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I need some motivation to read some books off Mt. TBR, so I've created another self-challenge. Please feel free to join me, if you'd like.

I'm going to try to have no repeats from one list to the other, ending up with (hopefully) 121 different reads by the end of the year. I'm going to mark off those books I've already read (from 1/1-present) that qualify and go from there. (I'm not counting any re-reads I do)

Duration: 1/1 - 12/31/11
Goal: Read 11 different books in each of the following 11 categories

Categories:
� 1: New Authors ~Completed~
� 2: New Series ~Completed~
� 3: Continuing Series ~Completed~
� 4: Owned Pre-2010 ~Completed~
� 5: eFreebies (ie: Kindle, Smashwords, NetGalley, Author ARC, etc) ~Completed~
� 6: Just because - NO challenge requirement ~Completed~
7: Stand Alones ~8/11~
� 8: Purchased in 2010-11 ~Completed~
� 9: Purchased eBooks ~Completed~
� 10: Outside PNR/UF genre ~Completed~
11: Anthology Madness (who bought all these?!) ~5/11~

OVERALL TALLY: 112/121
RE-READS (not counted): 7

1: NEW AUTHORS
Read: 11/11 < Completed >

1. Stephanie Julian ~ Kiss of Moonlight 2/24/11 4�
2. Shannon Delany ~ 13 to Life 3/8/11 4�
3. Ashlyn Chase ~ Strange Neighbors 3/13/11 3�
4. Rob Thurman ~ Trick of the Light 3/14/11 4�
5. Sydney Somers ~ Primal Hunger 3/20/11 4�
6. Cate Tiernan ~ Immortal Beloved 3/29/11 4�
7. Lexxie Couper ~ Death, The Vamp and His Brother 3/24/11 4�
8. Jeannie Holmes ~ Blood Law 4/11/11 3�
9. Cherie Priest ~ Bloodshot 4/11/11 5�
10. Nicole Peeler ~ Tempest Rising 4/20/11 4�
11. Kinsey W. Holley ~ Kiss and Kin 5/7/11 3�

2: NEW SERIES < Completed >
Read: 11/11

1. Dark Brethren #1: Night's Cold Kiss by Tracey O'Hara 1/1/11 3.5�
2. Psychic Eye Mysteries #1: Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie 1/3/11 4�
3. Mangus Pack #1: Pack Challenge by Shelly Laurenston 1/4/11 5�
4. Madeline Black #1: Black Wings by Christina Henry 1/6/11 4�
5. Dragon's Heat #1: Dark Embers by Tessa Adams 1/9/11 4�
6. Kitty Norville #1: Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn 1/13/11 4�
7. The Resurrection Chronicles #1: Afterlife by Merrie Destefano 1/21/11 3.5�
8. Signs of the Zodiac #1: The Scent of Shadows by Vicki Pettersson 2/4/11 3.5�
9. The Disillusionists Trilogy #1: Mind Games by Carolyn Crane 2/12/11 4�
10. Birthmarked #1: Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien 2/14/11 5�
11. Serengeti Shifters #1: Serengeti Heat by Vivi Andrews 2/18/11 4�

3: CONTINUING SERIES < Completed >
Read: 11/11

1. Dark Peril by Christine Feehan 1/8/11 4�
2. My Soul to Steal by Rachel Vincent 1/11/11 4�
3. Hex Appeal by Linda Wisdom 1/14/11 3�
4. Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill 1/15/11 5�
5. Better Read Than Dead by Victoria Laurie 1/25/11 4�
6. Go Fetch! by Shelly Laurenston 1/29/11 5�
7. Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning 2/9/11 5�
8. Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh 2/10/11 4�
9. Kitty Goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn 2/14/11 3�
10. A Vision of Murder by Victoria Laurie 2/20/11 3.5�
11. This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost 2/24/11 5�

