Assassin/Shifter series)
Summer of Awakenings (Assassin/Shifter series)
The Nik of Time (Assassin/Shifter series)
The Littlest Assassin-Shifters (Assassin/Shifter series)
Lessons Learned (Assassin/Shifter series)
Broken Bonds(Assassin/Shifter series)
Forbidden (Assassin/Shifter series)
Justice For Skylar (The 12 Olympians series)
The Medicine and the Mob (Santorno series)
At Year's End (The 12 Olympians series)
Dirty Ross (Assassin/Shifter series)
Lux Ex Tenebris (The 12 Olympians series)
Savage Love (Assassin/Shifter series)
Strange Addiction (The 12 Olympians series)
Ryde the Lightning (The 12 Olympians series)
Locke and Key (Assassin/Shifter series)
An Eye for an Eye (Santorno series)
The Harder They Fall (Santorno series)
What Goes Around... (Santorno series)
Karma (Santorno series)
Author: Catherine Lievens - 6/31
Adrian (Whitedell Pride series)
Andrew (Whitedell Pride series)
Xavier (Gillham Pack series)
Keenan (Whitedell Pride series)
Zach (Gillham Pack series)
Jared (Whitedell Pride series)
Craig (Gillham Pack series)
Troy (Whitedell Pride series)
Noah (Gillham Pack series)
Nysys (Whitedell Pride series)
Rick (Gillham Pack series)
Isaiah (Whitedell Pride series)
Arlen (Gillham Pack series)
Shad (Whitedell Pride series)
Demi (Gillham Pack series)
Jayden (Whitedell Pride series)
Elias (Gillham Pack series)
Wes (Whitedell Pride series)
Jago (Gillham Pack series)
Darin (Whitedell Pride series)
Merle (Gillham Pack series)
Adan (Whitedell Pride series)
Elliott (Gillham Pack series)
Delevan (Whitedell Pride series)
Can we be friends with more then one author?
Mod
Sure can!
Awesome, Thanks
Mod
Ok, I would want to be friends with Sophie Kinsella. I don't know a lot about her, but I read one of her books and it was really funny, so I bet she would be fun to have coffee with! Crew Level Spell it out no end date! Start May 30, 2016S Linger Maggie Stiefvater
O Splintered Octobenus
P The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems
H Orphan Number 8 Helen Berman
I Wars of the Roses: Trinity Conn Iggulden
E The Lake House Eleanore Edavane
K Orphan Number 8 Kim van Alkemade
I Wars of the Roses: Trinity Conn Iggulden
N Gina Nivarro Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
S Salt to the Sea
E From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E.L. Konigsburg
L The Giver Lois Lowry
L Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass Lewis Carroll
A The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
U Uncle Jacob The Kitchen House
K Katara Avatar: The Last Airbender
S Shelia Tubman Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
H Hayes The Stonekeeper
O Owens The Graveyard Book
P The Book of Three Lloyd Alexander
A A Handful of Stars
H Harold Smith Mockingbird
O O'Carrick The Ruins of Gorlan
L Louisa When You Reach Me
I Interview with the Vampire
C Calvin and Hobbes
Done!
I want to be friends with:DURATION
You set the pace
Option One:
Chose an author that you'd like to be friends with and a level and read only books that the author has written (or contributed to)
Julie Kagawa
Read:
To Read:
Darren Shan
Read:
To Read:
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I didn't see restrictions. Can we use graphic novels? or is there a length minimum?
Mod
No restrictions so yes you can use graphic novels and no minimum pages
:)
Almost there! Although, according to my progress, Juliet Marillier and I are already comrades ;)https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
@ Karen: Just finished Shadowfell and I loved it, it's fantasy YA/historical fantasy with a lovely romance ;) Marillier has a knack for writing likeable characters and creating enchanting settings. Of course at this point I enjoy everything she writes.
