Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Romance is in the Air!





Who can resist a good romance? I can't!













Challenge 1: Sports Romance at Crazy Book Slut

Time Frame: 2012

Basic Requirements: Read romance with a strong sports related element. I know I have a couple on my wish list and several that I've read. There are several levels but I'm going for Pee Wee and plan to read 1-3 books.

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*this is an "adult" blog so you'll need to okay that you really want to go there.

Books Read:
1. Taking Love in Stride by Donna Fasano
2. Dance with Me by Heidi Cullinan
3. Home Ice by Kate Sherwood
possibility...Line of Scrimmage, Taking Love in Stride, Home Ice

~Challenge Complete~
April 7



Challenge 2: Paranormal Romance at Tales from the Crypt

Time Frame: 2012

Basic Requirements: Romance with a strong paranormal element. Shifter, psi abilities, Vampires, etc... I enjoy this sub-genre but am still going for level 1 and plan to read 1-5 books.

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Books Read:
1. Under the Willow by Kari Jo Spear
2. Amethyst Moon by Ann Mayburn
3. The Longest Stride by TA Chase
4. Levi by Bailey Bradford
5. Trinity by Deena Remiel
~Challenge Complete~
February 25
Possibilities....Kiss of Snow


Challenge 3: Romantic Suspense at The Eclectic Bookshelf

Time Frame: 2012

Basic Requirements: Romance books that have a strong suspense element. I'm going for level 1 and hope to read 4 books.

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Books Read:
1. Christmas Haven by Hope White (1st book of the year!)
2. Deep Disclosure by Dee Davis
3. A Seal in Wolf's Clothing by Terry Spear
4. Princess in Peril by Rachelle McCalla
Possibilities.... Deep Disclosure, ...

~Challenge Complete~
April 7



Challenge 4: Romance at The Eclectic Bookshelf

Time Frame: 2012

Basic Requirements: Romance. Any kind of romance.

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Books Read:
1. The Ladybug Jinx
2. Virgin River by Robyn Carr
3. Hidden Summit by Robyn Carr
4. Wife by Wednesday by Catherine Bybee
Possibilities....The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae, plus all the other romance challenge books ;)

~Challenge Complete~
February 4



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1 comments:

Tena @ Crazy Book Slut said...

thanks for joining in on the Sports Romance Challenge!
Lots of great challenges this year

December 27, 2011 8:57 PM

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Stats

New blog goal for 2010. I'm going to try keeping a running total of the following. We'll see how long it lasts... well, let's try this again for 2011! Just remember, anything with an ISBN counts, even the short stories.
Up to date as of December 18 (to the best of my knowledge)

Books read, new: 231
Books read, re-read: 27
New to me authors: 64
Pages: 19,841 plus 168 ebooks
Reviews posted: 29


Nonfiction: 10
Picture Books to Young Adult: 34
Banned/Challenged Books: none? fix this next year!

books left to read in 2012

Don't know if this will work or not but will give it a try. . .

As of May 25, early a.m., I have the following books left to read to complete all of my open challenges.

68 separate ISBNs
22 21 specific states
1-6 :: 0-5 :: 0-4 cozy mysteries
1 Mystery/Suspense with a weapon in title (Poison)
4 3 Dystopia
1 Fairy Tale
1 from 100 Best list
1 Science Fiction
1 Literary Fiction
1 Classic (Hound of the Baskervilles)
3 Memoirs
1 Fae
?? The Unread Book
7 Harry Potter
7 Narnia
3 by Dean Koontz
5 Song of Fire and Ice series - Game of Thrones
7 free ebooks
Redwall
Easy Prey
Magic Kingdom for Sale-Sold
1 Disney Lit
311 Pelican Court
5 specific colors
1 foodie
12 11 specific...Summer Book Challenge
8-10 8-9 specific...Summer Reading Challenge
5 specific..Getting Lost in a Comfortable Book
1 AlA's Top Ten/2011
"x" title
review 2+ personal books
review 8 already read ARCs
review 15 ARCs
Room
11 Shelf Discovery books


Some of these can/will overlap but it is still a HUGE list.