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Welcome to the challenge everyone! :)

I'm very late, but I just wanted to acknowledge that I finished and that this challenge was fun and a bit different.

Survive your own Apocalypse
Timeframe: 5/1/16 to 10/31/16

Step One (May) - Floods (6/6)
F - 15th Affair by James Patterson - 5/15/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder - 5/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off And Running by Philip Reed - 5/26/16 ♥♥♥
O - Off the Hook by Laura Drewry - 6/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Darynda Jones - Second Grave on the Left - 5/28/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - The Sassy One by Susan Mallery - 5/10/16 ♥♥♥♥



Step Two (June) - College (7/7)
C - The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark - 6/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Cunning - Double Time - 6/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lavinia Kent - Bound by Bliss - 6/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lisa Kleypas - Blue-Eyed Devil - 6/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Job - 6/14/16 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Sue Grafton - K is for Killer - 7/27/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Chase - Tamed - 6/26/16 ♥♥♥♥♥



Step Three (July) – Roarke (6/6)
R - Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb - 7/2/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Author Charles Osgood - Funny Letters from Famous People - 9/13/16 ♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick - 8/12/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Risking It All by Christi Barth - 7/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
K - Author Karen White - The Sound of Glass - 7/10/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Sizzling Sixteen - 7/21/16 ♥♥♥♥



Step Four (August) – Mountains(10/10)
U - Unforgivable by Laura Griffin - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Marieke Nijkamp - This Is Where It Ends - 9/17/16 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Donna Andrews - We'll Always Have Parrots - 8/16/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - The Scam - 8/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Purity in Death - 8/10/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt - 8/7/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne George - Murder on a Bad Hair Day - 8/17/16 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tilia Klebenov Jacobs - Second Helpings at the Serve You Right Café - 8/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Eulberg - Take a Bow - 9/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Portrait in Death - 8/19/16 ♥♥♥♥♥



Step Five (September) - Precognition (12/12)
P - Author James Patterson - You've Been Warned - 11/9/16 ♥♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Imitation in Death - 9/16/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Visions of Sugar Plums - 9/18/16 ♥♥♥
C - Cost of Life: A Thriller by Joshua Corin - 9/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Hot Summer by Melissa Cutler - 9/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Gina Gordon - Reason to Believe - 10/22/16 ♥♥♥
N - Nine Women, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen - 10/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - If the Shoe Fits by Laurie LeClair - 9/26/16 ♥♥♥
T - The Trouble with Love by Lauren Layne - 9/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Had to Be You by Jill Shalvis - 9/24/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Owls Well That Ends Well by Donna Andrews - 10/19/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt - 11/1/16 ♥♥♥♥



Step Six (October) - The Renewed (10/10)
T - Author David Taylor - Zoo Vet: Adventures Of A Wild Animal Doctor - 10/23/16 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie - 11/3/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Casey - Wrong Number, Right Guy - 10/2/16 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Al Roker - The Midnight Show Murders - 10/3/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Rumor - 11/18/16 ♥♥♥♥
N - The New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine - 11/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Flat-Out Sexy - 11/30/16 ♥♥♥♥
W - What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life by Tim Conway - 10/12/16 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Blast - 1/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Diane Chamberlain - The Midwife's Confession - 10/5/16 ♥♥♥♥

- 10/5/16 ♥♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/3/17******

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Welcome Gabi!

Survive Your Own Apocalypse
Start Date: 9/1/18
End Date:
Last completed step:

Step One:
Disaster has struck! The world is in chaos and you are now on a quest to create a new world and survive chaos. Choose a disaster/catastrophic event from the list below and read a book that features that event.
Avalanches
Earthquakes
Volcanic eruptions
Floods
Meteorological disasters
Blizzards
Droughts
Hailstorms
Heat waves
Plague/Pestilence
Space disasters
- Impact events
- Solar flares
- Gamma ray burst
Alien Invasion

Step Two:
Choose where you were when disaster struck. This can be a town, state, or country. Read a book that is set in this location.

