Romance Lovers for the Challenge-Impaired discussion

       ~ Twelve Categories of Christmas ~

It is a busy, busy month and we are a feeling a bit nostalgic. So, we are going to pull out this challenge from December, 2011 and dust it off.

LEVELS:

1-2 - Easy
3-5 - Medium
6-9 - Harder
10 or more - Hardest

DURATION:   December 1 – 31, 2014.

RULES:   Re-reads are fine, but no skimming! Audiobooks and anthologies are acceptable.>

CATAGORIES TO CHOOSE FROM:   The following twelve options, plus the “Wild Card” B-Day Babies. You can choose multiples from one number, except as stated under #12.

1. The word! Read one with one of the following 25 words of December - or pick your own. Read books with titles, series names, authors (first or last name), character (first or last name), that begin with letters that correspond to letters of the word you choose. You may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the, etc.).

angel, bell, bright, candle, Christmas, cold, cookie, gift, gingerbread, Hanukkah, holiday, holly, jingle, light, morning, night, Santa, silver, snow, star, stocking, teddy bear, toy, winter, wish

Check out Add a Book & Bookcover Link, if you need to know how.

Spell-It-Out Example:

S. - Soulbound, by Kristen Callihan
N. - Noelle Marchand; author of Unlawfully Wedded Bride
O. - The Others #3 - Vision in Silver, by Anne Bishop
W. - Wyatt Stone; hero in Then Came You, by Jill Shalvis

2. Color! Read a book that has a predominant cover color of: red , green, white, blue, gold, or silver.

3. Read the 12th book in any series .

4. “Heavenly Body” : Read a book with one on the cover.

5. Lights! Lamp or other non-natural light source on cover . Because we are inside a lot this time of year. Examples:

6. A kiss . Read a book that depicts kissing on the cover. It doesn’t have to be under the mistletoe or on the lips. ^_~

7. Setting: cold! Read a book where the setting is cold - in the snow, ice, or wintertime.

8. “Don’t Drink Water Day” . Prohibition was repealed on December 5th is in the USA in 1933. Select from the following:

• form of water: ice, fog, rain, snow, water, mist on the bookcover
• picture of an alcoholic drink (wine, cocktail, beer, etc.) on the cover

9. Jane Austen’s Birthday : In honor of her B-Day, December, 16th, read one of her books.

10. Wright Brothers : In honor of the first powered flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17th, read a book with:

• a pilot as a main character
• a kitten on the cover
• a hawk on the cover, a character named Hawk
• its setting in North Carolina

11. Character: Humphrey Bogart. In honor of of his birthday, December 25th, 1899, and his most famous movie roles: Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, Key Largo, Sabrina, and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, read a book involving a hero who is a:

• bar or casino owner
• P.I. - private investigator
• military hero home on leave
• vying with his brother for the affections of the heroine
• treasure hunter

12. Reader’s Choice. Read one or two books of your choosing. More, if you have more than three books that fall into the other categories.

“WILD CARD!” Remember, you may replace any book with one found on the shelves of our “Wild Card” Birthday Babies.

Camillia
Gea
Nichole
Nikita

Don’t forget to add your books to the RLftCI group 14,000 in 2014 Book Count Challenge. For more info, go here . If you’re already a part of this group challenge, don’t forget to ‘tag’ these with the appropriate bookshelf!

                                                          

    

    
Angel				13/13 - Done! Congrats!
Hayley				00/??
Ipshita				06/06 - Done! Congrats!
Karen				02/02 - Done! Congrats!
Kari				06/06 - Done! Congrats
Kathy				30/30 - Done! Congrats!
Kme_17				05/09
Lara				09/09 - Done! Congrats!
Lisa Kay			08/08 - Done! Congrats!
Maggie				10/10 - Done! Congrats!
Meltem				06/06 - Done! Congrats!
Oleander			00/??
Poongothai			08/08 - Done! Congrats!	
ShoSho				14/14 - Done! Congrats!	
Trea				11/11 - Done! Congrats!




  

I'm in. I have two books lined up that meet criteria one. I think they also meet the colors with red and silver.
Christmas =
silver, bells =

I'm in, too. I'm going to read that first book, too, Oleander. ☺ I'm dying to crack it open early. I almost have, like, three or four times.