I hope the book turns out to be as enjoyable to you as it was to me :)
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I Want to Be Friends With ... Tessa Bailey, Skye Jordan and Suzanne WrightOption: One
Read 0/33
Tessa Bailey
Unfixable
Staking His Claim
Baiting the Maid of Honor
Chase Me
Need Me
Make Me
Owned by Fate
Exposed by Fate
Driven by Fate
Up in Smoke
Boiling Point
Raw Redemption
Off Base
Rough Rhythm
Too Wild to Tame
Skye Jordan
Reckless
Rebel
Ricochet
Rumor
Relentless
Forbidden Fling
Quick Trick
Suzanne Wright
From Rags
Burn
Blaze
Consumed
Fractured
Force of Temptation
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What? Those tiny books? You'll read them all in one day :P
I'm working my way through second part of Mistborn trilogy (4th book :P). Haven't read any of the others. Yet.
I would be more scared of King *grins*
~T
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NBRC's I Want to Be Friends With (Author) ChallengeTotal: 29 out of 26
Nora Roberts/J.D Robb: 23
Patricia Briggs: 6
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Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Welcome Joy :)"Thanks!
Well, since Juliet Marillier and I are officially comrades now (she just doesn't know it yet ;)), I decided to upgrade our friendship to the next level. I'm going for posse.It's been a while since I've read a book from her, but was reminded again yesterday while I was re-reading Heir to Sevenwaters why I fell in love with her writings. Time to pick back up the Sevenwaters series.
I'm also adding a new challenge with option 2; spelling out 'Alaska', linked to author Dana Stabenow because I'm enjoying her Kate Shugak series so much.
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Finished first one, going to try a second! :)I Want To Be Friends With...
Author: Laurann Dohner
Options 1 & 2
Level: Gang
Start Date: 5/4/16
Finish Date: 17/4/17
18/18
Option 1
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Option 2
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I Want To Friends With...
Author: Grace Burrowes
Options 1 & 2
Level: Kool Kids
Start Date:17/4/17
Option 1:
1 - Beckman - Grace Burrowes
2 - Gabriel - Grace Burrowes
3 - Gareth - Grace Burrowes
4 - Andrew - Grace Burrowes
5 - Douglas - Grace Burrowes
6 - David - Grace Burrowes
7 - Trenton - Grace Burrowes
8 - Worth - Grace Burrowes
9 - Hadrian - Grace Burrowes
Option 2:
G - Seducing Cinderella - Gina L Maxwell
R - The Bet - Rachel Van Dyken
A - Eternal Embers - Tessa Adams
C - Better When He's Bad - Jay Crownover
E - The Deal - Elle Kennedy
B - Breaking The Rules - Katie McGarry
U - Unchained - J Lynn
R - Kiss of Fire - Rebecca Etherington
R - Rock The Heart - Michelle A Valentine
O - Outsider - Olivia Cunning
W - Wild, Tethered and Bound - Stephanie Draven
E - Eternal Blood - Laura Wright
S - Second Chance Boyfriend - Monica Murphy
Start date: 4/18/2017DURATION: You set the pace
Option One:
Chose an author that you'd like to be friends with and a level and read only books that the author has written (or contributed to)
Level: BFFs: 1-5 books - eventually I want to reach this level for 7 authors
authors planned
Neil Gaiman - 5/5 read - complete!
1. Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 4/19/2017
2. Death: The High Cost of Living Collected 4/29/2017
3. Death: The Time of Your Life 4/30/2017
4. Two Plays for Voices 4/30/2017
5. Black Orchid 10/29/2017
J.R.R. Tolkien 5/5 read - complete!
1. Beren and Lúthien 8/25/2017
2. The Lord of the Rings 11/2/2017 (reread)
3.The Story of Kullervo 2/20/2018
4. Farmer Giles of Ham 8/25/2018
5. The Silmarillion 9/17/2018 (reread)
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William Shakespeare 4/5
1. The Tempest 5/9/2017
2. Julius Caesar 8/25/2017
3. Henry V 3/5/2018
4. Love's Labor's Lost 10/15/2018
5.