4: OWNED PRE-2010
Read: 11/11 < Completed >

1. A Taste of Crimson by Marjorie Liu 3/13/11 4�
2. Another One Bites the Dust by Jennifer Rardin 2/1/11 3�
3. The Taste of Night by Vicki Pettersson 3/23/11 4�
4. Kitty Takes a Holiday by Carrie Vaughn 3/30/11 3�
5. Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian 4/7/11 4�
6. Biting the Bullet by Jennifer Rardin 3/30/11 3�
7. Destiny Kills by Keri Arthur 4/6/11 3.5�
8. Killer Insight by Victoria Laurie 5/10/11 3�
9. Kitty and the Silver Bullet by Carrie Vaughn 7/9/11 4�
10. Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer 7/10/11 5�
11. The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer 7/10/11 2.5�

5: eFREEBIES
Read: 11/11 < Completed >

1. Green-Eyed Demon by Jaye Wells 2/16/11 5�
2. Outside In by Maria V. Snyder 2/25/11 5�
3. Beasts and BFFs by Shannon Delany 3/8/11 3�
4. Hunting Human by Amanda E. Alvarez 3/16/11 4�
5. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 4/5/11 4�
6. The Cannibal Princess by Nalini Singh 5/3/11 5�
7. DemonFire by Kate Douglas 5/13/11 3�
8. Curran by Ilona Andrews 5/15/11 4�
9. Fathers and sons by Ilona Andrews 5/15/11 4�
10. Immortalis Carpe Noctem by Katie Salidas 5/21/11 3�
11. Regina in the Sun by R.G. Alexander 6/23/11 4�

6: JUST B/C - No challenge requirement
Read: 11/11 < Completed >

1. Chasing the Shadows by Keri Arthur 1/22/11 4�
2. Kiss The Night Goodbye by Keri Arthur 1/26/11 4�
3. Memories of Envy by Barb Hendee 1/31/11 3�
4. Eternity Embraced by Larissa Ione 2/25/11 4�
5. Serengeti Storm by Vivi Andrews 2/26/11 3�
6. Sins of the Flesh by Eve Silver 3/1/11 4�
7. Hidden Embers by Tessa Adams 4/16/11 4�
8. Matched by Ally Condie 5/9/11 3�
9. First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones 6/1/11 4�
10. Hunters & Prey by Katie Salidas 6/8/11 3�
11. Enclave by Ann Aguirre 6/9/11 5�

7: STAND ALONES
Read: 8/11

1. The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar 1/21/11 3�
2. Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma 5/11/11 5�
3. The Dom's Dungeon by Cherise Sinclair 7/10/11 4�
4. Revealers by Amanda Marrone 9/8/11 4�
5. Star Kissed by Nalini Singh 10/18/11 3�
6. Queenie's Brigade by Heather Massey 10/19/11 3�
7. Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion 10/29/11 4�
8. Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson 11/13/11 5�

8: PURCHASED IN 2010-11 < Completed >
Read: 11/11

1. Halfway Hexed (2011) by Kimberly Frost 3/3/11 4�
2. Pale Demon (2011) by Kim Harrison 3/20/11 4�
3. Iron Crowned (2011) by Richelle Mead 4/8/11 4�
4. Betrayals (2010) by Lili St. Crow 3/31/11 4�
5. Eternal Hunger (2011) by Laura Wright 4/2/11 3.5�
6. A Brush of Darkness (2011) by Allison Pang 4/4/11 4�
7. Awakened (2011) by PC Cast 4/9/11 2.5�
8. Etched in Bone (2011) by Adrian Phoenix 4/14/11 4�
9. Accidentally Catty (2011) by Dakota Cassidy 4/24/11 4�
10. Lover Unleashed (2011) by J.R. Ward 4/27/11 4�
11. Demon Song (2011) by Cat Adams 5/5/11 5�

9: PURCHASED eBOOKS
Read: 11/11 < Completed >

1. Sins of the Soul by Eve Silver 2/28/11 4�
2. River Marked by Patricia Briggs 3/10/11 5�
3. Dragon's Blood by Brynn Paulin 4/9/11 3�
4. Blood Bought by Brynn Paulin 4/9/11 3�
5. The Darkest Secret by Gena Showalter 4/17/11 4�
6. My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking 4/25/11 3�
7. Here Kitty, Kitty! by Shelly Laurenston 4/27/11 5�
8. When He Was Bad by Shelly Laurenston 4/30/11 3.5�
9. Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter 5/15/11 5�
10. Killbox by Ann Aguirre 5/19/11 5�
11. Mercy Burns by Keri Arthur 5/24/11 3.5�

10: NON-PNR/UF
Read: 11/11 < Completed >

GENRE KEY:
GF = General Fiction
SF = Sci-Fi
MMST = Medical Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
MST = Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
HMST = Horror, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
EBGLBT = Erotic, BDSM, Gay/Lesbian/Bi-Sexual/Transsexual (any or all of these)

1. Lean on Me {EBGLBT} by Cherise Sinclair 1/22/11 4�
2. Room {GF} by Emma Donoghue 1/28/11 4�
3. Song of Scarabaeus by Sara Creasy 2/17/11 4�
4. The Witness {MST} by Sandra Brown 2/23/11 3�
5. Midnight {HMST} by Dean Koontz 3/1/11 3�
6. Luna {GF} by Julie Anne Peters 3/6/11 5�
7. Make Me, Sir {ER} by Cherise Sinclair 3/19/11 5�
8. I Am Not A Serial Killer {HMST} by Dan Wells 4/8/11 4�
9. Harvest {MMST} by Tess Gerritsen 4/10/11 4�
10. Mr. Monster {HMST} by Dan Wells 4/18/11 3�
11. Bran's Story {EBGLBT} by Maculategiraffe 5/26/11 4�

11: ANTHOLOGIES
Read: 5/11

1. First Blood 1/1/11 3�
2. Strange Brew 1/2/11 4�
3. Burning Up 5/1/11 4�
4. An Enchanted Season 5/22/11 3�
5. The Magical Christmas Cat 12/15/11 4�

Wicked, wicked temptress....

Isn't she evil?

I have two words for you...

1) HOLY
2) CRAP
!!!!!


Steph, I am fairly sure that Stan Lee would have loved to take a few laps around your brain when working up his 'evil nemisis' profiles. You are delightfully devious!

LOL! Ya'll know me too well. Ya know my halo is held up my horns! O>;)

Hummm...I think I would like to do this challenge. I'll take a look at my TBR pile and maybe come up with a few catagories of my own :). I don't know if I'll get 121 books read my yearly best is 100 but I might be able to push myself for a few extra reads.

Yay! Sounds good, Kat. Good luck! I need to update my list here.

Woohoo! Welcome, Kat!

I'm making pretty good progress on this one. Here's an update on my stats.

Categories:
� 1: New Authors ~Completed~
� 2: New Series ~Completed~
� 3: Continuing Series ~Completed~
4: Owned Pre-2010 (8/11)
5: eFreebies (ie: Kindle, Smashwords, NetGalley, Author ARC, etc) (10/11)
6: Just because - NO challenge requirement (8/11)
7: Stand Alone (2/11) **
� 8: Purchased in 2010-11 ~Completed~
� 9: Purchased eBooks ~Completed~
� 10: Outside PNR/UF genre ~Completed~
11: Anthology Madness (who bought all these?!) (4/11)

OVERALL TALLY: 98/121
RE-READS (not counted): 4


** Can ya tell I'm a series hound? :) This one will be the hardest for me to fill, I think.

LOL! The stand-alones are hard!!

Yes, they are! :\

Hope it's okay for me to join in. Is it okay for me to just do a few of the categories? I mixed them between the two of you.

