Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

2011 June Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1 – June 30, 2011
Status: 3/3 Completed ~ Updated: 6/19/11

1. Repeat Repeat - When Harry Met Molly by Kieran Kramer (6/19)
6. Summer Solstice – Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas (6/15)
10. Reader’s Choice - Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean (6/1)

I’m in. I will say 5 for sure, but maybe 8.

2011 June Monthly Challenge
5/5 Completed-- I will still try to get a few more in!!

1. Repeat Repeat: What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman 06/15/11
4. U.F.O Day: The Passage by Justin Cronin 06/05/11
5. Best Friends: Talk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg
6. Summer Solstice: Endless Summer by Jennifer Echols 06/11/11
7. Graduation Month: Margaux with an X by Ron Koertge
8. Old Maid's Day: Leaving Normal by Stef Ann Holm 06/19/11
9. Yummy Yummy: Sweet Love by Sarah Strohmeyer
10. Reader's Choice: Torment by Lauren Kate 06/09/11

I'm in for 8 this month. I will post as I go.

6 of 8. Updated 6.19.11 Getting there!

1. Repeat Repeat: Tempting Adam by Shelli Stevens 6.9.11
4. U.F.O. Day: Freighter Flights by Drew Zachary 6.6.11
5. Best Friends: The Chase by Erin McCarthy 6.7.11
7. Graduation Month: Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles 6.11.11
8. Old Maid's Day: Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands 6.6.11
10. Reader's Choice: Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah Maclean 6.19.11



Congratulations to all of you speedy readers!!

Congrats Taita & Anna :)

Here is my is my finalized list and I'm going to go for 8, 10 if I have the time.

Finished 8/8 I'm all done!!!! I'm gonna go for two more and make it a solid 10!

2. Birthday: Happy Birthday Ana Hampton!: Darkfever5 stars - 6/19/2011
3. Geography: Where She Went 5 stars - 6/7/2011
4. U.F.O Day: Immortal in Death 4 stars - 6/14/2011
6. Summer Solstice: Endless Summer 4 stars - 6/12/2011
7. Graduation Day: Jekel Loves Hyde 4 stars 6/6/2011
8. Old Maid's Day: Still Life 3 stars - 6/5/2011
9. Yummy Yummy: Hot in Here 4 stars - 6/4/2011
10. Reader's Choice: If You Dare 4 stars - 6/8/2011



And...If I have the time:

1. Repeat Repeat: Blue Bloods or Seventeenth Summer
5. Best Friends: Chasing Harry Winston or Little Earthquakes

Congrats to Anna!
Congrats to Taita!

1. Repeat Repeat: Her Last Death - Susanna Sonnenberg
2. Birthday (Jacqui): To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
3. Geography: The Mother-Daughter Book Club - Heather Vogel Frederick
4. U.F.O Day: City of Ashes - Cassandra Clare
5. Best Friends: Something Like Fate - Susane Colasanti
6. Summer Solstice: The Summer I Turned Pretty - Jenny Han 6/19
7. Graduation Month: Commencement - Courtney J. Sullivan
8. Old Maid's Day: Love Walked In - Marisa de los Santos
9. Yummy Yummy: Peaches - Jodi Lynn Anderson
10. Reader's Choice: What Happened to Goodbye - Sarah Dessen 6/19

2011 June Monthly Challenge: Participants Thread

10/10 Complete!

1. Repeat Repeat: A Lot Like Love by Julie James 6/9
2. Birthday: Happy Birthday Susinok! Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase 6/17
3. Geography: Where She Went by Gayle Forman 6/20
4. U.F.O Day: Treachery in Death 6/16
5. Best Friends: Simon Says by Lori Foster 6/2
6. Summer Solstice: Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott 6/3
7. Graduation Month: Baby I’m Yours by Susan Andersen 6/6
8. Old Maid's Day: Stolen Heat by Elizabeth Naughton 6/11
9. Yummy Yummy: He Loves Lucy 6/14
10. Reader's Choice: Something Borrowed 6/12

Hooray, Valerie, Ceej, Lynne, taita, Anna, Lacy & Rena!!!!!!!

Congrats Lacy and Rena!