Aristophanes 3/5
1. The Acharnians 5/12/2017
2. Frogs 9/24/2017
3. The Birds 10/28/2017
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Kim Stanley Robinson 3/5
1. Green Earth 9/14/2017
2. Antarctica 1/3/2018
3. The Years of Rice and Salt 3/8/2018
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James Tiptree Jr. 2/5
1. Warm Worlds and Otherwise 8/27/2017
2. Star Songs of An Old Primate 10/19/2017
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Terry Pratchett 3/5
1. The Science of Discworld 1/28/2018
2. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch 3/24/2018 (reread)
3. Mort 8/23/2018
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Iain Banks 1/5
1. The Player of Games 10/14/2017
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Welcome Beth :)
Finished round 2. Going to try for round 3 :)I Want To Friends With...
Author: Grace Burrowes
Options 1 & 2
Level: Kool Kids
Start Date:17/4/17
Option 1:
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I want to be friends with......Author: Alice Hoffman, Cornelia Funke, Molly Idle, R. Kitt, Judy Blume, Margarita Engle
DURATION: Open
Option: 1
LEVEL: Crew: 26 or more
Progress: 26/26
COMPLETED 10/24/2018
Alice Hoffman
1. The Rules of Magic 8/17/2017
2. Water Tales: Aquamarine and Indigo 9/30/2018
R. Kitt
1. Mistletoe Red 11/23/2017
2. Mistletoe Black 11/26/2017
Molly Idle
1. Santa Rex 11/26/2017
Margarita Engle
1. Forest World 5/12/2018
2. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom 5/12/2018
3. The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano 5/12/2018
4. The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba 5/12/2018
5. Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba 5/12/2018
6. The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist 5/15/2018
7. Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal 5/16/2018
8. Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings 5/17/2018
9. Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck 10/23/2018
Judy Blume
1. Freckle Juice 10/14/2018
2. The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo 10/14/2018
3. Iggie's House 10/14/2018
4. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing 10/15/2018
5. Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great 10/18/2018
6. Superfudge 10/21/2018
7. The Pain and the Great One 10/22/2018
8. Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One 10/22/2018
9. Going, Going, Gone! with the Pain and the Great One 10/22/2018
10. Friend or Fiend? with the Pain and the Great One 10/22/2018
11. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret 10/24/2018
Cornelia Funke
1. Lilly and Fin: A Mermaid's Tale 10/6/2018
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Pssst Alice Hoffman will be doing a Q&A with our group in November :)
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Welcome Ashley!Pssst Alice Hoffman will be doing a Q&A with our group in November :)"
OMG!!!! She is my all-time favorite author! You just made my day :D
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Karen ⊰✿ wrote: ":) exciting! We'll be doing a group read of Rules of Magic in November too :)"Awesome! I'm already reading right now :)
I shall read again!
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JP has so many books! Beach Road and Sail are two stand alones of his I enjoyed
Ohhh, I wanna join Uncle Stevie's (skeleton) Crew! They'll be mostly re-reads, unless he suddenly becomes extra prolific, lol!Stephen King
26/26
1 The Dead Zone
2 The Colorado Kid
3 Elevation
4 On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
5 Carrie
6 The Running Man
7 The Outsider
8 Four Past Midnight
9 Nightmares and Dreamscapes
10 Skeleton Crew
11 Duma Key
12 Lisey's Story
13 The Shining
14 The Institute
15 Bag of Bones
16 Later
17 Misery
18 Pet Sematary
19 Cujo
20 If It Bleeds
21 Christine
22 The Talisman
23 Black House
24 Under the Dome
25 The Gunslinger
26 Billy Summers
8 New to me and
18 re-reads
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Do you have an author that you'd like to be friends with?
DURATION
You set the pace
HOW TO
Option One:
Chose an author that you'd like to be friends with and a level and read only books that the author has written (or contributed to)
Option Two:
Chose an author that you'd like to be friends with and do a "spell-it-out" of something associated with the author. Their place of birth, pet names, favourite food etc.
Spell-it-out rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter in the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name. As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.
Option Three
Choose authors who are similar to you that you'd like to be friends with. This could be authors that live in the same city as you, have similar pets, the same number of kids etc. There is no limit to the number of authors you can choose. Then pick a level and read books by those authors.
LEVELS
BFFs: 1-5 books
Comrades: 6-10 books
Posse: 11-15 books
Gang: 16-20 books
Kool Kids: 21-25 books
Crew: 26 or more
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