Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Since I'm new to reading challenges, I would like to keep a list of the ones I'm participating in in one place to keep track of my accomplishments! All challenges will be updated through their original posts and not re-posted throughout progress.

Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Addicts

August Reading Two-Part Challenge

Duration: August 1, 2010 - August 31, 2010

Status: Complete 6/6

Part A
PNR Title: Dark Lover by J.R. Ward 8/10/10
UF Title: Bitten by Kelley Armstrong 8/1/10
Summer Related: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 8/18/10

Part B
Read three books by authors who are new to you.
1. Storm Born - Richelle Mead 8/6/10
2. Fallen - Lauren Kate 08/21/10
3. Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr 8/7/10

Romance Readers Reading Challenges

2010 A - Z Book Challenge

Duration: January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010

16/26

A: ArchEnemy May 14, 2010
B: Burned June 13, 2010
C: City of Glass June 21, 2010
D: Dark Apprentice Feb 7, 2010
E: Evermore
F: Fearless Fourteen Jan 25, '10
G: Glory in Death
H: The Host
I: I, Jedi May 14, 2010
J: Jedi Search Jan 24, 2010
K: Kissed by an Angel
L: Lean Mean Thirteen Jan. 9, 2010
M: Mockingjay Aug 29, 2010
N Naked in Death July 13, 2010
O: Odd Hours
P Pretties July 25, 2010
Q The Queen of the Damned Jan 6, 2010
R: The Reckoning November 28, 2010
S: The Sweet Far Thing April 13, 2010
T: The Tale of the Body Thief July 2, 2010
U: Uglies July 23, 2010
V: Vampire Academy
W: Wicked Lovely
X: Extras
Y: You Slay Me
Z

Status: Active

Romance Readers Reading Challenges

Chubby Chunkster Challenge

Description: Read those thick books of 450 pages or more you've been putting off!

Duration: January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010

Status: Active 4/8

Level: More-bookley obese - 8 books

1. The Host - Stephenie Meyer
2. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown *** 8/1/10 (509)
3. Battle Royale - Koushun Takami
4. Wicked 2: Legacy & SpellboundNancy Holder
5. Fallen - Lauren Kate *** 08/21/10 (452)
6. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
7. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger **** 8/18/10 (536)
8. Dark Lover by J.R. Ward ***** 8/10/10 (480)

Romance Readers Reading Challenges

2010 A - Z Female Character

Duration: January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010

Status: Active 20/26

Note: all characters listed are from books I have completed.

A: Alyss Heart - ArchEnemy
B: Grace Brisbane - Shiver 9/10/10
C: Cilla McGowan - Tribute
D: Daphen Grimm - The Inside Story
E: Eve Dallas - Naked in Death
F: Clary Fray - City of Glass
G: Gemma Doyle - The Sweet Far Thing
H: Rosalind Harper - Black Rose 8/14/10
I: Isabel Culpeper - Linger 9/19/10
J: Mara Jade - The Last Command
K: Katherine Solomon - The Lost Symbol
L: Leia Organa Solo - Champions of the Force
M: Elena Michales - Bitten
N:
O:
P: Stephanie Plum -book: [Fearless Fourteen|2292384:]
Q:
R: Elizabeth Randall - Dark Lover
S: Sookie Stackhouse - Definitely Dead
T: Bryna Torrence - Spellbound 9/7/10
U:
V: Victoria Enright - The Reckoning 11/28/10
W: Jane Whitborn - Lover Unbound 10/29/10
X:
Y: Tally Youngblood - Specials
Z: Zoey Redbird - Burned

Personal Challenge

Jess' 2010 100+ Book Challenge

Duration: January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010

Status: Active 52/100

Here are the list of books I have read this year:

1. The Queen of the Damned
2. The Tale of the Body Thief
3. Lean Mean Thirteen
4. Fearless Fourteen
5. Naked in Death
6. City of Bones
7. City of Ashes
8. City of Glass
9. Uglies
10. Pretties
11. Specials
12. The Sweet Far Thing
13. The Last Command
14. Dark Apprentice
15. Champions of the Force
16. I, Jedi
17. Children of the Jedi
18. Dead as a Doornail
19. Definitely Dead
20. The Inside Story
21. ArchEnemy
22. Tribute
23. Burned
24. Bitten 8/1/10
25. The Lost Symbol 8/1/10
26. Jedi Search
27. Storm Born 8/6/10
28. Wicked Lovely 8/7/10
29. Dark Lover 8/10/10
30. Black Rose 8/14/10
31. The Time Traveler's Wife 8/18/10
32. Fallen 8/21/10
33. All Together Dead 8/23/10
34. Stolen 8/26/10
35. Mockingjay 8/29/10
36. Lover Eternal 8/31/10
37. Thorn Queen 9/4/10
38. Darkfever 9/6/10
39. Spellbound 9/7/10
40. Shiver 9/10/10
41. Lover Awakened 9/16/10
42. Linger 9/19/10
43. My Sister's Keeper 9/20/10
44. The Awakening and The Struggle 9/22/10
45. The Darkest Night 9/25/10
46. Northanger Abbey 9/27/10
47. Moon Called 9/29/10
48. The Princess Bride 9/30/10
49. Lover Revealed 10/16/10
50. Lover Unbound 10/29/10
51. Lover Enshrined 11/17/10
52. The Darkest Kiss 11/23/10
53: The Summoning 11/25/10
54: The Awakening 11/27/10
55: The Reckoning 11/28/10

Romance Readers Reading Challenges

Read Your Name Challenge

Duration: August 1, 2010 - November 1, 2010

Status: Active 9/12

J: J.R. Ward Lover Revealed 10/16/10
E: Extras by Scott Westerfeld
S: Storm Born by Richelle Mead
S: Spellbound by Nora Roberts 9/7/10
I: Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr 1/13/11
C: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
A: All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris 8/23/10

M: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 8/29/10
A: The Awakening and The Struggle by L.J. Smith 9/22/10
S: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater 9/10/10
O: Once Bitten, Twice Shyby Jennifer Rardin
N: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 9/27/10


Completed After Timelimit

I'm a quarter of the way to my yearly reading goal of 100 books! Alos I'm making good progress on the majority of my reading challenges. Right now I'm just focusing on the ones that have the closest deadlines such as my August two-part challenge and the three month read your name challenge. Which helps me pick my next read!



This one will help me get closer to completing several of my challenges and is one of the group reads for August in the Paranormal Addicts and Newbies group!

Romance Readers Reading Challenges

August Reading Challenge:

Status: 4/5 Failed

I chose to do 5 levels out of 10.

1. Author A - Stolen by Kelley Armstrong
2. Birthday Happy B-day Purple! - Storm Born by Richelle Mead
4. Scottish - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
7. Favorite Author -Black Rose by Nora Roberts
10. My Choice - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 8/29/10

Romance Readers Reading Challenges

August Featured Author Challenge

Author: J.R. Ward

I am new to this author and want give her books a try!

I will be reading: Dark Lover

Challenge Complete! 8/10/10

This was a really great book. So great that I'm can't wait to start the next book in the series. However, i have lots lined up for other challenges. So Lover Eternal will have to wait a bit.

Status: Failed 3/6


A: All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris 8/23/10
U: Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson
G: Glory in Death by J.D. Robb
U: Undead and Unemployed by MaryJanice Davidson
S: Stolen by Kelley Armstrong 8/26/10
T: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 8/18/10

Here are the rules so that I have a quick reference and don't have to keep returning to the discussion boards.

Romance Readers Reading Challenges

Serial Reader Challenge

Status: Active

1) Jack the Page Ripper (15 books):

Take 5 series, read:
5 from the 1st
4 from 2nd
3 from 3rd
2 from 4th
1 from the last one (and you don't have to be starting with 1st book each time)

2) Una-book-bomber (5 books):

Read one book from each of the genres. It does not have to be the first book in the series, but it must be a series book, not a stand-alone:

chick-lit
romance
mystery
pnr/urban-fantasy/fantasy/sci-fi
young adult

3) Spree Series Killer (1+ book):

Try out a totally new author. If the book turns out to be a stinker, you have to TRY AGAIN. Repeat until you find a series that you like and are willing to keep on reading in the future.

4) Author-ican Psycho (1 book)

Try a book from the author you've "given up" on - call it one more try. It can be the same series you previously found only so-so, or a totally different series by the same author. It's up to you.

5) Dr. Hannibal Lecturer (1 book):

Start on that series that everybody is praising so much but you keep postponing it for later.
Just read it already. Go on!

6) The Book Strangler (1+ books):

Read a whole series from the beginning to the end (or to the last published book). You choose whether it's going to be a 15-book-long-monster or a 1-book-long-freshly-started-baby series...

7) 3rd Degree (3 books):

Read a trilogy. An old fashioned trilogy that wraps up at book 3.

BONUS: Bloody Mary (1 book):

A series with a strong female kick-ass protagonist, something like: police detective, body builder, warrion. So for example LKH Anita Blake would work.

