September Reading Challenge Update

August was a great month of reading for me! I read 9 books that had all been on my reading list for quite some time!!

I didn’t complete any new challenges, but I’ve made some great progress. Here’s my September Reading Challenge Update:

2014 Just for Fun Reading Challenge

1. January | The Doctor’s Secret Bride
2. February | Evening Stars
3. March | Love’s Stormy Gale
4. April | Planning for Love
5. May | Before We Kiss
6. June | The Battling Bluestocking
7. July | Once Upon a Prince
8. August | Four Weddings and a Kiss
9. September | Shadows of the Canyon

Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge

1. JAN- The Doctor’s Secret Bride
2. FEB- Life Interrupted
3. MAR- Love’s Stormy Gale
4. APR- Lumière (Light)
5. MAY- Death’s Academy
6. JUN- Grave Consequences
7. JUL- Once Upon a Prince
8. AUG- Tried and True
9. SEP- Shadows of the Canyon

2014 Indie Fever Reading Challenge

hosted by b00k r3vi3ws by DDS. My level is — Amateur : Choose to read 1 – 24 New Authors. I’m hoping to add five new authors to my list.

1. Guys Against the Girls
2. The Doctor’s Secret Bride
3. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
4. What Next?
5. Lumière
6. Faith Departed
7. The Seahorse Legacy
8. Liberty Frye and the Witches of Hessen
9. A Young Woman’s Guide to Setting Boundaries
10. Bobby Ether and the Academy
11. Don’t Bet On It
12. Murder Strikes a Pose
13. Acting Up

Fifty States 2014

No one appears to be hosting but I like this one so I’m doing it anyway 😉

Arizona – Gunpowder Tea California – Before We Kiss Colorado – Courting Trouble Georgia – Once Upon a Prince Idaho – Then Came You Illinois – Planning for Love Kansas – A January Bride Louisiana – Sweet Olive Maine – Beauty for Ashes Maryland – Betrayed Massachusetts – Love’s Stormy Gale Mississippi – Liberty Frye and the Witches of Hessen

New Hampshire – The Doctor’s Secret Bride New Mexico – Confession New York – The Perfect Match North Carolina – A June Bride Oregon – Life Interrupted Pennsylvania – Crimson Mountain Tennessee – Don’t Bet On It Texas – Worth the Wait | No Quarter Asked Vermont – Smitten Book Club Washington – Always On My Mind Wyoming – Love Letter to the Editor Washington D.C. – Faith Departed

Monthly Mix-up Mania

Host: Book Dragon
Level: Read for each letter (74 Books)

J – A January Bride A – Guys Against the Girls N – What Next? U – Moms’ Ultimate Guide to the Tween Girl World A – Beauty for Ashes R – Rise and Shine Y – Then Came You F – Faith Departed E – Evening Stars B – The Doctor’s Secret Bride R – Really Weird Removals.com U – Until We Touch A – Always On My Mind R – Remains of Innocence Y – A Young Woman’s Guide to Setting Boundaries M – The Perfect Match A – An April Bride R – Revenge of the Flower Girls C – Smitten Book Club H – The Husband Campaign A – The Inmates Are Running the Asylum P – Planning for Love R – Rainbow Magic: The Ultimate Fairy Guide I – Glamorous Illusions L – Lumière M – A March Bride A – April Gold Y – Waiting On You J – A June Bride U – Waking Up Pregnant N – What a Son Needs From His Mom E – Don’t Even Think About It J –  U – Once Upon a Prince L – Love’s Stormy Gale Y – The Savvy Mom’s Guide to Sons: 101 Real-World Tips to Improve Your Relationship and Save Your Sanity A – The Scandalous Adventures of the Sister of the Bride U – Acting Up G – Gunpowder Tea U –  S – The Seahorse Legacy T – Soccer Injury Prevention and Treatment S –  E – Escape to the Hiding Place P – The Guy’s Guide to God, Girls, and the Phone in Your Pocket T – Fast Track E – Bobby Ether and the Academy M – When We Met B – What the Bride Didn’t Know E –  R –  O – Sweet Olive C – A Girl to Come Home To T –  O –  B – Buyer Beware E –  R –  N – No Quarter Asked O –  V –  E –  M – A May Bride B – Before We Kiss E –  R –  D – Gold Digger E –  C – Confession E – M – Crimson Mountain B – The Battling Bluestocking E –  R –

Read Your Freebies!

hosted by The Book Vixen. The goal is to read at least twelve (12) free ebooks.

