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Romance Lovers for the Challenge-Impaired: December, 2011 Challenge

Goal: Read five (5) books. It’s a busy month!
Duration: December 1 – 31, 2011.
Rules: Re-reads are fine, but no skimming! Audiobooks and anthologies are acceptable.
Categories to choose from: the following twelve options. You can choose multiples from one number, except #12.

1. The word! Read one with one of the following 25 words of December (or their plural form) in the title or the series name:

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

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 a series . Unfortunately, it can’t be . It doesn’t come out until January. **sigh**

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 Prohibition was repealed on December 5th is in the USA in 1933.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 (1) book of your choosing.

Megan 		5/5 - Done!
Susan		5/5 - Done!
Heather		5/5 - Done!
Gisela		5/5 - Done!
Bookcrazy	5/5 - Done!
Megan L.	0/5
Amy J.		5/5 - Done!
Cathy		5/5
Kirsten		5/5 - Done!
Valorie		5/5
✿Michelle✿	1/5
Lisa Kay	5/5 - Done!
CaroB		5/5
Midu		3/5

Reserved

Reserved

I've done this early b/c my life is a little up in the air right now. Enjoy! :)

Thanks Lisa Kay!

Another awesome job Lisa! I'm looking forward to December, LOL!

Thanks, Megan!

I'm excited about this too! Can't wait :)

You are like me, Jennifer; I get excited about challenges too.

Wow. Me encanta! Ya quiero que empiece. (Love it. Can´t wait to start) Christmas is my favorite season and the only month that I actually have time just for read. :)

I had a little free time and came up with my reading list for this LOL

RLFTCI - December 2001 Challenge

0/5

"Don't Drink Water Day"-alcoholic beverage on cover - Boycotts & Barflies by Victoria Michaels
Wright Brothers-Hawk as a character name - Magnificent Passage by Kat Martin
The Word- Christmas - Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish by Grace Burrows
The Word-Snow/A kiss - The Snow Queen by Anne Avery
my choice - to be determined

Unread:

Susan (susayq) wrote: "I had a little free time and came up with my reading list for this LOL

RLFTCI - December 2001 Challenge

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"Don't Drink Water Day"-alcoholic beverage on cover - [book:Boycotts & Barflies|813720..."

Good for you Susan! I looove making my reading lists.

I have a great time making them as well. If I could, I'd do 51667461646132 challenges just to make the reading lists LOL

Susan (susayq) wrote: "I have a great time making them as well. If I could, I'd do 51667461646132 challenges just to make the reading lists LOL"

LOL!!!

Oh, I have , Susan!

*looks around and whispers* I bought it this week :)

I love Christmas!

I love Christmas too! I collect Christmas ornaments and Dept 56 Original Snow Village. I tend to put my tree up EARLY and take it down LATE (in March one year LOL). Of course, the taking the tree down late could be a product of my laziness too ;)

I love Christmas too! I used to put up a 9 - 12 foot tree that would take me at least two days to decorate. I would take a week off the first of December to get things done, since as a nurse I could never get Christmas week off.

My girls have already asked when the tree is going up. In fact, oldest asked at the beginning of October lol I may have rubbed off on her a bit. I typically put our tree up and we do lights outside the week of thanksgiving, since I'm a teacher and off that week.

That's all I wanted for Christmas every year from my ex. The outside lights up.

Oh please, Hubs doesn't do the lights. My 2nd to oldest does all the outside decorations cause that cuts into hunting season. *grumbles ugly words about Hubs*

No kids.

My best friend volunteered one year, and I LMAO. He is such a perfectionist that her job would have never passed mustard.

I hope to see some great Christmas books listed for this challenge!

Here's my list:

0/5 read

1.Desperate Duchesses by Eloisa James (gold colored)
2.
3.
4.
5.

Well now I have to change my list because I'm already reading !

**hee hee**

You couldn't wait, Michelle? I am glad to see someone as excited about Christmas as I am.

RLFTCI Online Elf wrote: "You couldn't wait, Michelle? I am glad to see someone as excited about Christmas as I am."

I'm so excited I could put the Christmas lights up any day now!!