2011 June Monthly Challenge
Progress: 8/10

1. Repeat Repeat: Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts | Finished: 07/06/11
2. Birthday: Lover Revealed by J. R Ward | Finished: 10/06/11
3. Geography (Oregon): Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews | Finished: 03/06/11
4. U.F.O Day: Read a book with space-travel or a sci-fi book.
5. Best Friends: Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn | Finished: 06/06/11
6. Summer Solstice: A Gentle Rain by Deborah Smith | Finished: 04/06/11
7. Graduation Month: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling | Finished: 13/05/11
8. Old Maid's Day: Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh. | Finished: 1/6/2011
9. Yummy Yummy: Read a book where the H/h is a chef or a book predominantly with a food setting or book with a food cover.
10. Reader's Choice: Kiss of Fire by Deborah Cooke | Finished: 05/05/11

Congratulations to the many who have already finished!!!

June 2011 Romance Readers
2/8

√ 1. Repeat, Repeat: Lord Libertine by Gail Ranstrom - 6.20.11
2. June BD: Raine: Trust Me by J.A. Krentz OR
Danielle: The Scarletti Curse by Christine Feehan
3. Geo: Oregon: SKIPPING THIS ONE
4. U.F.O.: Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
5. Best Friends: Daring to Dream by Nora Roberts
6. Summer Solstice: Summer At Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs
7. Grad Month: teacher/student: The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
8. Old Maid's Day: Savage Nature by Christine Feehan
9. Yummy, Yummy: chef/food: Second Nature (Celebrity Magazine #1) by Nora Roberts
√ 10. Reader's Choice: The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer - 6.17.11

Congrats Rena :)

2011 June Monthly Challenge
7/8 Completed - Getting close, I might make it to 10 after all!

Here's my tentative list - I hope to complete all 10 this month, but I'm only committing to 8.

1. Repeat Repeat: Going Down 6/18/11
2. Happy Birthday Ai: Angels' Blood 6/9/11
3. Geography: Magic Bites 6/16/11
4. U.F.O Day: My Favorite Earthling
5. Best Friends: The Chase 6/3/11
6. Summer Solstice: Secrets of a Summer Night
7. Graduation Month: Caught Running 6/19/11
8. Old Maid's Day: Wild Man Creek 6/5/11
9. Yummy Yummy: Hot in Here
10. Reader's Choice: Devil of the Highlands 6/15/11

Completed:

June 2011 RRRC Monthly Challenge
Goal: 4/7

1. Repeat Author: Guilty Pleasure by Lora Leigh
2. Happy Birthday Flib!: My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent
3. Oregon Author: Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews ★★★★★ 6/17
5. My Buddy: Hunt the Moon by Karen Chance ★★★★☆ 6/14
6. Summer Cover Lover: Darkness Unleashed by Alexandra Ivy ★★★☆☆ 6/20
7. School's Out Forever!: Stolen: A letter to my captor by Lucy Christopher
10. Reader's Choice: Defiance by Lilith Saintcrow ★★★☆☆ 6/5

9/10 Done

1. Repeat, Repeat: Born to Bite by Lynsay Sands 6/10 ★★★★★
2. Happy B-Day Gus!: Lover Mine by J.R. Ward 6/6 ★★★★★
3. Oregon: Sink Trap by Christy Evans 6/20 ★★★
4. UFO Day: Doubleblind by Ann Aguirre
5. Best Friends: Fire Me Up by Katie MacAlister 6/19 ★★★★
6. Summer Solstice: 666 Park Avenue by Gabriella Pierce 6/12 ★★★★
7. Graduation Month: Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann 6/11 ★★★★
8. Old Maid's Day: After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn 6/12 ★★★
9. Yummy, Yummy: Fudge Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke 6/9 ★★★★
10. My Choice: Into The Shadow by Christina Dodd 6/18 ★★★★

Yay Patty, Valerie, Ceej, Lynne, taita, Rena and thumbs up for those who decided to go for more!

'Yay Valerie, Ceej, Lynne, taita, Anna, Lacy and Rena!!!!!!!

Congrats to all the finishers!

7/10 Read

1. Repeat Repeat: Gunpowder Green by Laura Childs 6/12/11
2. Happy B-Day Michelle P!: Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
3. Oregon: Stolen Heat by Elisabeth Naughton 6/17/11
4. UFO Day: Amaryllis by Jayne Castle 6/5/11
5. Best Friends: Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard 6/3/11
6. Summer Solstice: A Summer to Remember by Mary Balogh
7. Graduation: Thunder and Roses by Mary Jo Putney 6/21/11
8. Old Maid's Day: Born to Bite by Lynsay Sands
9: Yummy Yummy: The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton 6/8/11
10. My Choice: Hot in Here by Sophie Renwick 6/4/11

Unread:

Read:

RRRC JUNE Monthly Challenge 2011
3/5 Completed

1. Repeat Repeat: Big Bad Beast 1/6/11 ★★★★
3. Geography: Oregon: Entwined
4. U.F.O Day: Alien in the Family 3/6/11 ★★★★★
8. Old Maid's Day: Bite Me If You Can 21/6/11 ★★★★
10. Reader's Choice: The Corinthian

Finished.

