~Victorian Challenge~

The challenge starts the 1st January 2009 and ends the 30th June 2009 click on banner for the rules and to join.

Reading Levels:

A drink at Whitechapel: 3 books
A walk in Hyde Park: 4 books
A tour of the British Museum: 5 books
A visit to Buckingham Palace: 6 books

Great idea for a challenge I want to go for A visit to Buckingham Palace....hope to see you there!!

1. Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu

2. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

3. Book by Elizabeth Gaskell

4. Undecided

5. Undecided

6. Undecided

A To Z Challenge

Read titles A to Z. Commit to reading 26 books theoretically speaking

Click on photo for more information & to sign up.

Taking suggestions for tiltes that begin with "X" and "Z"

An Offer from a Gentleman

Beguiled ~ Shannon Drake

Come this Spring ~ Julie Garwood

Dangerous to Know ~ Mary Jo Putney

Emily's Secret ~ Jill Jones

For the Roses ~ Julie Garwood

Guardian Angel ~ Julie Garwood

Her Man of Affairs

It's in His Kiss ~ Julia Quinn

Jane Boleyn

Kissed by Shadows

Lady Elizabeth ~ Alison Weir

Martha Peake

Never Lie to a Lady

One Night with a Prince ~ Sabrina Jeffries

Phillipa

Queen of Dragons ~ Shana Abe

Ransom ~ Julie Garwood

Sense & Sensibility ~ Jane Austen

Three Little Secrets

Until You

Villette

Wicked

X

You Belong to my Heart

Z

The 2009 Support Your Local Library Challenge

I love to go to the library, but do not go as often as I used to, and when I found this challenge this challenge this will be a great way to get back into checking out more books in 2009. Since we are all different, there will be three sizes of challenges. ** The first is to read 12 books from your local library in 2009. ** The second is to read 25 books from your local library in 2009. ** The third is to read 50 books from your local library in 2009 Click on photo for more information.



I commit to reading at least 12 from my local library, I hope to do more.

Historical Fictional Reading Challenge 2009

Looking forward to participating in this challenge again. Read 3 historical fiction books in 3 months from 1st Jan 09 - 31st March 09. Historical fiction will be counted as anything set or written prior to World War II. This will include classic novels, time travel novels or anything you feel fits the genre. Click on photo for more information and/or to join.

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The Countdown Challenge

I like the idea of this challenge, I can go back and read some books I missed for the past eight years once I read a book I will add and link it to my review. Click on the photo for rules and to join. This challenge lasts from 8/8/08 through 9/9/09 and is retroactive.



2009 - 1.
2009 - 2.
2009 - 3.
2009 - 4.
2009 - 5.
2009 - 6.
2009 - 7.
2009 - 8.
2009 - 9.

2008 - 1. Lady Elizabeth ~Alison Weir
2008 - 2. Enchanting the Lady ~Kathryne Kennedy
2008 - 3. The Desert King ~Olivia Gates
2008 - 4. Your Scandalous Ways ~Loretta Chase
2008 - 5. Seduce me at Sunrise ~Lisa Kleypas
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2008 - 7.
2008 - 8.

2007 - 1. The Bone Garden ~Tess Gerritsen
2007 - 2. Castle of the Wolf ~Sandra Schwab
2007 - 3. Blackthorne's Bride ~Shana Galen
2007 - 4. Her Irish Warrior ~Michelle Willingham
2007 - 5. The Leopard Prince ~Elizabeth Hoyt
2007 - 6. The serpant Prince ~Elizabeth Hoyt
2007 - 7. The Queen of Dragons ~Shana Abe

2006 - 1. The Handmaiden's Necklace ~Kat Martin
2006 - 2. The Alchemist's Daughter ~Katharine Mcmahon
2006 - 3. Peneloope & Prince Charming ~Jennifer Ashley
2006 - 4. The Raven Prince ~Elizabeth Hoyt
2006 - 5. The Dream Thief ~Shana Abe
2006 - 6.

2005 - 1. Prince of Darkness ~Sharon Kay Penman
2005 - 2. The Bride's Necklace ~Kat Martin
2005 - 3. The Devil's Necklace ~Kat Martin
2005 - 4. The Smoke Theif ~Shana Abe
2005 - 5.

