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I'm in!3. Sun, Sand, Sex
4. Sex, Lies and Vampires
5. Big Little Lies
7. The Girl You Left Behind
8. What She Left Behind
9. The Daughter She Used To Be
10. Not My Daughter
11. Not a Drop to Drink
12. First Drop of Crimson
14. Third Grave Dead Ahead
15. Dead Is the New Black
16. Bad Boys In Black Tie
19. The Girl Who Chased the Moon
20. The Moon and More
21. Five Minutes More
Word LaddersStart Date: 12/1/14
1/49
01) Weekend Agreement Barbara Wallace
02) Weekend Warriors Fern Michaels
03) Covert Warriors W.E.B. Griffin
04) Covert Attraction Linda O. Johnston
05) Instant Attraction Jill Shalvis
06) Instant Temptation Jill Shalvis
07) Within Temptation Tanya Holmes
08) Within Reach Sarah Mayberry
09) Beyond Reach Karin Slaughter
10) Beyond Eden Catherine Coulter
11) Eternal Eden Nicole Williams
12) Eternal Rider Larissa Ione
13) Rogue Rider Larissa Ione
14) Rogue Grooms Amanda McCabe
15) Shotgun Grooms Susan Mallery
16) Shotgun Bride Linda Lael Miller
17) Secondhand Bride Linda Lael Miller
18) Secondhand Charm Julie Berry
19) Lucky Charm Carly Phillips
20) Lucky You Carl Hiaasen
21) Missing You Harlan Coben
22) Missing Mark Julie Kramer
23) Megan's Mark Lora Leigh
24) Megan's Mate Nora Roberts
25) Gabriel's Mate Tina Folsom
26) Gabriel's Angel Nora Roberts
27) Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare
28) Clockwork Princess Cassandra Clare
29) Poison Princess Kresley Cole
30) Poison Study Maria V. Snyder
31) Magic Study Maria V. Snyder
32) Magic Burns Ilona Andrews
33) Mercy Burns Keri Arthur
34) Mercy Blade Faith Hunter
35) Silent Blade Ilona Andrews
36) Silent Partner Jonathan Kellerman
37) The Partner John Grisham
38) The Switch Lynsay Sands
39) Kill Switch Neal Baer
40) Kill Me Stephen White
�41) Take Me Olivia Cunning 12/15/14
42) Take One Karen Kingsbury
43) Alpha One Cynthia Eden
44) Alpha Instinct Katie Reus
45) Phantom Instinct Meg Gardiner
46) Phantom Evil Heather Graham
47) Divine Evil Nora Roberts
48) Divine Justice David Baldacci
49) Supreme Justice Max Allan Collins
Nice list Kelly �Welcome to the challenge Stacie �
Novel Books & Reading ChallengesWord Ladders Challenge
Duration: 12/1/2014 - Til Done?
Rules: Start with the title of a book, then read another book that has the same title except for one different word. Repeat replacing a different word each level. Books do not need to be read in order if you want to plan your ladder at the beginning.
Progress: 0 out of 21+
Naked Empire (Sword of Truth, #8) by Terry Goodkind
Empire Girls
Lucky Girls
Lucky Stars
Touching Stars
Touching Darkness (Midnighters, #2)
Darkness Calls (Hunter Kiss, #2)
Raven Calls (Walker Papers, #7)
Raven's Shadow (Raven, #1)
Shadow Dance (Buchanan-Renard, #6)
Moon Dance (Vampire for Hire, #1)
Frost Moon (Skindancer, #1)
Frost Maiden (Space Lords, #1)
Stone Maiden (Maiden Series, #1)
Stone Garden
Devil's Garden
Devil's Bargain (Red Letter Days, #1)
The Bargain (Davenport #0.5; Regency #1)
The Rising (Darkness Rising #3) by Kelley Armstrong
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga #1)
Ruby Red (Precious Stone Trilogy, #1)
This sounds awesome. How many challenges can I do ( that is a question to myself). There are so many awesome challenges this month.ja ja ja Just noticed I never even attempted this challenge.
Maritza wrote: "This sounds awesome. How many challenges can I do ( that is a question to myself). There are so many awesome challenges this month."I think this is a long term one. I'd plan out your ladder then slowly work on them. It would probably be hard to do on an as you read basis.