Duration: August 8, 2010 - August 8, 2011

Status: Active 15/30

1) Jack the Page Ripper (15 books):

Black Dagger Brotherhood
1. Lover Eternal 8/31/10
2. Lover Awakened 9/16/10
3. Lover Revealed 10/16/10
4. Lover Unbound 10/29/10
5. Lover Enshrined 11/17/10

Sookie Stackhouse
1. All Together Dead 8/23/10
2. From Dead to Worse
3. Dead and Gone
4. Dead in the Family

Wicked Lovely
1. Ink Exchange 1/13/11
2.Fragile Eternity
3.Radiant Shadows

The Wolves of Mercy Falls
1. Shiver 9/10/10
2. Linger 9/19/10

Fallen
1. Fallen 08/21/10

2) Una-book-bomber (5 books):

chick-lit: Finger Lickin' Fifteen
romance: Red Lily
mystery: Glory in Death
pnr/urban-fantasy/fantasy/sci-fi: Stolen 8/26/10
young adult: Extras

3) Spree Series Killer (1+ book):

Hush, Hush

4) Author-ican Psycho (1 book)

V. C. Andrews - Celeste

5) Dr. Hannibal Lecturer (1 book):

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

6) The Book Strangler (1+ books):

1. Wake
2. Fade
3. Gone

7) 3rd Degree (3 books):

Darkest Powers Series

1. The Summoning 11/25/10
2. The Awakening 11/27/10
3. The Reckoning 11/28/10

BONUS: Bloody Mary (1 book):
Thorn Queen by Richelle Mead 9/4/10

Romance Readers Reading Challenges

Books into Movies Challenge

Duration: July 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010

Status: Active 5/10

1. The Time Traveler's Wife 8/18/10
2. My Sister's Keeper 9/20/10
3. The Awakening and The Struggle 9/22/10
4. The Other Boleyn Girl
5. The Neverending Story
6. Stardust
7. Eat, Pray, Love
8. Northanger Abbey 9/27/10
9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
10. The Princess Bride 9/30/10

Romance Readers Reading Challenges

Back to School Quarterly Challenge

DURATION: September 1, 2010 - November 30, 2010

1. Math - Finger Lickin' Fifteen

2. Literature - Northanger Abbey 9/27/10

3. Science - Glory in Death

4. Art - Ink Exchange 1/13/11

5. Music - Shiver 9/10/10

6. Computer Science - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

7. Journalism - Industrial Magic

8. History - Outlander

9. Phys Ed or Sports - My Sister's Keeper 9/20/10

10. Geography - Eat, Pray, Love

American Pop Culture: Darksaber

Photography: Spellbound 9/7/10


Finished After Deadline

Paranormal and UF Addicts

September Count the Title Challenge

Duration: September 1, 2010 - September 30, 2010

All books should be PNR/UF or related genres if at all possible!!

4/6

1. Linger 9/19/10
2. Thorn Queen 9/4/10
3. The Darkest Night 9/25/10
4. From Dead to Worse
5. The Awakening and The Struggle 9/22/10
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Romance Readers Reading Challenges

Full Moon Challenge

Status: Begins Aug. 24th

Level 3: Moon-Runner: Three books per moon.

Group 1 - August 24 to December 20

Sturgeon Moon - book that involves water: water scene on the cover, setting in a boat/ship, character’s job that involves water, or a Viking Romance

Harvest Moon - book sets in farm/ranch, character is a rancher/farmer, or has a rural scene on the cover or a Western Romance

Hunter’s Moon - book that has a number in the title, or a road romance, where somebody is on the run or being hunted

Beaver Moon - has an animal on the cover, or has a ‘significant’ animal character in the story

Group 2 - December 21st to April 16th

Cold Moon - Book that has a dark cover, set during the Dark Ages (Medieval Romance)

Wolf Moon - Book that has a moon or wolf on the cover, a werewolf/shifter romance

Snow Moon - Book that has a Winter Scene on cover, or set during winter or a cold country/place

Worm Moon -Book that has Spring scene cover, has a rake/rouge hero (okay he is not exactly worm, but close enough...LOL!), or has the word Spring in the title

Group 3 - April 17th to August 23rd

Pink Moon - Book that has a Pink/Red Cover or has a courtesan, mistress or prostitute character

Flower Moon - Book that has Flowers on the Cover or in the Title or a chick-lit book

Strawberry Moon - Fruit on the Cover or title or an GLBT romance

Buck Moon - Weather scene on the cover or in the title or Read an interracial romance (buck is slang for a young black guy)

Each group's selections will be chosen and posted quarterly.