2004 - 1.
2004 - 2.
2004 - 3.
2004 - 4.

2003 - 1. Dragon's Liar ~Sharon Kay Penman
2003 - 2. Suszanne's Diary for Nicholas ~James Patterson
2003 - 3.

2002 - 1. Kiss the Bride ~Patricia Cabot
2002 - 2.

2001 - 1. Midnight Bride ~Susan Carroll

The 2009 Pub Challenge

Read a minimum of 9 books first published in 2009. You don’t have to buy these. Library books, unabridged audios, or ARCs are all acceptable. To qualify as being first published in 2009, it must be the first time that the book is published in your own country.

This will be a great challenge for me, I get stuck reading so many older books that have been in my TBR forever that I do not read anything current so that will change with this challenge, I just don't know what books yet.

Click on the photo to sign up... hope to see you there.

~ 9 Books for 2009 ~

These are the NINE categories to celebrate 2009! This is will be a Challenge that I can only read 3 books on this list for other challenges, so there will six books that can only be read for this challenge. For more information on the cataegories and to see rules click on the cute photo.

1.Long
2.Free: The Smoke Thief -Shana Abe
3.Dusty
4.Used
5.Letter
6.Strange
7.Distance
8.Alive or Not : The Wild Hunt ~Elizabeth Chadwick
9.Cover: Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World -Vicki Myron

~ 2nds in a Series Challenge ~

Another great challenge to go along with the 1st in a Series Challenge & Serial Challenge.

Read 12 books by authors that you have only read once. It doesn't have to be a series.

You can join anytime between now and December 31, 2009. Don't start reading until January.

To join please click on the photo.

My Projected List:
1.The Dream Theif
2.Emma
3.Until You
4.Two Little Lies
5.Reckless
6To Kiss a Spy
7.To Pleasure a Prince
8.Love me Forever
9.The Visount who loved me
10.Time & Chance
11.The Gift
12.Rising Tides

~ 1st in Series Challenge 2009 ~

Read 12 books that are the first in any series. You may read & list your chosen books any time during the year.

I love series books and this will go perfect with the Serial Challenge, and also works with the 2nd's Challenge.

If you enjoy reading books in a series and would like to join click on the photo for more information.

1.The Smoke Theif -Shana Abe
2.Rosamund -Betrice Small
3.One Little Sin -Liz Carlyle
4.WickedThe Widow's Kiss -Jane Feather
5.In the Prince's Bed -Sabrina Jeffries
6.Man of My Dreams -Johanna Lindsey
7.The Duke and I -Julia Quinn
8.When Christ & Saints -Sharon Kay Penman
9.Castles -Julie Garwood
10. Sea Swept -Nora Roberts
11. Undecided
12. Undecided

~ New Author Challenge 2009 ~

I love to discover new authors (like I need to add to my TBR pile and Wish List) so I am excited to join this challenge and go for 25 which is steep, but I am up for the challenge. To view more details on the challenge click on the photo and you will be directed to the host site. I plan to post the new authors and the books as I read them.

Looking forward to discovering some new authors.

2009 Romance Reading Challenge

I read lots of Historical Romance and I found this challenge and decided to add to my growing list of '09 challenges. Please click on photo and you will be directed to the host blog.

Choose at least 5 novels read them between Jan 1st though Dec 31st 2009. You can change your choices at any time. Crossovers between other challenges are fine. I will post the romance novels as I read them and a link to the review.

~18th & 19th Century Women Writers Reading Challenge ~

How many books? No fewer than four. No more than twelve.

What books are allowed? If they’re written by a woman who lived and wrote from 1700 to 1900, then they count.

Timeframe…January 1rst 2009 to December 29th 2009

This challenge is hosted by Becky for guidelines and to sign up click on photo.



Titles I plan to read:
1. Frankenstein ~ Mary Shelly
2. Wives & Daughters ~ Elizabeth Gaskell
3. Villette ~ Charlotte Bronte
4. Emma ~ Jane Austen

~ Casual Classics 2009 ~

I love the classics and have always wanted to read more of them, so when I found this challenge I knew it would be perfect for me.
For rules and to join click on picture and you will be directed to the host blog.