82/88 books (93% completed)

1. New Authors - DONE
2. New Series - DONE
3. eBooks
4. e/Freebies
5. Continuing Series - DONE
6. Purchased 2010-11 - DONE
7. Just because - DONE
8. Borrowed/Library - DONE

1. New Authors
1. Remember Me by Christopher Pike 10/1/2011
2. Speak by Laure Halse Anderson 12/1/2011
3. How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford 31/1/2011
4. Reasons On My Wrist by Racaneya 4/3/2011
5. Flavors by Emily Sue Harvey 20/3/2011
6. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 20/3/2011
7. This Bird Flew Away by Lynda M. Martin 9/4/2011
8. Hate List by Jennifer Brown 24/5/2011
9. The Lipstick Laws by Amy Holder 11/6/2011
10. Wild Child by Mike Wells 16/6/2011
11. The 19 Dragons by SM Reine 3/7/2011

2. New Series
1. Immortals, #1: Evermore by Alyson Noel 1/1/2011
2. Lorien Legacies, #1: I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore 25/2/2011
3. Sookie Stackhouse, #1: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris 17/3/2011
4. Infernal Devices, #1: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare 30/3/2011
5. Morganville Vampires, #1: Glass Houses by Rachel Caine 22/4/2011
6. Hush Hush, #1: Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick 25/4/2011
7. Chemical Garden, #1: Wither by Lauren DeStefano 27/5/2011
8. Clarity, #1: Clarity by Kim Harrington 7/6/2011
9. Falling Under, #1: Falling Under by Gwen Hayes 9/6/2011
10. Divergent, #1: Divergent by Veronica Roth 15/6/2011
11. Blood Journals, #1: Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton 19/6/2011

3. eBooks
1. Wicked by Sara Shepard 2/2/2011
2. Killer by Sara Shepard 26/2/2011
3. The Night My Life Changed Forever by Sara Lisowski 23/4/2011
4. The Help by Kathryn Stockett 30/8/2011
5. Cloaked by Alex Flinn 19/11/2011
6. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 26/12/2011

4. e/Freebies
1. Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz 11/3/2011
2. Heist Society by Ally Carter 12/4/2011
3. Between by Cyndi Tefft 17/5/2011
4. Her Dear and Loving Husband by Meredith Allard 15/7/2011
5. Paradise 21 by Aubrie Dionne 26/8/2011
6. Tower of Parlen Min by Matt Xell 30/9/2011
7. My Sparkling Misfortune by Laura Lond 18/11/2011
8. Soulless by Gail Carriger 28/12/2011
9. Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi 30/12/2011

5. Continuing Series
1. Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson 11/1/2011
2. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare 26/1/2011
3. The Final Warning by James Patterson 10/2/2011
4. The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine 29/4/2011
5. Max by James Patterson 9/8/2011
6. Midnight Alley by Rachel Caine 11/9/2011
7. Dael and the Painted People by Allan Richard Shickman 6/11/2011
8. Frostbite by Richelle Mead 23/11/2011
9. Fang by James Patterson 4/12/2011
10. Angel by James Patterson 10/12/2011
11. Dreamland by Alyson Noel 15/12/2011

6. Purchased 2010-11
1. Beastly by Alex Flinn 23/5/2011
2. The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen 11/7/2011
3. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl 13/8/2011
4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 23/9/2011
5. Crossed by Ally Condie 8/11/2011
6. ttyl by Lauren Myracle 27/11/2011
7. Shimmer by Alyson Noel 7/12/2011
8. Emma by Jane Austen 22/12/2011
9. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld 27/12/2011
10. Specials by Scott Westerfeld 30/12/2011
11. Blonde Ambition by Zoey Dean 28/12/2011

7. Just because
1. Who Moved My Cheese for Teens by Spencer Johnson 23/1/2011
2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling 17/4/2011
3. Night World No. 2 by LJ Smith 21/7/2011
4. Graceling by Kristin Cashore 31/7/2011
5. A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan 3/10/2011
6. The Darkness by Crystal Connor 16/10/2011
7. Water Bound by Christine Feehan 19/10/2011
8. Space by Emily Sue Harvey 23/10/2011
9. The Nine Lives of Chloe King by Liz Braswell 27/10/2011
10. Double Helix by Nancy Werlin 6/11/2011
11. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead 13/11/2011