Kelly wrote: "Maritza wrote: "This sounds awesome. How many challenges can I do ( that is a question to myself). There are so many awesome challenges this month."I think this is a long term one. I'd plan out ..."
Okay good idea i've never done that before. Usually go as i read. This will take some time.
Word LaddersDuration : Dec 1, 2014 to ???
Level : ˒Short - 1-5 Books
Claiming the Highlander | Dec 2, 2014
A highlander never surrenders | Nov 1,2015
Never lie to a lady | June 22, 2016
Duke and lady in red | Mar 12, 2017
I dared the duke | Mar 12, 2017
How to dance with a duke | Dec 12, 2014
Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart | Jan 20, 2015
Love and Other Scandals |Mar 21, 2015
Like No Other Lover | Oct 20, 2016
Heart like mine | June 17, 2017
Change of heart | July 23, 2017
About Last Night | Dec 14, 2014
Suddenly Last Summer | Apr 16, 2015
Suddenly One Summer | June 18, 2015
When Summer Comes |Aug 25, 2015
When We Touch | Sep 28, 2015
Only by your touch | Mar 24, 2016
You and Only You | June 29, 2016
Say You Love Me | Aug 19, 2016
The Thing About Love | July 16, 2017
This sounds funWord Ladders
Duration: December 1 2014 to ?
Level: Rooftop 16-20
Word Ladders ChallengeDuration: 12/6/14 to ?
Progress 0/21+
1. Hurricane Bay
�2. Silver Bay 1/5/15
�3. Silver Girl 12/12/14
�4. This Girl 6/1/15
5. This Lullaby
6. Sweet Lullaby
7. Sweet Home
8. Almost Home
9. Almost Dead
10.The Dead
11.The Search
12.The Road
13.Night Road
14.Night Watch
15.Keeping Watch
16.Keeping Faith
17.Saving Faith
18.Saving June
19.Goodnight June
20.Goodnight Nobody
21.Boy Nobody
22.Boy Toy
I'm in. I've some thinking to do...Word Ladders
Start:12/09/14
End:???
Level:Space and Beyond
Progress: 0/21+
Rules
Start with the title of a book, then read another book that has the same title except for one different word. Repeat replacing a different word each level. Books do not need to be read in order if you want to plan your ladder at the beginning.
Cheat Codes:
Too hard? Add a cheat code to lower the difficulty level. List any cheat codes you want to use.(Listed at top)
I'm going to assume reading 21 books from the "In Death" series is off limits here? I'm still thinking on if I want to challenge myself to do this.
Beth (Ducky) wrote: "I'm going to assume reading 21 books from the "In Death" series is off limits here? I'm still thinking on if I want to challenge myself to do this."You can I guess if you want to use the cheat code to repeat. Though that seems a bit boring to me.
If you want another example of not using any cheat codes you can see one here. I find it a neat way to find books I wouldn't have read otherwise. I used the add book/author link then searched for the word I was trying to keep in the next line. If you start at the middle and work your way out on both sides it's also a bit easier. You can also go to the search books page for goodreads and just turn on title searching though I found that a bit flakier.
I will take this on as my first challenge. It feels a lot like a puzzle, and I do love puzzles.Duration: 12/20/14 until ?
Level: � Space and Beyond - 21+ Books
Progress: 0/21+
1. Black Flagged
2. Black Moon
3. Red Moon
4. Red Dahlia
5. Blue Dahlia
6. Blue Hole
7. Devils Hole
8. Devil's Lake
9. Green Lake
10. Green Mansions
11. Many Mansions
12. Many Waters
13. Chill Waters
14. Chill Factor
15. Burn Factor
16. Burn Out
17. Fallen Out
18. Fallen Angels
19. Snow Angels
20. Snow Blind
21. Running Blind
22. Running Scared
23. Dead Scared
24. Dead Center
25. Nerve Center
26. Nerve Damage
27. Storm Damage
28. Storm Front
Very nice TerryJane :) Welcome to the challenge.
I'll give this a try.I have a question:
Sapphire Blue
The Blue Sword
can I ignore the "The" and have The Blue Sword follow Sapphire Blue ?
