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Timeframe: 1/10/18 to 1/29/19
181/181
26/26 Words

Algae (5/5)
A - Accidental Cowgirl by Maggie McGinnis - 2/14/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Jack Lynch - Truth or Die - 3/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner - 3/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Praveen Asthana - The Woman in the Movie Star Dress - 2/20/18 ♥♥
E - Easy by Tammara Webber - 1/25/18 ♥♥♥♥

Beach (5/5)
B - Author Jaci Burton - Nothing Personal - 4/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie - 2/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Redemption - 3/2/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Criminal by Karin Slaughter - 3/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hell on Heels by Victoria Vane - 5/24/18 ♥♥♥

Coral (5/5)
C - Checkmate by R.L. Mathewson - 2/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Off Limits by Clare Connelly - 1/14/18 ♥♥♥
R - Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber - 1/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Arm Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 3/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author C.S. Lewis - The Silver Chair - 4/12/18 ♥♥♥♥

Deep (4/4)
D - Devil's Mark by Megan Crane - 2/4/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Richard Paul Evans - A Step of Faith - 3/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hardcore Twenty-Four - 3/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing Dirty by C.L. Parker - 2/11/18 ♥♥♥

Engulf (6/6)
E - Author Ellen Marie Wiseman - The Life She Was Given - 4/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb - 2/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Author Tess Gerritsen - Keeper of the Bride - 9/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Uncovered by Kathryn Taylor - 2/5/18 ♥♥♥
L - Love Me Again by Jaci Burton - 5/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fatal Affair by Marie Force - 2/21/18 ♥♥♥♥

Fathoms (7/7)
F - The Final Score by Jaci Burton - 6/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anna Bennett - My Brown-Eyed Earl - 3/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
T – Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author James Herriot - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost - 3/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Make Me Stay by Sidney Halston - 1/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella - 2/6/18 ♥♥♥♥

Gulf (4/4)
G - Author Dorothy Gilman - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unpredictable by Eileen Cook - 2/13/18 ♥♥♥
L - Love Struck by Laurelin McGee - 5/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
F - Fifteen Minutes to Live by Phoef Sutton - 8/27/18 ♥♥♥

Habitat (7/7)
H - Hot Asset by Lauren Layne - 7/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne George - Murder Runs in the Family - 4/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
I – I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Trish McCallan - Forged In Ash - 3/17/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Almost Forever by Kathy Clark - 4/13/18 ♥♥♥
T - The Travel Writer: A Mystery by Jeff Soloway - 3/25/18 ♥♥

I - Briny (5/5)
B – Author Mary Balogh - Only a Promise - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Reluctant Duchess by Sharon Cullen - 1/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Kill Me: Tales of A Jilted Hypochondriac by Tracy H. Tucker - 1/26/18 ♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Slave to Sensation - 2/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Yvonne Whittal - House of Mirrors - 4/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

J - Davy Jones' Locker (15/15)
D - Doing It for Love by Cassie Mae - 3/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author A.A. Milne - The Sunny Side: Short Stories and Poems for Proper Grown-Ups - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Virna DePaul - Mr. Rich - 2/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Beth Yarnall - Rush - 6/24/18 ♥♥♥
J - Jacked Up by Samantha Kane - 9/20/18 ♥♥♥
O - Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - A Will and a Way - 2/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Escape Diaries by Juliet Rosetti - 4/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Space in His Heart by Roxanne St. Claire - 3/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton - 5/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Thanksgiving by Holly Jacobs - 4/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/5/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Author Carolyn Keene - Mystery of the Brass-bound Trunk - 8/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Nicole Edwards - Bad Reputation - 4/22/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Risk It by Jennifer Chance - 4/2/18 ♥♥♥

Kelp (4/4)
K - The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry - 5/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Heartache Falls - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥
L - The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Bone Crossed - 6/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

Lagoon (6/6)
L - Author Laura Drewry - How Forever Feels - 8/10/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Wrong for Me - 4/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author George Plimpton - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥
O - One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison - 6/3/18 ♥♥♥
O - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh - 6/4/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥

Marine (6/6)
M - Make It Hurt by Jackie Ashenden - 7/12/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary - 5/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Renegade by Kristen Ashley - 4/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Indiscreet by Kasey Michaels - 4/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Necklace by Claire McMillan - 3/3/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Peach Pies and Alibis - 7/8/18 ♥♥♥

Nautical (8/8)
N - Need You Now by Emma Douglas - 3/4/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - All Summer Long by Susan Mallery - 5/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unlucky in Love by Maggie McGinnis - 3/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Take Me Deeper by Jackie Ashenden - 5/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy - 5/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
C – Author Charlaine Harris - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bleeds - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lee Kilraine - You Can't Hurry Love - 8/14/18 ♥♥♥♥