Step Three:
You are pretty resourceful, you can opt to rescue yourself or to have someone (perhaps your favorite book character) save you from peril. Choose a hero, heroine, or yourself by reading a book featuring your favorite hero, heroine, or a character who shares your name or that was written by an author who shares your name. You can also do this one as a Spell-It-Out of their or your name.

Step Four:
As with most disasters, the area you are in is now may be uninhabitable or much different from what it once was. You may choose somewhere safe that you wish to now live (think space travel or perhaps move to a magical realm) or choose a book which depicts how the world has changed (think dystopian/post apocolyptic stories). Read a book set in your new world. This can be a fantasy land or a real place (Perhaps not all of earth was affected).

Step Five:
You have now developed some special abilities. Read a book that showcases your special abilities.

Step Six:
You have now found other people with unique abilities and formed a team of five. You can name your team and read a book that spells out the name of that team or you can choose four books that feature each of your fellow team members (you have already read one about yourself).

(*)Spell-it-out Rules:
Read books to spell out the word(s) using
◈ the first letter in the book's title
◈ the first letter in the series
◈ the first letter in the author's, translator's or narrator's first or last name
◈ the first letter of a character's first, last, or nick-name

Welcome Diane!

Step One:
Disaster has struck! The world is in chaos and you are now on a quest to create a new world and survive chaos. Choose a disaster/catastrophic event from the list below and read a book that features that event.
(view spoiler)

Step Two:
Choose where you were when disaster struck. This can be a town, state, or country. Read a book that is set in this location.

Step Three:
You are pretty resourceful, you can opt to rescue yourself or to have someone (perhaps your favorite book character) save you from peril. Choose a hero, heroine, or yourself by reading a book featuring your favorite hero, heroine, or a character who shares your name or that was written by an author who shares your name. You can also do this one as a Spell-It-Out of their or your name.

Step Four:
As with most disasters, the area you are in is now may be uninhabitable or much different from what it once was. You may choose somewhere safe that you wish to now live (think space travel or perhaps move to a magical realm) or choose a book which depicts how the world has changed (think dystopian/post apocolyptic stories). Read a book set in your new world. This can be a fantasy land or a real place (Perhaps not all of earth was affected).

Step Five:
You have now developed some special abilities. Read a book that showcases your special abilities.

Step Six:
You have now found other people with unique abilities and formed a team of five. You can name your team and read a book that spells out the name of that team or you can choose four books that feature each of your fellow team members (you have already read one about yourself).

Welcome Jess!

I'm in for Step by Step

Welcome Slytherpuff!

Survive Your Own Apocalypse

Level: Survival of the Fittest; Read 7 - 9 books

5/6 steps

◈ Step-By-Step; Use steps to plot out the events of an apocalypse--the before, during, and after. You don't necessarily have to create a story and can choose which steps you'll use or add new ones.

Step One:
Disaster has struck! The world is in chaos and you are now on a quest to create a new world and survive chaos. Choose a disaster/catastrophic event from the list below and read a book that features that event.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Zombies

Step Two:
Choose where you were when disaster struck. This can be a town, state, or country. Read a book that is set in this location. - Murder, Magic, and What We Wore - England

Step Three:
You are pretty resourceful, you can opt to rescue yourself or to have someone (perhaps your favorite book character) save you from peril. Choose a hero, heroine, or yourself by reading a book featuring your favorite hero, heroine, or a character who shares your name or that was written by an author who shares your name. You can also do this one as a Spell-It-Out of their or your name. - Red Dragon - Hannibal Lecter

Step Four:
As with most disasters, the area you are in is now may be uninhabitable or much different from what it once was. You may choose somewhere safe that you wish to now live (think space travel or perhaps move to a magical realm) or choose a book which depicts how the world has changed (think dystopian/post apocolyptic stories). Read a book set in your new world. This can be a fantasy land or a real place (Perhaps not all of earth was affected). - My Lady Jane - England

Step Five:
You have now developed some special abilities. Read a book that showcases your special abilities. - Uprooted - has wizards and witches that can use powerful magic

Step Six:
You have now found other people with unique abilities and formed a team of five. You can name your team and read a book that spells out the name of that team or you can choose four books that feature each of your fellow team members (you have already read one about yourself).
1. Severus Snape - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2. Raistlin Majere - The Annotated Chronicles

Welcome Natasha!