RLftCI ~ December 2011 Challenge ~

0/5

1. The word! - Christmas
     A Wallflower Christmas, by Lisa Kleypas (OD audio)
2. The word! - wish
     Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish (The Duke's Daughters, #1), by Grace Burrowes (PB)
3. Color. - predominant cover red & green
     His Mistress by Christmas, by Victoria Alexander (OD audio)
4. Lights! - Lamp or other non-natural light source on cover.
     The Comforts of Home, by Jodi Thomas (need to order)
5. Reader's Choice: TBD


To ponder:
Twelth month: - 12th book in a series
Midnight Kiss, by Robyn Carr (Library, paperback)
Twelth month: - 12th book in a series
Judgment in Death, by J.D. Robb (OD audio)
Wright Brothers: - kitty on the cover
Animal Attraction, by Jill Shalvis (Library, paperback)
Color: - predominant cover red & green
A Season of Seduction, by Jennifer Haymore (PB)

We're putting the tree up this weekend-I think. At least my girls say we are lol

My picks
December 2011 Challenge

0/5 Completed

1. Bar/Casino Owner - Roarke (cuz he owns everything) in Witness in Death
2. Heavenly Body (and Red Cover) - Big Bad Beast
3. White Cover - First Grave on the Right as BR
4. Green Cover - The Princess Bride as BR
5. Don’t Drink Water Day (Cocktail and Blue cover) - The Spy Who Left Me

Read:


Unread:

LOL! Love your #1, Heather! ☺

Thought I would get a chuckle from you on that one. =)

Here's my list (I think)

0/5 read

1. The Princess Bride (green cover)
2. The Twilight Before Christmas (word assoc with Christmas)
3. Dance of the Gods ( red cover)
4. Hell's Belles (word assoc with Christmas)
5.pending

pending

1. The word!
2. Color!
4. “Heavenly Body”:
12. Reader’s Choice.

Looks good, ladies!

Goal: 0/5

1. The word!- Angel- Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh
2. The word!-Morning- Son of the Morning by Linda Howard
3. Heavenly body!-Jacob by Jacquelyn Frank
4. A Kiss- Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
5. Heavenly body!- The Chief by Monica McCarty

0/5

1. The word= Christmas: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
2. Color = Red: Wicked Ties by Shayla Black
3. Heavenly Bodies: Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione
4. A Kiss: One Day by David Nicholls
5. Cold setting: Matchless: A Christmas Story by Gregory Maguire Finished 12/5

Oh, Amy! You are going to read A Christmas Carol! Neat.

1. the word- ANGEL- Angels of Darkness
2. The word - CHRISTMAS - Coming Home for Christmas: A Christmas in Paradise\O Christmas Tree\No Crib for a Bed

I'll think on the others, I usually post these as I go.

NBRC December Challenge
Goal: Read five (5) books. It’s a busy month!
Duration: December 1 – 31, 2011.
Completed 0/5

1. The word! : A Winter Scandal by Candace Camp
2. Color! cover color : blue Holy Smokes by Katie McAlister

5. Lights! Lamp or other non-natural light source on cover. Faefever by Karen Marie Moning

8. “Don’t Drink Water Day”. • form of water: ice, fog, rain, snow, water, mist on the bookcover An Enchanted Season by Maggie Shayne etal

12. Reader’s Choice. A Crimson Warning by Tasha Alexander

Gisela wrote: "Angels of Darkness"

Love angel books, and I been looking at that one, Gisela. Waiting to see what you say about it.

Cathy wrote: " by Candace Camp"

Oh, Cathy! Candace Camp used to be an "auto-buy" author for me and I'm looking forward to this one. Plus, I love books about vicars’ daughters and mystery babies. ☺ Cool.

RLCI December Challenge

Completed: 4/5

1. An O'Brien Family Christmas by Sherryl Woods
2. Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow 12/7/11 ♥♥♥
3. Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich 12/11/11 ♥♥♥♥♥
5. Midnight Crystal by Jayne Castle 12/4/11 ♥♥♥♥
8. Canyons of Night by Jayne Castle 12/11/11 ♥♥♥♥

Wow, Kristen! One of the people I follow said is "a wonderful blend of poetry & werewolves." Another said, "Toby Barlow’s Shape Teeth is weird, beautiful, and audacious beyond measure." Sounds interesting. I'll be interested in seeing if you like it.

Lisa Kay wrote: "Gisela wrote: "Angels of Darkness"

Love angel books, and I been looking at that one, Gisela. Waiting to see what you say about it."

I've read the first two stories, so far they've been very good.

1. The word- ANGEL- Angels of Darkness *DONE*

2. Setting- Cold- A Christmas Bride (Signet Regency Romance, AE 9144)

3. The word - CHRISTMAS -Coming Home for Christmas: A Christmas in Paradise\O Christmas Tree\No Crib for a Bed