Wasn't Alien in the Family great, Sandra!

RRRC June 2011 Monthly Challenge
June 1-30, 2011

Completed: 10/10

1. Repeat Repeat: Read a book where the first letter of the author's name is the same (ex: Julie James) or the first letter(s) of the book's title is the same (ex: A Lot Like Love).
Enchanted, Inc, Shanna Swendson, 6-5-11

2. Happy Birthday Jen!
Game Over, Taylor Keating, 6-19-11

3. Geography: Read a book whose author, character or setting is from Oregon.
Magic Slays, Ilona Andrews, 6-13-11

4. U.F.O Day: Read a book with space-travel or a sci-fi book.
Alien in the Family, Gini Koch, 6-14-11

5. Best Friends: Read a book where the H/h have some great friends instead of them being the Lone Girl/Man.
Sweet Possession, Maya Banks, 6-7-11

6. Summer Solstice:Read a book with summer in title or takes place during Summer or with a bright cover using light blue or green or yellows or white color.
The Guy Next Door, Lori Foster, 6-1-11

7. Graduation Month: Read a book whose character is a teacher/student.
Beastly, Alex Flinn, 6-7-11

8. Old Maid's Day: Read a book with an older Hero or heroine. As a point of reference, let the minimum age be mid-to-late thirties.
Buried Prey, John Sandford, 6-21-11

9. Yummy Yummy: Read a book where the H/h is a chef or a book predominantly with a food setting or book with a food cover.
Sprinkle With Murder, Jen McKinlay, 6-2-11

10. Reader's Choice:
Wither, Lauren DeStefano, 6-16-11

6/10 read


1. Repeat, Reapeat: Wild Angels by Bethany Brown and Ashlyn Kane - 6/18
2. Happy Birthday, FlibBityFLooB!: I'll Be Hot for Christmas - 6/21
3. Geography: A Promise Given - 6/21
4. UFO Day: The Katzman's Mate - 6/14
5. Best Friends: Faith - 6/13
6. Summer Solstice: Wanting
7. Graduation Month: Sacking the Quarterback
8. Old Maid's Day: Rough Ride
9. Yummy, Yummy: Chiaroscuro
10. Reader's Choice: Deadly Slumber - 6/17

Congrats Daffodil :)

'Yay Daffodil!

Haven't done this in a while, and I know I'm late to the party for this month, but I'm in a reading groove. So I'll give it a try, but I'll have to fill in titles as I go:


1. Repeat Repeat: Bumped by Megan McCafferty June 22
2. Birthday:
3. Geography:
4. U.F.O Day:
5. Best Friends: Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim June 26
6. Summer Solstice: The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han June 21
7. Graduation Month: Knights of the Hill Country by Tim Tharp June 25
8. Old Maid's Day: Nothing But Trouble by Rachel Gibson June 28
9. Yummy Yummy:
10. Reader's Choice: 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson - June 18

Finished:

2011 June Monthly Challenge
Challenge Duration: June 1 – June 30, 2011
3/7
1)Repeat Repeat:Graveyard Games
4)U.F.O Day:Slave
5)Best Friends:Getting Away is Deadly 06/18
6)Summer Solstice:Samson's Lovely Mortal
7)Graduation Month:Dead Girl Walking
9)Yummy Yummy:Always the Baker Never the Bride 06/13
10)Reader's Choice:A Quick Bite 06/09

Congrats Megan, Penney, Joanne, N.L, Shell, Patty, Valerie, Ceej, Lynne, Taita, Anna, Lacy, Rena, and Daffodil for Completing!

June Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1st to June 30th
6/10 COMPLETE

1. Repeat Repeat: A Matter of Magic
2. Birthday: Melissa- Dead as a Doornail FINISHED 6/20
3. Geography: Beezus and Ramona 6/15
4. U.F.O Day: Trance FINISHED 6/1/11
5. Best Friends: Ramona the Brave
6. Summer Solstice: Mockingbird
7. Graduation Month: Ramona the Pest FINISHED 6/9
8. Old Maid's Day: Blameless FINISHED 6/8
9. Yummy Yummy: The Teashop Girls
10. Reader's Choice: The Siege of Macindaw FINISHED 6/18

8/10 read


1. Repeat, Reapeat: Wild Angels by Bethany Brown and Ashlyn Kane - 6/18
2. Happy Birthday, FlibBityFLooB!: I'll Be Hot for Christmas - 6/21
3. Geography: A Promise Given - 6/21
4. UFO Day: The Katzman's Mate - 6/14
5. Best Friends: Faith - 6/13
6. Summer Solstice: Wanting - 6/21
7. Graduation Month: Sacking the Quarterback - 6/21
8. Old Maid's Day: Rough Ride
9. Yummy, Yummy: Chiaroscuro
10. Reader's Choice: Deadly Slumber - 6/17

I'm in for 8 this month. I will post as I go.

8 of 8. Working on #9, I may even make it to ten! Updated 6.21.11

1. Repeat Repeat: Tempting Adam by Shelli Stevens 6.9.11
4. U.F.O. Day: Freighter Flights by Drew Zachary 6.6.11
5. Best Friends: The Chase by Erin McCarthy 6.7.11
6. Summer Solstice: Promise Canyon by Robyn Carr 6.21.11
7. Graduation Month: Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles 6.11.11
8. Old Maid's Day: Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands 6.6.11
9. Yummy Yummy: Hot in Here by Sophie Renwick 6.21.11
10. Reader's Choice: Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah Maclean 6.19.11

June
3/3 Completed 6/21/11

2. Birthday: Liz: Dangerous Highlander by Donna Grant 6/16/11
6. Summer Solstice: The Gift by Julie Garwood 6/21/11
10. Reader's Choice: Girl Missing by Tess Gerritsen 6/7/11

Congrats MountainKat & Vanessa :)

Update 6/21

1. Repeat Repeat: Michael's Wife by Marlys Millhiser (6/7)★★★★

3. Geography: George & the Virgin by Lisa Cach (6/20)★★★★

5. Best Friends: Hard Drive (from Bad Boys Online) by Erin McCarthy (6/15)★★★★1/2

6. Summer Solstice: Better Than 8: Fantasy by Erin Jamison (6/2)★★★★

7. Graduation Month: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (6/14)★★★★★

8. Old Maid's Day: Until Death We Do Part (from Love At First Bite) by Sherrilyn Kenyon (6/8)★★★

Completed 6/10

Yay MountainKat & Vanessa!!

2011 June Monthly Challenge
8/8 Completed!
Now hopefully on my way to 10!


1. Repeat Repeat: Going Down 6/18/11
2. Happy Birthday Ai: Angels' Blood 6/9/11
3. Geography: Magic Bites 6/16/11
4. U.F.O Day:
5. Best Friends: The Chase 6/3/11
6. Summer Solstice: Secrets of a Summer Night
7. Graduation Month: Caught Running 6/19/11
8. Old Maid's Day: Wild Man Creek 6/5/11
9. Yummy Yummy: Hot in Here 6/21/11
10. Reader's Choice: Devil of the Highlands 6/15/11

Completed:


Congrats to all the finishers!

2011 June Monthly Challenge FINISHED on 22/6/2011
COMPLETED: 5/5

1. Repeat Repeat: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (6/18/2011)
2. Birthday: Marked by P.C. Cast (6/9/2011)
5. Best Friends: Angelfire (Angelfire #1) by Courtney Allison Moulton (6/22/2011)
7. Graduation Month: Princess in Love (The Princess Diaries #3) by Meg Cabot (6/12/2011)
10. Reader's Choice: Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon (6/11/2011)

10/10 Done Yay!

1. Repeat, Repeat: Born to Bite by Lynsay Sands 6/10 ★★★★★
2. Happy B-Day Gus!: Lover Mine by J.R. Ward 6/6 ★★★★★
3. Oregon: Sink Trap by Christy Evans 6/20 ★★★
4. UFO Day: Doubleblind by Ann Aguirre 6/21 ★★★★
5. Best Friends: Fire Me Up by Katie MacAlister 6/19 ★★★★
6. Summer Solstice: 666 Park Avenue by Gabriella Pierce 6/12 ★★★★
7. Graduation Month: Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann 6/11 ★★★★
8. Old Maid's Day: After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn 6/12 ★★★
9. Yummy, Yummy: Fudge Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke 6/9 ★★★★
10. My Choice: Into The Shadow by Christina Dodd 6/18 ★★★★

9/10 read


1. Repeat, Reapeat: Wild Angels by Bethany Brown and Ashlyn Kane - 6/18
2. Happy Birthday, FlibBityFLooB!: I'll Be Hot for Christmas - 6/21
3. Geography: A Promise Given - 6/21
4. UFO Day: The Katzman's Mate - 6/14
5. Best Friends: Faith - 6/13
6. Summer Solstice: Wanting - 6/21
7. Graduation Month: Sacking the Quarterback - 6/21
8. Old Maid's Day: Rough Ride - 6/22
9. Yummy, Yummy: Chiaroscuro
10. Reader's Choice: Deadly Slumber - 6/17

Daffodil wrote: "Finished.