FINISHED!!

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Survive Your Own Apocalypse
Duration: 6/1/2016 - Til ?

Progress: 68 out of 68 (Master of Disaster; Read 10 or more books)

Step One:
Disaster has struck! The world is in chaos and you are now on a quest to create a new world and survive chaos. Choose a disaster/catastrophic event from the list below and read a book that features that event:
V: Victoria Laurie; Better Read Than Dead - **** - 8/5/2016 - 296 Pages
O: One Plus One by Jojo Moyes - ***** - 6/14/2016 - 368 Pages
L: Lorna Landvik; Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons - ***** - 6/1/2016 - 512 Pages
C: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - **** - 6/9/2016 - 1276 Pages
A: Jennifer L. Armentrout; Daimon - *** - 6/6/2016 - 62 Pages
N: Nora Roberts; Bed of Roses - ***** - 6/17/2016
I: The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky - ***** - 7/29/2016
C: Christine Feehan; Water Bound - *** - 6/16/2016

E: Excerpts from the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica by Various - ***** - 6/14/2016
R: J.D. Robb; Judgment in Death - ***** - 6/25/2016 - 356 Pages
U: Unshelved by Bill Barnes - **** - 2/6/2017 - 127 Pages
P: Paul Cornell; Warcraft: Bonds of Brotherhood - ***** - 6/17/2016
T: This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - *** - 6/29/2016 - 432 Pages
I: I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse by Lee Gutkind - **** - 9/8/2016 - 320 Pages
O: Origins by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 8/4/2016 - 157 Pages
N: Nora Roberts; Savor the Moment - ***** - 7/5/2016
S: Scott Snyder; Batman, Vol. 1: The Court of Owls - **** - 6/30/2016 - 176 Pages


Step Two:
Choose where you were when disaster struck. This can be a town, state, or country. Read a book that is set in this location:
H: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin - ***** - 6/23/2016 - 352 Pages
O: Daniel O'Malley; The Rook - ***** - 12/7/2016 - 496 Pages
N: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin, Volume 3: The Twilight Kingdom - ***** - 7/20/2016
O: Oz: Ozma of Oz by Eric Shanower - ***** - 5/23/2017 - 200 Pages
L: Christina Lauren; Sweet Filthy Boy - ***** - 7/19/2016
U: Under the Dome by Stephen King - ***** - 7/4/2017 - 1074 Pages
L: Leaves on the Wind by Zack Whedon - ***** - 1/10/2017 - 152 Pages
U: The Unexpected Millionaire by Susan Mallery - **** - 6/7/2019 - 185 Pages


Step Three:
You are pretty resourceful, you can opt to rescue yourself or to have someone (perhaps your favorite book character) save you from peril. Choose a hero, heroine, or yourself by reading a book featuring your favorite hero, heroine, or a character who shares your name or that was written by an author who shares your name. You can also do this one as a Spell-It-Out of their or your name:
C: Cut & Run by Abigail Roux - *** - 7/7/2016
U: The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: The Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way - ***** - 1/23/2019 - 184 Pages
R: The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion - **** - 7/11/2016
R: Rysa Walker; Timebound - ***** - 8/16/2016 - 366 Pages
A: Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - **** - 6/30/2016
N: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin's Monstrous Holiday - ***** - 9/3/2016 - 128 Pages

