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2013 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge

Goal: Ancient History (25+) - Accomplished!

Photo credit: Jeff Golden

Goal: Going Steady (12) - Accomplished!

Goal: Pike's Peak (12) - Accomplished!

Goal: Level 3 (finish 3 or more series) - Accomplished!

Goal: 12

Death at Gallows Green (Victorian/Edwardian #2) by Robin Paige
The Hanover Square Affair (Captain Lacey #1) by Ashley Gardner
The Last Kashmiri Rose (Joe Sandilands #1) by Barbara Cleverly
Skinner's Round (Bob Skinner #4) by Quintin Jardine
Silent in the Grave (Lady Julia Grey #1) by Deanna Raybourn
Orange County Noir edited by Gary Phillips
The House on Tradd Street (Tradd Street #1) by Karen White
A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson
Watchers of Time (Ian Rutledge #5) by Charles Todd
City of Dragons (Miranda Corbie #1) by Kelli Stanley
East of the Sun by Julia Gregson
Painted Women (Warbonnet #2) by Robert Kresge

Alternates:

Guilt by Association (Rachel Knight #1) by Marcia Clark
Bruno, Chief of Police (Bruno, Chief of Police #1) by Martin Walker

2013 Foodies Read Challenge

Goal: Pastry Chef (4-8) - Accomplished!

Goal: Investigator (7) - Accomplished!

Goal: 6

Books with an animal in the title, on the cover, or in a significant role

The White Lioness (Kurt Wallander #3) by Henning Mankell
Isle of Dogs (Andy Brazil #3) by Patricia Cornwell

2013 Ebook Challenge

Goal: CD (10) - Accomplished!

Goal: 12

January {winter, snow, silver, white, cold, shiver, smoke, fire, freeze, breath}: Death Wore White (DI Peter Shaw & DS George Valentine #1) by Jim Kelly
February {love, heart, sweet, family, grace, animal, diamond, life, drink, beautiful}: Still Life With Murder (Gilded Age #1) by P.B.Ryan
March {luck, wish, gold, rainbow, green, mountain, valley, magic, farm, treasure}: Death at Gallows Green (Victorian/Edwardian #2) by Robin Paige
April {secret, flower, garden, friend, light, shadow, whisper, home, gentle, little}: The Man Who Cast Two Shadows (Kathleen Mallory #2) by Carol O'Connell
May {bird, shine, laugh, clothing, name, run, shatter, lost, wings, world}: Lost in Translation by Nicole Mones
June {sand, sun, beach, island, country, sea, fly, away, never, far}: A Sunless Sea (William Monk #18) by Anne Perry
July {high, control, take, candle, night, spark, dreams, soul, beat, spy}: Night Soldiers (Night Soldiers #1) by Alan Furst
August {come, look, gift, cloud, food, clear, tree, orange, test, broken}: Orange County Noir edited by Gary Phillips
September {shade, cry, blow, memory, kiss, space, fast, storm, blue, club}: Storm Prey (Lucas Davenport #20) by John Sandford
October {witch, haunt, murder, death, phantom, inside, fear, weapon, trapped, ghost}: Death of a Tart (Peggy Jean Turner #1) by Kate Borden
November {brave, forever, last, right, cave, work, window, number, thief, under}: Last Car to Elysian Fields (Dave Robicheaux #13) by James Lee Burke
December {princess, ring, road, midnight, fountain, time, hope, together, star, throne}: The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation #3) by Lauren Willig

2013 Colorful Reading Challenge

Goal: 9

Death at Gallows Green (Victorian/Edwardian #2) by Robin Paige
The Last Kashmiri Rose (Joe Sandilands #1) by Barbara Cleverly
Black Diamond Death (Sloane Monroe #1) by Cheryl Bradshaw
Key Lime Pie Murder (Hannah Swensen #9) by Joanne Fluke
The White Lioness (Kurt Wallander #3) by Henning Mankell
Buttercream Bump-Off (Cupcake Bakery #2) by Jenn McKinlay
Orange County Noir edited by Gary Phillips
The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation #3) by Lauren Willig
Plum Island (John Corey #1) by Nelson DeMille

2013 What's in a Name 6

Goal: 6 - Accomplished!

I'll take the full double dog dare...I pledge to read only from my TBR stack from January 1, 2013 to April Fool's Day. TBR stack: books owned or requested from the library as of January 1, 2013.

Anglerfish by Vlad Gerasimov

Goal: 15 - Accomplished!

Goal: Kitchen Maid (1)- Accomplished!

Goal: 1 - Accomplished!

Goal: Y'all come back now, y'hear! (4) - Accomplished!

Goal: Read as much as possible February 24 - March 1, 2012

Goal: Waited Too Long (2-4) - Accomplished!

Goal: finish the series (5)

Vanish

The Mephisto Club

The Keepsake

Ice Cold

The Silent Girl

2012 A Winter's Respite Read-a-Thon

Goal: Read as much as possible over the week of January 23-29

Goal: In Flight (12) - Accomplished!

Goal: Honorable Mention (1-3) - Accomplished!

Goal: 12 - Accomplished!

Goal: Down on Her Luck Gumshoe (2+) - Accomplished!

Goal: Short-Order Cook (1-3) - Accomplished!

Goal: Surprise Trip (1-3) - Accomplished!

Goal: Tell Me a Story (1-3) - Accomplished!

Goal: Just Off the Boat (1-3) - Accomplished!

Goal: 2 - Accomplished!

Goal: The Merry Widow of Windy Nook (5) - Accomplished!

Goal: Going Steady (12)

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium Trilogy #3) by Stieg Larsson
Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport #18) by John Sandford
An Echo in the Bone (Outlander #7) by Diana Gabaldon
The Shape of Water (Inspector Montalbano #1) by Andrea Camilleri
The Winding Ways Quilt (Elm Creek #12) by Jennifer Chiaverini
The Naming of the Dead (Inspector Rebus #18) by Ian Rankin
Return to Marshall's Bayou (Dassas Cormier #1) by S.H. Baker
The Mephisto Club (Rizzoli & Isles #6) by Tess Gerritsen
Careless in Red (Thomas Lynley #15) by Elizabeth George

2012 Ireland Reading Challenge

Goal: Shamrock (4) - Accomplished!

Goal: Undoubtedly Obsessed (15) - Accomplished!

Goal: finish the series (9)

44 Cranberry Point
50 Harbor Street
6 Rainier Drive
74 Seaside Avenue

8 Sandpiper Way
92 Pacific Boulevard
1022 Evergreen Place
1105 Yakima Street
1225 Christmas Tree Lane

Wicked Winter Read-A-Thon

Goal: Read as much as possible over the weekend of February 3-5

Goal: 6 - Accomplished!

Goal: Just a Spoonful (3) - Accomplished!

Goal: Series Expert (12) - Accomplished!

Goal: 37+ - Accomplished!

Goal: 6

{topographical feature}
Ocean Waves (Quilting Mystery #3) by Terri Thayer
{something you'd see in the sky}
Alaska Sky Follies by Joe Rychetnik
{creepy crawly}
Spider Web (Benni Harper #15) by Earlene Fowler
{type of house}
The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh #13) by P.D. James
{something you'd carry in your pocket, purse or backpack}
Old Maid's Puzzle (Quilting Mystery #2) by Terri Thayer
{something you'd find on a calendar}
When Winter Returns (Rosie Winter #4) by Kathryn Miller Haines