Read 4 “Classics” between January 1st and December 31st, 2009
1.Sense & Sensibilty ~ Jane Austen
2.Emma ~ Jane Austen
3.The Woman in White ~ Wilkie Collins
4.The Count of Monte Cristo ~ Alexandre Dumas

~ Medieval Challenge~

The challenge runs between 8th August 2008 and 8th February 2009.

Click banner to visit the Medieval Challenge Blog

You therefore have 6 months to complete this challenge You can join anytime. You can read modern Medieval novels, non fiction, classic texts, plays and even watch a film as part of the challenge...you choose!

There are three levels to the challenge - you choose your own level.

1: Serf* Read 3 Medieval texts
2. Gentry* Read 5 Medieval texts
3. Royalty* Read 6 Medieval texts

I am going for *Royalty* the books I plan to read (or have read)
1. The Queen's Man by Sharon Kay Penman (9/17/08)
2. Cruel As the Grave by Sharon Kay Penman (10/14/08)
3. Dragon's Lair by Sharon Kay Penman (11/30/08)
4. Prince of Darkness by Sharon Kay Penman (12/9/08)
5. The Falcons of Montabard or A Place Beyond Courage by Elizabeth Chadwick
6. Undecided

Thanks to Lynda for hosting this and letting me join.

2009 ~ Serial Readers Challenge

A great challenge for those who love to read books in a series, and I do. Beth (Carpollqueen) is hosting this great challenge for 2009 for requiremnets please click on the photo.

This is draft of the books in a series I would like to read in 2009 I hope I can add more. Looking forward to this challenge. Thanks Beth.

Drakon Series ~ Shana Abe
The Smoke Thief
The Dream Thief
The Queen Dragon
The Treasure Keeper (March '09)

The Bridgertons ~ Julia Quinn

1.The Duke and I

2.The Viscount Who Loved Me

3.An Offer from a Gentleman

4.Romancing Mister Bridgerton

5.To Sir Phillip, With Love

6.When He Was Wicked

7.It's In His Kiss

8.On The Way to the Wedding

Necklace Trilogy ~ Kat Martin

1.The Bride's Necklace

2. The Devil's Necklace

3. The Handmaiden's Necklace

Highlands' Laird~ Julie Garwood

1.The Secret

2.Ransom

3.Shadow Music

Lyon Series ~ Julie Garwood

1.Castles

2.The Gift

3.Guardian Angel

4.The Lion’s Lady

Claybornes' Brides (Rose Hill) ~ Julie Garwood

1.The Clayborne Brides
2. For the Rose
3. Come the Spring

Winter Challenge 08

1. Reader’s Choice Place any book here

The Queen's Dragon: Shana Abe

2. Book that was read and Reviewed in the Fall Challenge

The Smoke Thief: Shana Abe

3. Read a book that has a “D” word in it for December

The Dream Theif: Shana Abe

4. Read a book that has an arranged marriage or Marriage of Convenience

The Perfect Wife: Victoria Alexander

5. For Valentines Day, read a book that has love, kiss or heart in the title

Forbidden Love: Karen Robards

6. Read a book by Lisa Kleypas

Only in Your Arms

7. A book that makes you think about Christmas

The Christmas Heiress: Adrienne Basso

8. A title that has 4 words in it

9. Read a story that has a military or civil servant (firefighter/cop/fbi/clan chief/commander) in it –can be any genre

Prisoner of My Desire: Johanna Lindsey

10. Read a book that has a Viking or Pirate in it!

Only With your Love: Lisa Kleypas

11. Pick a book that was first published in 2008

Wallflower Christmas: Lisa Kleypas

12. Read a series (Harlequin or Sillehoutte)

Reckless: Shannon Drake

13. Read a book that the author has 3 names (ie Susan Elizabeth Phillips/ Karen Marie Moning)

Prince of Darkness Sharon Kay Penman

14. For the New Year-Pick a book that has been in your TBR pile for a long time --Out w/ the old in w/ the new!

Daughter's of the Grail: Elizabeth Chadwick

15. Read a book that has a “W” word for Winter

Wicked: Shannon Drake