It was hard not to read it when we had mail order brides for the sub genre. Hope its worth the wait. Its up next for me after I finish Firelight.

I'm in ! I'm planing on reading lots of holiday novellas ! I'm sure I can those in this challenge.

Welcome to the challenge, Oleander, LK, & ShoSho!

Done :)

Level: harder

6/6

✔ Color! Read a book that has a predominant cover color of: red , green, white, blue, gold, or silver.



✔“Don’t Drink Water Day” . Prohibition was repealed on December 5th is in the USA in 1933. Select from the following:

• form of water: ice, fog, rain, snow, water, mist on the bookcover



✔ “Heavenly Body” : Read a book with one on the cover.


✔ A kiss . Read a book that depicts kissing on the cover. It doesn’t have to be under the mistletoe or on the lips. ^_~


✔ Reader's choice

Welcome to the challenge, Meltem!

I'll join in on this one! Not sure where I'm going to go with the challenge yet, but I'll get it figured out!

December 2014 Challenge: ~ Twelve Categories of Christmas ~
Duration: December 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
Level: Harder
Read: 11/11

Spell-It-Out Option:
C- Love at Mistletoe Inn: A December Wedding Story by Cindy Kirk-12/18/14
H- Yellowstone Heart Song by Peggy L. Henderson-12/11/14
R- In Kelly's Corner by Roxie Rivera-12/22/14
I- Iced Romance by Whitney Boyd-12/11/14
S- Silver Bells by Sadie Hart-12/3/14
T- Gabriel's Mate by Tina Folsom-12/15/14
M- The Christmas Mail Order Bride by Kit Morgan-12/23/14
A- Angels in the Snow by Melody Carlson-12/15/14
S- Sadie's Gift by Niki Turner-12/4/14

Reader's Choice: Handcarved Christmas by Cynthia Hickey-12/3/14
Reader's Choice: Own the Wind by Kristen Ashley-12/6/14

DURATION: December 1 – 31, 2014.
LEVEL: 3-5 - Medium

Moving up to LEVEL : 6-9 - Harder

1. The word! Read one with one of the following 25 words of December - or pick your own. Read books with titles, series names, authors (first or last name), character (first or last name), that begin with letters that correspond to letters of the word you choose. You may ignore the indefinite and definite articles (a, an, the, etc.).
angel, bell, bright, candle, Christmas, cold, cookie, gift, gingerbread, Hanukkah, holiday, holly, jingle, light, morning,
night,About Last Night Dec 14
Santa, silver, snow, star, stocking, teddy bear, toy, winter, wish

2. Color! Read a book that has a predominant cover color of: red , green, white, blue, gold, or silver.
Dec 6

3. Read the 12th book in any series .

4. “Heavenly Body” : Read a book with one on the cover.

5. Lights! Lamp or other non-natural light source on cover . Because we are inside a lot this time of year.
Dec 18

6. A kiss . Read a book that depicts kissing on the cover. It doesn’t have to be under the mistletoe or on the lips. ^_~
Dec 3

7. Setting: cold! Read a book where the setting is cold - in the snow, ice, or wintertime.
Dec 22

8. “Don’t Drink Water Day” . Prohibition was repealed on December 5th is in the USA in 1933. Select from the following:
• form of water: ice, fog, rain, snow, water, mist on the bookcover
• picture of an alcoholic drink (wine, cocktail, beer, etc.) on the cover
Dec 13

9. Jane Austen’s Birthday : In honor of her B-Day, December, 16th, read one of her books.

10. Wright Brothers : In honor of the first powered flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17th, read a book with:
• a pilot as a main character
• a kitten on the cover
• a hawk on the cover, a character named Hawk
• its setting in North Carolina

11. Character: Humphrey Bogart. In honor of of his birthday, December 25th, 1899, and his most famous movie roles: Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, Key Largo, Sabrina, and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, read a book involving a hero who is a:
• bar or casino owner
• P.I. - private investigator
• military hero home on leave
• vying with his brother for the affections of the heroine
• treasure hunter

12. Reader’s Choice. Read one or two books of your choosing. More, if you have more than three books that fall into the other categories.
Dec 2

“WILD CARD!” Remember, you may replace any book with one found on the shelves of our “Wild Card” Birthday Babies.