You can pair PlusOrMinus (to add the The) and SwitchOrder (to switch blue from last word to first) and work with that pairing. It's up to you how restrictive you want to play your ladder.� PlusOrMinus - You may add or delete a word as long as only one of the other words changes. (Example: Changing Places to Changing the Game)
� SwitchOrder - You may switch the order of the words when selecting the next. (Example: Moon Called to New Moon)
This sounds really fun. Great for this cold December month with lots of reading under piles of blankets!
Is this challenge still running? Wasn't sure since the last entry was 12/19/2014It actually sounds fun
Susan wrote: "Is this challenge still running? Wasn't sure since the last entry was 12/19/2014It actually sounds fun"
You're welcome to start at any time :)
I am in. Sounds fun.Word Ladders Challenge
Duration: 12/1/2018 - Open
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Fun challenge. Working on the list, will post it soon.Word Ladders Challenge
Duration : 1 December, 2018 - 21 December, 2019
Level : Space and Beyond - 21+ Books
30 Books
Completed
The Bakery at Seashell Cove 21/2
The Cafe at Seashell Cove 13/2
The Christmas Cafe at Seashell Cove 11/12
A Snow Leopards' Christmas 4/12
The Snow Leopard's Heart 5/12/18
King of Hearts 14/3
The King's Traitor 11/10
The Iron Traitor 11/3
The Iron Warrior 13/3
Dreams of a Dark Warrior 10/3
Dark Lies 30/4
Lies Ripped Open 29/1
Carniepunk: Daughter of the Midway, the Mermaid, and the Open, Lonely Sea 26/3
The Thief's Daughter 4/7
Thief of Hearts 27/3
Embracing Her Heart 14/2
Embrace the Night Eternal 30/7
Forbidden Nights with a Vampire 7/2
Crouching Tiger, Forbidden Vampire 11/11
Vampires Gone Wild 7/10
Wild, Crazy Hearts 10/9
Hearts of Blue 25/3
Midnight Blue-Light Special 10/5
Midnight in Death 6/1
I Am Death 30/6
I'm Thinking of Ending Things 17/4
My Boss Is a Grumpy Werewolf and I Think He Wants to Eat Me! 12/9
Eat Prey Love 31/3
Sisters in Love 21/4
Sisters In Bloom 22/4
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I'm in. Word Ladders Challenge
Duration : 9. December 2018 -
Level : Rooftop - 16-20 Books
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Word Ladders ChallengeLevel : Space and Beyond - 21+ Books
Read: 30 Books
Completed
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Word Ladders Challenge
January - December 2020
My Word Ladders Challenge (msg 34)
Level ~ Rooftop: 16-20 Books | 16 Books Read
✔�Death Cache ~ 02.04 ★★�
✔�Thankless in Death ~ PlusOrMinus ~ 01.12 ★★★★
✔�Concealed in Death ~ 03.27 ★★★★
✔�Taken in Death ~ 02.13 ★★★★
✔�Festive in Death ~ 04.15 ★★★★
✔�Bound in Death ~ 06.05 ★★�
✔�Bound in Sin ~ 05.17 ★★�
✔�Bound in Darkness ~04.29 ★★�
✔�Darkness Eternal ~ PlusOrMinus ~ 02.08 ★★�
✔�Eternally Yours ~ ChangeForm ~ 01.09 ★★�
✔�Forever Yours ~ 10.03 ★★�
✔�Forever Mine ~ 05.16 ★★�
✔�Lover Mine ~ 04.20 ★★★★
✔�Lover Avenged ~ 03.28 ★★★★
✔�Lover Unleashed ~ 05.19 ★★★★
✔�Unleashed ~ PlusOrMinus ~ 05.10 ★★�
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Word Ladders ChallengeDuration : 1 January, 2020 - 25, December, 2020
Level : Space and Beyond - 21+ Books
Read 30
Completed
For the Roses 1/11
A Time for Mercy 30/10
One for the Money 2/1
And One Last Thing ... 4/12
One Salt Sea 20/5
In Sea-Salt Tears 6/9
The Man in the Black Suit 6/5
Three Hands in the Fountain 11/8
Secondhand Souls 23/10
Second Chance Lion 7/12
Truth, Lies, and Second Dates 24/12
Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating 13/9
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 27/8
By the Book 26/5
Book of Shadows 11/1