Underwater - Part 2

Oceanography (12/12)
O - Author Molly O'Keefe - Can't Buy Me Love - 7/13/18 ♥♥♥
C - Chocolat by Joanne Harris - 7/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Cockatiels at Seven - 6/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Sisters by Donna Douglas - 7/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Codi Gary - Don't Call Me Sweetheart - 11/11/18 ♥♥
R - Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley - 6/21/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Reckoning - 8/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Playing with Fire by Kate Meader - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hawke by Sawyer Bennett - 7/28/18 ♥♥♥
Y - You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥

Plunge (6/6)
P - Pretty in Ink by Karen E. Olson - 8/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love without a Compass by Lindy Zart - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Visions of Heat - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥

Q - Aquatic (7/7)
A - The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse - 6/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 5/11/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 6/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands - 6/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Alyssa Rose Ivy - Soar - 5/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun - 6/18/18 ♥♥♥♥

Reef (4/4)
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Love Taker - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Evelyn David - Zoned for Murder - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥
F - Author Cory Franklin - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥

Submerged (9/9)
S - Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands - 3/22/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
B - Breakfast in Bed by Sandra Brown - 6/6/18 ♥♥♥
M - Murder Off the Beaten Path by M.L. Rowland - 8/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin S. Riley - Odin's Shadow - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Delusion in Death - 6/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Game On by Sheryl Nantus - 3/1/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Darynda Jones - The Curse of Tenth Grave - 4/29/18 ♥♥♥♥

Tidal wave (9/9)
T - Author Terri Brisbin - Christmas in Kilts - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Happened One Wedding by Julie James - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Death by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlay - 5/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - The Crown Prince's Bride - 6/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥
W - When Darkness Comes by Alexandra Ivy - 8/31/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Annie Rains - Forbidden Kisses - 6/15/18 ♥♥♥
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Accidental Countess - 6/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥

Underwater (10/10)
U - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nicole Michaels - Start Me Up - 8/16/18 ♥♥♥
D - Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie - 8/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Janet Evanovich - Turbo Twenty-Three - 2/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
W - When Love Comes by J.H. Croix - 9/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson - 9/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Calculated in Death - 8/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

V - Seven Seas (9/9)
S - The Secret of the Wooden Lady by Carolyn Keene - 3/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Vina Jackson - The Pleasure Quartet: Autumn - 8/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Now and Then by Mira Lyn Kelly - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥
S - Summer Nights by Susan Mallery - 4/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Rochelle Alers - Sweet Silver Bells - 9/23/18 ♥♥
S - Author Serena Bell - Do Over - 6/23/18 ♥♥♥♥

Wreck (5/5)
W - Welcoming the Bad Boy by Annie Rains - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Thankless in Death - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
C - Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh - 9/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
K – Author Kelly Jamieson - Body Shot - 5/2/18 ♥♥♥♥

X - Eighty-sixed (11/11)
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I've Been Thinking . . .Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life by Maria Shriver - 6/7/18 ♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
H - The Hollow by Nora Roberts - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch - 9/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Spurred On - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews - 7/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline - 7/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Devil's Own by Megan Crane - 5/30/18 ♥♥♥♥

Y - Abyss (5/5)
A - Author Vivian Arend - Rocky Mountain Angel - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Anna Bennett - I Dared the Duke - 9/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You Will Be Mine by Natasha Preston - 9/18/18 ♥♥♥
S - Someone like You by Lauren Layne - 9/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
S - Serena's Plight by Carol Madison - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥

Z - Baptize (7/7)
B - Author Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
P – Author Patricia Briggs - Iron Kissed - 2/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Total Surrender by Rebecca Zanetti - 1/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
I – Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Strikes - 1/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
Z - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Blind Faith - 1/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Christy English - How to Tame a Willful Wife - 1/23/18 ♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/29/19*****

finished challenge in message 71

Underwater
Level: Gone to blazes : 25+ books
Option: Spell It Out

Buried
B - Hunting Ground - Patricia Briggs
U - Unattainable
R - Maybe Now - character Ridge
I - Magic Burns - Ilona Andrews
E - Stepsister - character Ella
D - The 'Lovely' Past - David Richards

Submerged
S - Southernmost
U - Unspoken
B - The Japanese Lover - character LN Belasco
M - Magic Bites
E - How to Live an Undead Lie - Hailey Edwards
R - Island Beneath the Sea - character Rosette
G - Magic Bleeds - character Ghastek
E - Silver Shark - character LN Escana
D - Curran POV Collection - character Derek

Undersea
U - Unbeloved
N - The Burning World - character Nora
D - The Magician's Nephew - character Digory
E - Everything I Never Told You
R - The Shadows - character Rhage
S - Pinocchio - Narrator FN Susan
E - How to Break an Undead Heart - Hailey Edwards
A - Magic Strikes - Ilona Andrews

Wreck
W - Warm Bodies
R - Maybe Now - character Ridge
E - How to Dance an Undead Waltz - Hailey Edwards
C - Cry Wolf
K - Fallen Crest Family - character LN Kade