Gea Dec 12
Nichole
Nikita

Welcome to the challenge, Trea & Poongothai!

I'm in for Categories at the Harder level:

6-9 Books:

1. The word! The Viscount's Christmas Temptation 12/1

2. Color! Read a book that has a predominant cover color of: red , green, white, blue, gold, or silver. Married By Morning 12/24

3. Read the 12th book in any series. Happy New Year in Virgin River 12/14

4. “Heavenly Body” (on the cover). Braving Fate 12/13

6. A kiss (on the cover). Center Stage 12/7

7. Setting: cold! Snow Falling on Bluegrass 12/7

8. “Don’t Drink Water Day”. Snow on the bookcover Merry Christmas, Baby 12/15

10. Wright Brothers: read a book set in North Carolina Always Right 12/14

11. Character: Humphrey Bogart, read a book involving a hero who is a: treasure hunter As You Desire 12/11


READ: 9/9

December 2014 Challenge: ~ Twelve Categories of Christmas ~
Duration: December 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
Level: Hardest
Read: 13/13

Spell-it-out: angel & wish & star

✓ A: Anna Banks (auhtor) Girls Day Out
✓ N: New Horizons (series) Rescuing the Librarian
✓ G: Gentleman Bastard (series) Red Seas Under Red Skies
✓ E: Emerald Green
✓ L: Lost Shifters (series) Primal Passions

✓ W: Who needs christmas? (series) Screw Santa
✓ I: Iain Sinclair (author) London Orbital
✓ S: Silver Bullet (series) Big, Bad Vampire
✓ H: Heart Song

✓ S: Sapphire Blue
✓ T: Two Steps Back
✓ A: Anna Banks (author) Girls Day Out
✓ R: Ruby Red



COMPLETED

December 2014 Challenge: ~ Twelve Categories of Christmas ~
Duration: December 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
Level: Harder
Read: 5/9

1. The word! Read one with one of the following 25 words of December - or pick your own. Read books with titles, series names, authors (first or last name), character (first or last name), that begin with letters that correspond to letters of the word you choose.

a Afterburn & Aftershockby Sylvia Day
nNaughty and Nice: A Holiday Romance Collectionby
g
eThe Edge of NeverbyJ.A. Redmerski
l


2. Color! Read a book that has a predominant cover color of: red , green, white, blue, gold, or silver.

3. Read the 12th book in any series .

4. “Heavenly Body” : Read a book with one on the cover.

5. Lights! Lamp or other non-natural light source on cover . Because we are inside a lot this time of year. Examples:

6. A kiss . Read a book that depicts kissing on the cover. It doesn’t have to be under the mistletoe or on the lips. ^_~

7. Setting: cold! Read a book where the setting is cold - in the snow, ice, or wintertime.

8. “Don’t Drink Water Day” . Prohibition was repealed on December 5th is in the USA in 1933. Select from the following:
• form of water: ice, fog, rain, snow, water, mist on the bookcover
• picture of an alcoholic drink (wine, cocktail, beer, etc.) on the cover
9. Jane Austen’s Birthday : In honor of her B-Day, December, 16th, read one of her books.

10. Wright Brothers : In honor of the first powered flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17th, read a book with:
• a pilot as a main character
• a kitten on the cover
• a hawk on the cover, a character named Hawk
• its setting in North Carolina
11. Character: Humphrey Bogart. In honor of of his birthday, December 25th, 1899, and his most famous movie roles: Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, Key Largo, Sabrina, and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, read a book involving a hero who is a:
• bar or casino owner
• P.I. - private investigator
• military hero home on leave
• vying with his brother for the affections of the heroine
• treasure hunter


12. Reader’s Choice. Read one or two books of your choosing. More, if you have more than three books that fall into the other categories.


“WILD CARD!” Remember, you may replace any book with one found on the shelves of our “Wild Card” Birthday Babies.

Gea
Nichole
Nikita

Welcome to the challenge, Lara, Angel, and Kim!