Heir to the Shadows 19/1
Shadows in Bronze 16/1
Shadow's End 21/7
Shadow Land 12/10
Thief of Shadows 22/6
A Few Pecans Short of a Pie 17/4
Peach Pies and Alibis 2/4
Ain't She a Peach 17/3
It Ain't Me, Babe 19/7
My Boss Is a Grumpy Werewolf and I Think He Wants to Marry Me! 16/4
My Husband Is a Grumpy Werewolf 7/5
My Husband Is a Grumpy Werewolf and So Is Our Baby! 13/5
He Will be My Ruin 4/10
Rage and Ruin 15/6
Frozen Rage 17/10
Trying this one. Sounds like fun. Word Ladders Challenge
Starting: January 1, 2020
Level: Space and Beyond - 21+ books
1. The Kiss Quotient
2. The Kiss Thief
3. The Kiss of Deception
4. The Mistake
5. The Score
6. The Goal
7. The Mister
8. The Barrow
9. The Simple Wild
10. Warrior of the Wild
11. Kings of the Wyld
12. The Wicker King
13. The Way of Kings
14. The Broken Girls
15. Girls of Paper and Fire
16. Girls of Storm and Shadow
17. Shadow and Bone
18. City of Bones
19. City of Ashes
20. Summer of '69
21. Tower of Dawn
22. Kingdom of Ash
23. Crooked Kingdom
24. Fierce Kingdom
25. The Kingdom
26. The Last Time I Lied
27. Big Little Lies
28. Sweet Little Lies
29. The Lying Game
30. The Crown's Game
31. The Crown's Fate
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Word Ladders ChallengeStarting: April 8, 2020
Level: Tall (11-15 books)
Books read: 6/15
Cheat Codes:
� PlusOrMinus - You may add or delete a word as long as only one of the other words changes. (Example: Changing Places to Changing the Game)
� ChangeForm - You may use different forms of a word as if they were equal. (Example: Elephant Run to Caught Running)
� SwitchOrder - You may switch the order of the words when selecting the next. (Example: Moon Called to New Moon)
� Repeat - You may repeat the word you exchange in the next row. (Example: Magic Burns to Mercy Burns to Fire Burns)
� Expanded - You may use the author name of a book read in addition to the titles. Word order may be suspended surrounding author entries. (Example: Black Beauty to Shayla Black to Claiming Shayla)
List:
1. Red Sparrow ~Completed~ 6/10/2020
2. Red Clocks ~Completed~ 8/11/2020
SWITCH ORDER
3. Sisters Red ~Completed~ 10/14/2021
SWITCH ORDER
4. Blood Sisters ~Completed~ 5/06/2022
5. Blood Countess ~Completed~ 2/21/2023
6. Blood Moon
REPEAT
7. Black Moon
PLUS OR MINUS
8. The Black Witch
9. The Midnight Witch
10. The Silver Witch
11. The Bone Witch ~Completed~ 9/01/2022
CHANGE FORM + SWITCH ORDER + PLUS OR MINUS
12. Girl Boner: The Good Girl's Guide to Sexual Empowerment
SWITCH ORDER + PLUS OR MINUS
13 The House Girl
14. The Danish Girl ~Completed~ 8/18/2022
15. Twenties Girl
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Looks like I forgot to update when I finished this back in October... I'll probably try this in 2021 again - I like this one!Updated post: My Word Ladders Challenge (msg 34)
Level ~ Rooftop: 16-20 Books | 16 Books Read
Update post #36Level : Space and Beyond - 21+ Books
Read 30 books
Completed
Word Ladders ChallengeDuration : 1 January, 2021 - ??
Level : Space and Beyond - 21+ Books
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Rules
Start with the title of a book, then read another book that has the same title except for one different word. Repeat replacing a different word each level. Books do not need to be read in order if you want to plan your ladder at the beginning.
Levels
Cheat Codes:
Too hard? Add a cheat code to lower the difficulty level. List any cheat codes you want to use.
Example:
Magic Burns
Mercy Burns
Mercy Blade
Silent Blade
Silent Spring
New Spring
New Moon
Carolina Moon
Carolina Isle
Dark Isle
Dark Places
Changing Places