Recap: Feb. 28 - Mar. 6, 2010

Books Read
- Impetuous by Lori Foster

Books Added to TBR Pile
- Corbin's Fancy by Linda Lael Miller
- The Last Time I Was Me by Cathy Lamb
- Line of Scrimmage by Marie Force
- Sweet Magnolias series by Sherryl Woods

Books Reviewed
N/A

Challenges Completed
N/A

Challenges Joined
- Read The Last Time I Was Me in 1 month
- Read Line of Scrimmage in 1 month
- Read Sweet Magnolias series (4 books) in 4 months
- 2010 A-Z Author Challenge
- 2010 A-Z Book Challenge
- 2010 A-Z Character Challenge (f)
- 2010 A-Z Character Challenge (m)
- RtM: March
- Women We Love Challenge

RRRC: Women We Love Challenge

RRRC Quarterly Challenge: March 1, 2010 - May 31st, 2010

1. Office/Clerical - Secretary, Assistant, Receptionist, etc.
2. Service Industry - Waitress, Maid, Hairdresser, Cashier, etc.
3. Professional Career Woman - Owns a business or any career that requires a college degree.
-> Rosalie Ronaldi is a Corporate Turnaround Expert in Romeo, Romeo by Robin Kaye (3/30/2010)
4. Life Saving/Medical - Nurse, Doctor, EMT, Lifeguard, etc.
5. Geek/Computers - Librarian, Accountant, Computers, etc.
6. Mom - Single mother, Widow, Homemaker, Pregnant, etc.
7. Traditional Man's Job - Military, Mechanic, Cop, Lumberjack, etc.
8. Works with children - Nanny, Au pair, Day care, Preschool, Pediatrician, etc.
9. School/Academic - Teacher or Student
-> Carlie McDaniels is an elementary school teacher in Impetuous by Lori Foster (3/5/2010)
10. Creative - Artist, Musician, Chef, Photographer, Writer, etc.

For PNR Fans:

1. vampire
2. shifter
3. witch
4. demoness
5. goddess

(I'll add the actual book titles when I read them)

Read the Month: March

Another challenge from Romance Readers Reading Challenges!

What kind of challenge is this?

From the RRRC Group:
The idea is simple: you take the letters of the month, and for each letter you find a book which either has an author whose last name starts with this letter or a book which title starts with the given letter.

Progress: 5/5 - COMPLETED

M - Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys by Kate Brian (03/14/2010)
A - Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison (03/13/2010)
R - Romeo, Romeo by Robin Kaye (03/30/2010)
C - Corbin's Fancy by Linda Lael Miller (03/09/2010)
H - Heartbreaker by Diana Palmer (03/07/2010) 

2010 A-Z Male Character Challenge

Progress: 6/26

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C:
D: Dan Calebow from It Had to Be You - 01/17/2010
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J: Jeff Corbin from Corbin's Fancy - 03/09/2010
K: Kevin Tucker from This Heart of Mine - 01/06/2010
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N: Nigel Bevelstoke from The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever - 02/21/2010
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R: Risk Kincaid from Squeeze Play - 01/15/2010
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T: Tyler Ramsey from Impetuous - 03/05/2010
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2010 A-Z Female Character Challenge

Progress: 6/26

A:
B:
C: Cheever, Miranda from The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever - 02/21/2010
D:
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F: Fancy Jordan from Corbin's Fancy - 03/09/2010
G: Grayson, Jacy from Squeeze Play - 01/15/2010
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M: Molly Sommerville from This Heart of Mine - 01/06/2010
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P: Phoebe Sommerville from It Had to Be You - 01/17/2010
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R: Rosalie Ronaldi from Romeo, Romeo - 03/30/2010
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2010 A-Z Book Challenge

I'm in for this one as well! :)

Progress: 3/26

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I: It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 01/17/2010
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R: Romeo, Romeo by Robin Kaye - 03/30/2010
S: Squeeze Play by Kate Angell - 01/15/2010
T: This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 01/06/2010
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2010 A-Z Author Challenge

Progress: 6/26

A: Angell, Kate - Squeeze Play 01/15/2010
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F: Foster, Lori - Impetuous 03/05/2010
G:
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K: Kaye, Robin - Romeo, Romeo 03/30/2010
L:
M: Miller, Linda Lael - Corbin's Fancy 03/09/2010
N:
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P: Phillips, Susan Elizabeth - This Heart of Mine 01/06/2010
Q: Quinn, Julia - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever 02/21/2010
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Change in 101010 Challenge

So, I decided to change the Shakespeare category in my 101010 challenge, to the Georgia Nicholson books.  After watching the movie, I got interested in the rest of the storyline.  And so now, I'm going to read the complete series, which has 10 books.  Works out pretty perfectly, haha.

Also, I'm doing some other challenges too, and am interested in participating in still more challenges.  Challenges introduce you to so many new books!  I love it!  So the new ones that I've decided to take part in for now are ones I found in the Romance Readers Reading Challenges group on  Goodreads, under their "Dare You to Read" challenges.  The challenges I decided to partake in are: to read Line of Scrimmage by Marie Force in a month, to read The Last Time I Was Me by Cathy Lamb in a month, and to read the Sweet Magnolias series (4 books) by Sherryl Woods within 4 months.  Actually, the Sweet Magnolias series is going to come out with 3 more books this year, so that challenge might be extended.  So yeah, this doesn't seem too bad.  And I can use these books to cross challenge with my 101010 challenge.

There are many more challenges from the Romance Readers Reading Challenges (RRRC) group that I'm interested in.  I also have some I'm interested in from the Royal Reviews site.

So check back for more news on the challenges I'm participating in.  Also, I should have some reviews up next week! :)

Monday Motivation

Hello!  It is officially Monday, and so I thought I'd post with my new weekly thing: Monday Motivation.  Every Monday I will try to post a quote that will try to help motivate us through the week...or maybe just give us a laugh, to make the week not so daunting.  Anyway, I found a good one for this week!

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

                                                                                            ~ Louisa May Alcott

I went to Costco about a week ago and picked up 2 books. One I've been wanting, because I'm a big fan of Julia Quinn, and that one is What Happens in London. The other, which is Hearts at Stake, just caught my eye. It's the first in a series, I believe. And it's about vampires. I've always been interested in vampires, along with witches, werewolves, etc., even way before all this Twilight hype. (Haven't even read the Twilight series yet...) Anyway, these two books have been added to my TBR pile, which is quite big (and not completely updated on the sidebar...it's much longer than that)...

I also have several books to review, which I will get around to some time this week...hopefully. I've got a midterm coming up, plus a paper due. So we'll see. I'm also thinking of changing one of my categories for the 101010 challenge to The Georgia Nicholson books, because I just watched the movie Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, and go interested in rereading. Then, I found out there are actually 10 books in the series! I had only read 3 of them, I think.