December 2014: Twelve Categories of Christmas Revisited
Completed 6/6

C- Colleen Masters - Impulsively 12/4 - 4★ ✔
O- Our Totally, Ridiculous, Made-up Christmas Relationship by Brittainy C. Cherry 12/6 - 4★ ✔
L- Lumberjack in Love by Penny Watson 12/3 - 5★ ✔
D- Dragon Kin #7 - Light My Fire by G.A. Aiken 12/2 - 5★ ✔
My Choice- Ignite by L. Wilder 12/4 - 4★ ✔
My Choice- The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 12/7 - 3.5★ ✔

Welcome to the challenge, Kari!

RLftCI: December 2014: Twelve Categories of Christmas Revisited

8/8 - Finished!

• “Don’t Drink Water Day”: Prohibition repealed; form of water on the cover - snow.
✔ By Winter's Light, by Stephanie Laurens ★★★★☆ SFLibrary-hoopla-audio 12/3

• Humphrey Bogart B-Day: Read a book involving a hero who is a P.I. - private investigator.
✔ Burn for Me, by Ilona Andrews ★★★★½ audio-scribd 12/2

• Wild Card - Nichole's B-Day:
✔ Hot in Here, by Sophie Renwick ★★★★☆ PB 12/5

• Wild Card - Nichole's B-Day:
✔ Pleasure of a Dark Prince, by Kresley Cole ★★★★★ audible.com 12/23

S. - ✔ Snowbound, by Janice Kay Johnson ★★★½☆ SFLibrary-eBook 12/2
N. - ✔ Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, by Sarah MacLean ★★★★★ PB 12/14
O. - ✔ One in a Million, by Jill Shalvis ★★★★½ audible.com 12/5
W. - ✔ Witemeyer, Karen = Stealing the Preacher ★★★★☆ audible.com 12/18

oooh...this sounds like fun! i'm in, but i don't know how many i'll get too!

Welcome to the challenge, Kathy!

We have added another member's shelves who has a birthday in December.

Camillia

I'm in - I'll add a list later :)

Welcome to the challenge, Hayley!

RLftCI: December 2014: Twelve Categories of Christmas Revisited

2/8

• “Don’t Drink Water Day”: Prohibition repealed; form of water on the cover - snow.
By Winter's Light, by Stephanie Laurens (SFLibrary-Hoopla)

• Humphrey Bogart B-Day: Read a book involving a hero who is a P.I. - private investigator.
✔ Burn for Me, by Ilona Andrews ★★★★½ audio-scribd 12/2

• Wild Card - Gea's B-Day: Wild Man, by Kristen Ashley (audible.com)

• Wild Card - Nichole's B-Day: Pleasure of a Dark Prince, by Kresley Cole (audible.com)

S. - ✔ Snowbound, by Janice Kay Johnson ★★★½☆ SFLibrary-eBook 12/2
N. - Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, by Sarah MacLean (audio-scribd)
O. - One in a Million, by Jill Shalvis (audible.com)
W. - Witemeyer, Karen = Stealing the Preacher (audible.com)

December 2014 Challenge: ~ Twelve Categories of Christmas ~
Duration: December 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
Level: Harder
Read: 3/11

Read a few these past couple of days...Handcarved Christmas was decent, as was Sadie's Gift. Both of these are really short Christmas reads that I gave 3 stars. Silver Bells was short as well, but very sweet and touching, so I rated it 4 stars.

December 2014 Challenge: ~ Twelve Categories of Christmas ~
Duration: 12/1 - 12/31
Level: Hardest
Read: 10/10


JINGLE

J: Corrupting Cinderella by:Autumn Jones Lake 12/6 ****
I: I Could Just Eat You Up 12/14 **
N: Babysitting the Billionaire by:Nicky Penttila 12/25 ***
G: Guardian Wolf 12/27 **
L: Love Singer 12/12 **
E: Caribou's Gift by:Eve Langlais 12/6 ****

Snow

S: Skin 12/4 ***
N: Take Me if You Dare by:Nina Crespo 12/27 ***
O: An Outlaw Wedding 12/14 ***
W: Wolf in Her Bed 12/25 ***

To Read:

Finished:

Welcome to the challenge, Maggie!

Looking good, Trea. :o) Nice reviews.

Lisa Kay wrote: "Welcome to the challenge, Maggie!

Looking good, Trea. :o) Nice reviews."