Completion on Post 7 & 8

NBRC: Underwater
Option 3: Spell Out
0/169 Completed

Absorbed
Bottomless
Coast
Drench
Engulf
Flood
Go under
Hung up
Injured
Jump
Knock out
Lose balance
Misfire
Nose dive
Overflow
Plunge
Quench
Rooted
Submarine
Trickle
Undersea
Vanish
Washed-up
Yawning

reserved

CYOA ~~ Underwater
July 2021 - December 2021

Underwater CYOA (msg 159)

Level ~ Gone to blazes: 25+ Books | 27 Books Read
Options 1 & 2

Option 1: Underwater Covers
Read books with large amounts of water on the cover




✔🔹The Somerset Girls - 12.19 ★★★★
✔🔹When You Kiss Me - 12.07 ★★★★
✔🔹Selkies Are a Girl’s Best Friend - 10.16 ★★★★
✔🔹Alison Wonderland - 12.05 ★★
✔🔹Up to the Challenge - 11.15 ★★★★
✔🔹Sleeping with the Enemy - 09.24 ★★★
✔🔹You Do Something to Me - 11.13 ★★★★
✔🔹All I Want Is You - 08.05 ★★★★
✔🔹Twist of Fate - 10.17 ★★★
✔🔹Love Me If You Dare - 10.30 ★★★★
✔🔹The Doctor's Secret Bride - 11.09 ★★★
✔🔹Cold Pursuit - 12.10 ★★★★


Option 2: Underwater Themed Books
Read books that have the main part of the setting on/in water or where the main character is facing unbelievable struggles




✔🔹set on water - Lost in Paradise - 07.05 ★★★
✔🔹struggles - Rain Shadow - 07.01 ★★★
✔🔹struggles - The Book of Life - 07.29 ★★★★
✔🔹struggles - Daggers, Deception & Delicious Little Lies - 07.06 ★★★
✔🔹struggles - Kitty Takes a Holiday - 07.09 ★★★★
✔🔹struggles - Campaign - 07.13 ★★★
✔🔹struggles - Blameless - 07.11 ★★★★
✔🔹struggles - Embracing Elise - 09.12 ★★★
✔🔹struggles - His Deepest Desire - 10.16 ★★★
✔🔹struggles - Shoulda Been a Cowboy - 10.21 ★★★
✔🔹struggles - High Priest on Union Station - 11.10 ★★★
✔🔹struggles - Rain Shadow - 10.26 ★★★
✔🔹struggles - Charmed by the Wolf - 09.14 ★★★
✔🔹struggles - Behind a Texas Badge - 12.22 ★★★

Challenge complete!
Updated post: Underwater CYOA (msg 159)

Choose Your Own Adventure: Underwater
Duration: 1/1/2025 –
Option 5: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle
Davy Jones : 121 + words

The Siren Saves the Billionaire by Kristen Painter - 1/3/2025
1. Absorbed - p. 151, "They've absorbed water."
2. Below - p. 10, "...below the surface..."
3. Bewitched - p. 185, "...keep him bewitched..."
4. Captivated - p. 255, “…instantly captivated…”
5. Caught up in - p. 99, “…caught up in the sale…”
6. Coast - p. 22, “…the coast was clear.”
7. Collapse - p. 46, “…her business would collapse.”
8. Concerned - p. 167, “…seemed to be concerned…”
9. Crash - p. 250, “…going to crash and burn…”
10. Dip - p. 11, “…take a dip in it…”
11. Distant - p. 214, “…like a distant older cousin…”
12. Drown - p. 176, “…you could drown me.”
13. Engaged - p. 41, “He’s engaged.”
14. Enthralled - p. 134, “…as enthralled by this…”
15. Fascinated - p. 202, “Bowie seemed fascinated by it all.”
16. Go Down - p. 52, “…he could go down rabbit holes…”
17. Go Under - p. 20, “…causing him to go under…”
18. Head Over Heels - p. 43, “…completely head over heels…”
19. Hung Up - p. 83, “He hung up and smiled.”
20. Immersed - p. 28, “…immersed himself in Nocturne Falls…”
21. Jump - p.161, “…jump to the conclusion…”
22. Licked - p. 151, “…she licked the icing off her fingers.”
23. Quell - p. 178, “…help quell the nausea.”
24. Rapt - p. 77, “…with rapt fascination…”
25. Required - p. 26, “…being required to take her shoes off…”
26. Sink - p. 174, “…curled up in the sink.”
27. Sluice - p.258, “…panic sluiced through him…”
28. Sound - p.13, “…carried the sound away…”
29. Submerged - p. 48, “…submerged in the tank…”
30. Sunken - p. 185, “…the sunken living room…”
31. Swoop - p. 117, “…a swoop of eyeliner…”
32. Sympathetic - p. 220, “…instantly sympathetic…”
33. Vanish - p. 167, “Did she vanish…”
34. Wash - p. 107, “…started a load of wash…”
35. Waste - p. 94, “…use the fish waste…”
36. Worry - p. 68, “…makes me worry…”
37. Yawning - p. 274, “…yawning again…”