8. Borrowed/Library
1. Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli 5/1/2011
2. One Night That Changes Everything by Lauren Barnholdt 21/3/2011
3. The Ravening by Dawn Thompson 18/4/2011
4. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare 11/5/2011
5. Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann 20/6/2011
6. Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough 22/6/2011
7. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver 14/7/2011
8. Everlost by Neal Shusterman 21/8/2011
9. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks 3/9/2011
10. Matched by Ally Condie 7/9/2011
11. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen 10/9/2011

Yep, help yourself. Whichever you'd like to join in on is cool. Happy Reading! :)

Thanks! :)

If I read it on my friend's iPod, does that count as eFreebies since I didn't have to pay for it?

Yep, that works. It was a freebie for you, even if she had to pay. :)

Kay. I figured that was the case, but I wanted to make sure.

No worries :D Enjoy!

Just updated my lists and I've completed 3 more sets of 11. Only 'anthologies' and 'stand-alone' left. Oi! Suck at choosing both to read. LOL! We'll see, I still have 1/2 yr to get 'er done.

How's everyone else doing?

Here's my latest update. I had to shorten the number of books I was going to read to something a little more do-able so i'm pretty happy with my progress so far :)

My SOS 8x10 in 2011 Challenge
Duration: 1/1/11 - 31/12/11
Goal: Read 10 books in each of the 8 catagories listed below
44/80 Finished

Books Published in 2011:Done
17/1 24/1 2/2 8/2 11/2 23/2 28/2 8/3 20/3 11/4

Books Published in 2010:Done
27/1 28/1 5/2 9/2 11/3 13/3 17/3 22/3 23/4 23/4

New to Me Series:
18/6 26/5 2/6 1/7 11/7 23/4

New to Me Authors:
13/4 2/3

Continued Series:
12/3 18/5 5/5 20/5 9/6 20/4 24/3

Paranormal Romance:
5/4 28/6 25/5 12/6 4/7

Urban Fantasy:
8/1 20/1 10/5

Recommended By Friends:
16/7

WTG, Kat! :D

Great reading, Kat! How'd you like The Gunslinger?

I have mixed feelings about the Gunslinger it's not something I usually read but I did like it. My friend tells me to keep pushing threw the series because it gets better as it goes along so i'm gonna start book 2 very soon. I did give it a 3 out of 5 stars I just can't seem to put in to words what it is that troubles me about the book

Understandable. I've been wanting to read it for a while, and you're the first person that I've seen who's recently read it. :) Definitely keep pushing through the series, though. It probably will get better as you go along!

Okay so I thought I'd give a summary for where I am right now:

1. New Authors - DONE
2. New Series - DONE
3. eBooks - 4/11
4. eFreebies - 5/11
5. Continuing Series - 5/11
6. Purchased 2010-11 - 3/11
7. Just because - 4/11
8. Borrowed/Library - 8/11

Still have 37 books left to read :). I think I can do it! Four months and counting . . .

WTG, Zakiya! Yes, you can do it! If not, gonna have fun trying, yah? :D

I'm so behind on my updates all over GR. By mid-Sept I should finally have some time to do that.

Thanks, Steph! It will definitely be fun to at least try to reach 88 books this year :D I think you should do this again next year, and just change it to 12 or something. It's a good way to keep up with goals, but make them diverse :)

Steph - you definitely need to do another version of this one next year. It's too good to pass up!

Sounds good to me! :D

:p

One more book to read for Borrowed/Library!!! :D

Woohoo! Go, Zakiya!

Such a good feeling :) Another section done!!!! :DD Now I think I'll work on finishing eFreebies and Continuing Series.

:D

4 more before I finish "Just because"!

Woohoo! Go, Zakiya! I need to update my lists and see where I stand.

Thanks! I'm sure you're closer than I am to being finished. :)

Well, I did start before you. So, it's not fair to compare that way. ;)