Thanks, LK!

Challenge completed, message 17!

Woohoo! Congrats, Kari! First on the board, too!

RLftCI: December 2014: Twelve Categories of Christmas Revisited

4/8

• “Don’t Drink Water Day”: Prohibition repealed; form of water on the cover - snow.
✔ By Winter's Light, by Stephanie Laurens ★★★★☆ SFLibrary-hoopla-audio 12/3

• Humphrey Bogart B-Day: Read a book involving a hero who is a P.I. - private investigator.
✔ Burn for Me, by Ilona Andrews ★★★★½ audio-scribd 12/2

• Wild Card - Gea's B-Day: Wild Man, by Kristen Ashley (audible.com)

• Wild Card - Nichole's B-Day: Pleasure of a Dark Prince, by Kresley Cole (audible.com)

S. - ✔ Snowbound, by Janice Kay Johnson ★★★½☆ SFLibrary-eBook 12/2
N. - Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, by Sarah MacLean (audio-scribd)
O. - ✔ One in a Million, by Jill Shalvis ★★★★½ audible.com 12/5
W. - Witemeyer, Karen = Stealing the Preacher (audible.com)

Lisa Kay wrote: "Woohoo! Congrats, Kari! First on the board, too!

"

Thank you!!

Welcome, Maggie!

    

    
Angel				00/09
Hayley				00/??
Karen				00/02
Kari				06/06 - Done! Congrats
Kathy				00/??
Kme_17				00/09
Lara				01/08
Lisa Kay			04/08
Maggie				00/10
Meltem				04/06		
Oleander			00/??
Poongothai			00/3-5	
ShoSho				00/??	
Trea				04/11




  

Yea Kari!

Welcome to the challenge, Karen! Oh, yes, Christmas time is so very busy.

Lara wrote: "Yea Kari!"

Thanks!!

Added you, Karen. Welcome!

Congrats Kari!

Done :)
Level: harder
6/6

✔ Color! Read a book that has a predominant cover color of: red , green, white, blue, gold, or silver.



✔“Don’t Drink Water Day” . Prohibition was repealed on December 5th is in the USA in 1933. Select from the following:

• form of water: ice, fog, rain, snow, water, mist on the bookcover



✔ “Heavenly Body” : Read a book with one on the cover.


✔ A kiss . Read a book that depicts kissing on the cover. It doesn’t have to be under the mistletoe or on the lips. ^_~


✔ Reader's choice

Congrats ,Kari and Meltem !

Thanks guys and congrats Meltem!

Yea meltem!

I'm going for "Hardest"!!

5/12

Color (Blue) :
Color (white):
Lights (candles):
A Kiss :
Snow :

Read my two. Mail order bride was sweet and ok.
Silver Bells was AWESOME. I LOVED the story. It's short and wonderful. Not sappy, totally unexpected, and unique. A homeless woman wanders into a barn where a man repairs carousel animals. Things take a very unexpected direction at the end.

Woohoo and congrats, Meltem!

Thank you ladies :)

Cute, Meltem!

Oleander wrote: "Read my two. Mail order bride was sweet and ok."

Are you finished with the challenge, Oleander?

RLftCI: December 2014: Twelve Categories of Christmas Revisited

5/8

• “Don’t Drink Water Day”: Prohibition repealed; form of water on the cover - snow.
✔ By Winter's Light, by Stephanie Laurens ★★★★☆ SFLibrary-hoopla-audio 12/3

• Humphrey Bogart B-Day: Read a book involving a hero who is a P.I. - private investigator.
✔ Burn for Me, by Ilona Andrews ★★★★½ audio-scribd 12/2

• Wild Card - Gea's B-Day: Wild Man, by Kristen Ashley (audible.com)

• Wild Card - Nichole's B-Day: Pleasure of a Dark Prince, by Kresley Cole (audible.com)

S. - ✔ Snowbound, by Janice Kay Johnson ★★★½☆ SFLibrary-eBook 12/2
N. - ✔ Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, by Sarah MacLean ★★★★★ PB 12/14
O. - ✔ One in a Million, by Jill Shalvis ★★★★½ audible.com 12/5
W. - Witemeyer, Karen = Stealing the Preacher (audible.com)