1. The Doctor’s Secret Bride
2. Love’s Stormy Gale
3. Planning for Love
4. Glamorous Illusions
5. Grave Consequences
6. Crimson Mountain (I grabbed this from Netgalley & kindle)
7. Moms’ Ultimate Guide to the Tween Girl World
8. Life Interrupted
9. Liberty Frye and the Witches of Hessen

2014 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge

hosted by Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book. The goal is to read one book for each letter of the alphabet.

• Beauty for Ashes
• Bride”>The Doctor’s Secret Bride
• A Girl to Come Home To
• Don't Even Think About It”>Don’t Even Think About It
• Evening Stars
• What a Son Needs From His Mom
• Guys Against the Girls
• Escape to the Hiding Place
• The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
• A January Bride
• What the Bride Didn’t Know
• Love’s Stormy Gale
• Always On My Mind
• What Next?
• Sweet Olive
• The Perfect Match
• No Quarter Asked
• Rise and Shine
• Smitten Book Club
• Gunpowder Tea
• Moms’ Ultimate Guide to the Tween Girl World
• V
• Worth the Wait
• X
• Waiting On You
• Z

The Book Monopoly Challenge – Perpetual

hosted by Crazy Challenge Connection.

1st Move: Rolled a 5 and moved to READING RAILROAD: Read a book by an author whose first and last names begin with the same letter, Blood Diaries: Tales of a 6th-Grade Vampire by Marissa Moss

2nd Move: Rolled a 3 and moved to VERMONT AVENUE: Read a book with a mostly white cover: The Scandalous Adventures of the Sister of the Bride

3rd Move: Rolled a 6 and moved to VIRGINIA AVENUE: Read a book with a mostly black cover: Lumière

4th Move: Rolled a 5 and moved to NEW YORK AVENUE: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in “NEWYORKAVENUE” Packing Light by Allison Vesterfelt

5th Move: Rolled a 3 and moved to CHANCE #2: Read a book by one of your favorite authors The Seahorse Legacy

6th Move: Rolled a 2 and moved to ILLINOIS AVENUE: Read a book with a mostly red cover Highland Fling

7th Move: Rolled a 5 and moved to ILLINOIS AVENUE: MARVIN GARDENS: Read a book whose title starts with M or G Glamorous Illusions

8th Move: Rolled a 4 and moved to COMMUNITY CHEST #3: Read any book from the CCC Bookshelf: The Princess and the Pea by Victoria Alexander

9th Move: Rolled a 1 and moved to PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE: Read a book by an author whose first or last initial can be found in “PENNSYLVANIA”: Betrayed by Rebecca York

10th Move: Rolled a 3 and moved to PARK PLACE: Read a book in which at least one character is wealthy: Waking Up Pregnant

11th Move: Rolled a 6 and moved to BALTIC AVENUE: Read a book with a mostly purple cover: Crochet Lace: Techniques, Patterns, and Projects

12th Move: Rolled a 3 and moved to ORIENTAL AVENUE: Read a book with a mostly white cover: How to Marry a Cowboy

13th Move: Rolled a 2 and moved to VERMONT AVENUE: Read a book set in one of the New England states: Amorelle

14th Move: Rolled a 4 and moved to ELECTRIC COMPANY: Read a book with a daytime scene on the cover: Murder Strikes a Pose

15th Move: Rolled a 2 and moved to VIRGINIA AVENUE: Read a book with a mostly black cover: Remains of Innocence

16th Move: Rolled a 6 and moved to FREE PARKING: Read any book of your choice: It’s in His Kiss

17th Move: Rolled a 2 and moved to CHANCE #2: Read a book by one of your favorite authors: Tried and True

18th Move: Rolled a 3 and moved to B&O RAILROAD: Read a book set at least 50 years in the past: Four Weddings and a Kiss

19th Move: Rolled a 2 and moved to VENTNOR AVENUE: Read a book with a mostly yellow cover OR a book whose title starts with V or A OR a book in which a character behaves in a “yellow” (cowardly) fashion OR a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in “VENTNORAVENUE”

What have you finished?