Step Four:
As with most disasters, the area you are in is now may be uninhabitable or much different from what it once was. You may choose somewhere safe that you wish to now live (think space travel or perhaps move to a magical realm) or choose a book which depicts how the world has changed (think dystopian/post apocolyptic stories). Read a book set in your new world. This can be a fantasy land or a real place (Perhaps not all of earth was affected).
Magic Apocalypse (ala Kate Daniels)
M: Madeleine Wickham; 40 Love - ** - 6/28/2016 - 288 Pages
A: Anna Banks; Hard To Get - **** - 7/8/2016
G: Heather Graham; Heart of Evil - *** - 7/25/2016
I: I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai - ***** - 11/3/2016 - 327 Pages
C: courtney crumrin volume 5 by Ted Naifeh - ***** - 9/9/2016 - 129 Pages

A: American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott - ***** - 11/8/2016 - 353 Pages
P: Kristy Parisi; Miscarriage Mom: The Unspoken Realities of Miscarriage and How to Cope - 7/31/2016 - *****
O: Oz. The Marvelous Land of Oz by Eric Shanower - ***** - 5/21/2017 - 200 Pages
C: Charlotte Brontë; Jane Eyre - *** - 9/6/2016 - 507 Pages
A: Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - **** - 12/9/2016 - 293 Pages
L: Lucky Us by Amy Bloom - *** - 9/15/2016 - 256 Pages
Y: Elizabeth Young; A Girl's Best Friend - **** - 12/29/2016 - 308 Pages
P: Susan Elizabeth Phillips; Match Me If You Can - **** - 8/8/2016 - 388 Pages
S: Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater - *** - 7/8/2016
E: Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare - **** - 6/20/2016 - 335 Pages - 335 Pages


Step Five:
You have now developed some special abilities. Read a book that showcases your special abilities:
F: Frequently Asked Questions by Bill Barnes - *** - 6/20/2016
I: Ilona Andrews; Magic Binds - ***** - 10/11/2016 - 328 Pages
R: Ransom Riggs; Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel - ***** - 9/10/2016 - 272 Pages
E: Janet Evanovich; Hot Six - ***** - 6/22/2016 - 336 Pages

W: WeSa and the Lumber King by Faith Hunter - *** - 6/13/2016 - 1 Page
E: E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton - *** - 10/7/2016 - 320 Pages
I: I Hate Fairyland, Volume 2: Fluff My Life by Skottie Young - ***** - 1/28/2017 - 128 Pages
L: The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel by Rick Riordan - *** - 5/6/2017 - 128 Pages
D: Darynda Jones; Seventh Grave and No Body - **** - 8/15/2016 - 336 Pages
E: Elizabeth Buchan; Separate Beds - **** - 11/1/2016 - 384 Pages
R: Nora Roberts; Stars of Fortune - **** - 9/13/2016 - 336 Pages


Step Six:
You have now found other people with unique abilities and formed a team of five. You can name your team and read a book that spells out the name of that team or you can choose four books that feature each of your fellow team members (you have already read one about yourself):
F: Jamie Ford; Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - *** - 8/1/2016
I: Interlude in Death by J.D. Robb - ***** - 3/29/2017 - 88 Pages
R: Nora Roberts; Happy Ever After - **** - 9/20/2016 - 333 Pages
E: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - **** - 11/11/2016 - 173 Pages

M: Marissa Meyer; The Queen's Army - *** - 7/8/2016
A: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie - ***** - 7/9/2017 - 230 Pages
S: Sophie Kinsella; Finding Audrey - **** - 6/26/2016 - 286 Pages
T: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin: The Final Spell - ***** - 9/23/2016 - 133 Pages
E: Escape from Lucien by Kazu Kibuishi - **** - 11/28/2016 - 224 Pages
R: Rachel Neumeier; Black Dog - ***** - 12/25/2016 - 448 Pages
S: Scott Snyder; Batman: The Night of the Owls - ***** - 9/5/2016 - 360 Pages