Wasn't Alien in the Family great, Sandra!"

Yep, I saw you'd given it 5 stars too. Love this series, already preordered the next one
Alien Proliferation

Hooray, Daffodil, MountainKat, Vanessa, Karen, aleksandra & Valorie!!!!!!

2/10 Read

1. Repeat Repeat: Infected by Scott Sigler
2. Happy B-Day Dawn and Me!: Midnight Embrace by Amanda Ashley
3. Oregon: TBD
4. UFO Day: Sparrow Rock by Nate Kenyon
5. Best Friends: Sheer Abandon by Penny Vincenzi
6. Summer Solstice: 8 Sandpiper Way by Debbie Macomber
7. Graduation: Sarah's Window by Janice Graham
8. Old Maid's Day: Heart and Soul by Maeve BinchyJune 21st
9: Yummy Yummy: Catch Of The Day by Kristan Higgins June 5th

10/10 Completed!

1. Repeat Repeat- Alison Arngrim- Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated 6/2
2. Happy Bday FlibbityFloob!- Midnight Sun 6/8
3. Oregon Author- Ilona Andrews- Of Swine and Roses 6/6
4. Sci-Fi- Freighter Flights 6/6
5. Friends- The Last Little Blue Envelope 6/3
6. Bright Cover- Tennis Dates 6/12
7. Student/Teacher Hotness- Come Monday 4* 6/1
8. Old Maid's Day - Does the Noise in my head bother you? 6/14
9. Yummy, Yummy - Hot In Here 6/21
10. Choice- Namesake 6/12

Congrats Daffodil, MountainKat, Vanessa, Karen, Aleksandra & Valorie!!

Congrats KarenH, aleksandra, Valorie & Fran :)

Thanks Debbie!

1. Repeat Repeat: Her Last Death - Susanna Sonnenberg
2. Birthday (Jacqui): To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
3. Geography: The Mother-Daughter Book Club - Heather Vogel Frederick
4. U.F.O Day: City of Ashes - Cassandra Clare
5. Best Friends: Something Like Fate - Susane Colasanti 6/22
6. Summer Solstice: The Summer I Turned Pretty - Jenny Han 6/19
7. Graduation Month: Commencement - Courtney J. Sullivan
8. Old Maid's Day: Love Walked In - Marisa de los Santos
9. Yummy Yummy: Peaches - Jodi Lynn Anderson
10. Reader's Choice: What Happened to Goodbye - Sarah Dessen 6/19

June 2011 Romance Readers
4/8

√ 1. Repeat, Repeat: Lord Libertine by Gail Ranstrom - 6.20.11
2. June BD: Raine: Trust Me by J.A. Krentz OR
Danielle: The Scarletti Curse by Christine Feehan
3. Geo: Oregon: Magic to the Bone by Devyn Monk (Portland) or something by Carola Dunn who lives in Eugene, Oregon
4. U.F.O.: Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
5. Best Friends: Daring to Dream by Nora Roberts
√ 6. Summer Solstice: Summer At Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs - 6.22.11
7. Grad Month: teacher/student: The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
8. Old Maid's Day: Savage Nature by Christine Feehan
√ 9. Yummy, Yummy: food on cover: Second Nature (Celebrity Magazine #1) by Nora Roberts - 6.03.11
√ 10. Reader's Choice: The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer - 6.17.11

Yay Daffodil, Vanessa, aleksandra, Valorie, Fran and good luck KarenH,MountainKat!

June 2011 Monthly Reading Challenge
5/5 Completed

1. Repeat Sunrise Song (Avon Camelot Books by Kathleen Eagle 6/22
4. Sci-Fi Mine to Take by Dara Joy 6/18
6. Summer The End Of Summer by Rosamunde Pilcher 6/5
8. Old Son of the Morning by Linda Howard 6/13
10. My Pick Love Is Blind by Lynsay Sands 6/9

Congratulations Daffodil, MountainKat, Vanessa, KarenH, aleksandra, Valorie, Fran & Katharina!