Romance Readers Reading Challenges

Full Moon Challenge

Status: Begins Aug. 24th - December 31, 2010

Level 3: Moon-Runner: Three books per moon.

Group 1 - August 24 to December 20

Sturgeon Moon:
The Princess Bride 9/30/10
Spellbound 9/7/10
Safe Harbour

Harvest Moon -
Kentucky Heat
Black Hills
Coming Home: A Chesapeake Diaries Novel

Hunter’s Moon
The Awakening 11/27/10
The Darkest Night 9/25/10
The Darkest Kiss 11/23/10

Beaver Moon
Mockingjay 8/29/10
Shiver 9/10/10
Linger 9/19/10

Count off Challenges

Beyond the Frontier challenge
Duration:August 19th to 30th
Goal: 3622 pages
Reward: $17 of books (August 17th is Davy Crockett's Birthday)
Bonus: Double pages if the hero and heroine spend a substantial (at least a quarter of the book) amount of time travelling together, triple pages if the hero or heroine is actually a frontiersman/woman
Status: Over
Winner Dee

Completed

Fallen by Lauren Kate 8/21/10 *** (452)
All Together Dead by Charline Harris (starting at pg.20) 8/23/10 **** (303)
Stolen Kelley Armstrong 8/26/10 **** (468)

In Progress

Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward (starting at pg. 210/441) pg 224 (14)
Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson (93/288)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (200/400)

1,548/3,622

Romance Readers Reading Challenges

September Monthly Challenge

Duration: September 1, 2010 - September 30, 2010

DONE!!!

8/8

1. September: Shiver 9/10/10

2. Birthday: Darkfever 9/6/10

4. Pirate Day: The Princess Bride 9/30/10

5. Labor Day: Moon Called 9/29/10

7. Library Card Sign-up Month: Spellbound 9/7/10

8. Romance Genre: Northanger Abbey 9/27/10

9. Of Lists and Shelves My Sister's Keeper 9/20/10

10. Reader's Choice: Thorn Queen 9/4/10

Personal Challenge

Read the Classics Challenge

Duration: September 1, 2010 - September 1, 2011
Read one classic book per month.

September: Northanger Abbey 9/27/10

October: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

November: My birthday - reader's choice

December: A Christmas Carol/The Chimes/The Cricket on the Hearth

January:

February: A classic romance e.g. Jane Austen novel

March: - A book with an Irish author, takes place in Ireland, or has a theme of luck

April:

May:

June: Read a summertime adventure or a book listed on a summer reads bookshelf

July: - A book with an American author or a book about the Revolutionary War

August:

Paranormal Romance Addicts

Fall Challenge

Duration: September 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010

Status: 4/15
O: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
A: The Awakening and The Struggle by L.J. Smith 9/22/10
K: Kentucky Heat by Fern Michaels

M: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs 9/29/10
A: The Awakening Kelley Armstrong 11/27/10
P: Planet of Twilight by Barbara Hambly
L: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater 9/19/10
E: Extras by Scott Westerfeld

P: The Princess Bride by William Goldman 9/30/10
I: Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr 1/13/11
N: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
E: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

F:From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
I:Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong
R: The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong 11/28/10


Finished After Deadline

Sppedy Gonzalez Challenge - August 29th is Speedy Gonzalez birthday, he premiered in August 29th 1953.
Duration - August 28 - September 5
Goal - 1953 (a nice short challenge)
Reward - 2 new books or 4 used books
Status Over
Winner Melanie

499/1953

Completed
Mockingjay (starting at pg.200)8/29/10 *****(200)
Lover Eternal (starting at pg. 224) 8/31/10 **** (217)

In Progress
Undead and Unwed (starting at pg.93)
Thorn Queen (82/384)

Paranormal/UF Addicts

October 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010

5/6

1. Witch: Dime Store Magic
2. Vampire: Lover Revealed 10/16/10
3. Werewolf: Blood Bound
4. Demon: The Darkest Kiss 11/27/10
5. Faerie: Ink Exchange 1/13/11
6. Nephilim Clockwork Angel


Finished After Deadline

Romance Readers Challenges

October Challenge

Challenge Duration: October 1 – October 31, 2010

1/5

1. October: Once Bitten, Twice Shy

2. Birthday: Happy B-day Lazuline! Bloodfever

6. Halloween: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

9. Of Lists and Shelves:Teen Read Week: Extras

10. Reader's Choice: Eat, Pray, Love