The Book Nympho's 2013 Audio Book Challenge

The Book Nympho is hosting an Audio Book Reading 
Challenge for 2013.  There are several levels, but I know I'm 
an audio book addict, so I'm going for the gusto and aiming 
for the highest level:  
Plugged In (I can quit anytime) - 15+ books

First Quarter (January - April):

✔ 1. Cinder by Marissa Meyer 

        Finished: 1/7/13
        Book: 5★s  Narration: 3★s

✔ 2. How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper

        Finished: 1/15/13

        Book: 4.5★s  Narration: 5★s

✔ 3. The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper 

        Finished: 1/19/13

        Book: 3.5★s  Narration: 5★s

✔ 4. Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill

        Finished: 1/25/13

        Book: 3.5★s  Narration: 2.5★s

✔ 5. Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer

        Finished: 1/27/13

        Book: 5★s  Narration: 5★s ♥

✔ 6. Hounded by Kevin Hearne 

        Finished: 2/8/13

        Book: 4.5★s  Narration: 5★s

✔ 7. Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones 

        Finished: 2/16/13

        Book: 3★s  Narration: 4★s

✔ 8. Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis 

         Finished: 2/23/13

        Book: 3.5★s  Narration: 4★s

✔ 9. Confession of an Improper Bride by Jennifer Haymore

        Finished: 2/27/13

        Book: 3.5★s  Narration: 4★s

✔ 10. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 

          Finished: 3/19/13

          Book: 5★s  Narration: 5★s ♥

✔ 11. The Good, the Bad and the Undead by Kim Harrison 

          Finished: 4/3/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 4★s

✔ 12. The Demon Under the Microscope by Thomas Hager

          Finished: 4/7/13

          Book: 3.5★s  Narration: 3.5★s
Total Read in First Quarter: 12 

Second Quarter (April - July)

✔ 13. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

          Finished: 4/14/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 4★s 

✔ 14. Girl Walks into a Bar... by Rachel Dratch

          Finished: 4/22/13

          Book: 5★s  Narration: 5★s 

✔ 15. Storm Front by Jim Butcher

          Finished: 4/22/13

          Book: 3.5★s  Narration: 4★s 

✔ 16. The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan

          Finished: 4/23/13

          Book: 5★s  Narration: 5★s 

✔ 17. The Restorer by Amanda Stevens

          Finished: 5/2/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 4★s 

✔ 18. Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris

          Finished: 5/14/13

          Book: 3.5★s  Narration: 5★s 

✔ 19. On the Island by Tracey Garvis Graves

          Finished: 5/18/13

          Book: 5★s  Narration: 2.5★s 

✔ 20. One Dance with a Duke by Tessa Dare

          Finished: 5/21/13

          Book: 4.5★s  Narration: 4★s 

✔ 21. Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris

          Finished: 5/30/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 5★s 

✔ 22. The Kingdom by Amanda Stevens

          Finished: 6/8/13

          Book: 5★s  Narration: 5★s 

✔ 23. The Prophet by Amanda Stevens

          Finished: 6/24/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 5★s 

✔ 24. How to Dance with a Duke by Manda Collins

          Finished: 6/29/13

          Book: 3.5★s  Narration: 3★s 

✔ 25. How to Romance a Rake by Manda Collins

          Finished: 7/2/13

          Book: 3★s  Narration: 3★s 

✔ 26. Hexed by Kevin Hearne

          Finished: 7/25/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 5★s 

✔ 27. Hammered by Kevin Hearne

          Finished: 7/25/13

          Book: 3.5★s  Narration: 5★s

✔ 28. Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth

          Finished: 7/25/13

          Book: 5★s  Narration: 5★s

✔ 29. Tricked by Kevin Hearne

          Finished: 7/30/13

          Book: 4.5★s  Narration: 5★s
Total Read in Second Quarter: 17 Books Read!

Quarter Three (July - October)

✔ 30. Two Ravens and a Crow by Kevin Hearne

          Finished: 7/31/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 5★s 

✔ 31. The Bridegroom Wore Plaid (listened and read)

          Finished: 8/9/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 2.5★s 

✔ 32. Rainshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas

          Finished: 8/13/13

          Book: 4.5★s  Narration: 4.5★s 

✔ 33. Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs

          Finished: 8/17/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 4★s 

✔ 34. Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas

          Finished: 8/22/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 3.5★s 

✔ 35. Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas (listened and read)

          Finished: 8/27/13

          Book: 3.5★s  Narration: 4★s 

✔ 36. Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh

          Finished: 9/3/13

          Book: 3★s  Narration: 4★s

✔ 37. Grimoire of the Lamb by Kevin Hearne

          Finished: 9/5/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 5★s

✔ 38. Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines

          Finished: 9/16/13

          Book: 3★s  Narration: 2★s

✔ 39. Trapped by Kevin Hearne

          Finished: 9/22/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 5★s

✔ 40. Cooked by Michael Pollan

          Finished: 10/4/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 5★s

✔ 41. Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh (listened and read)

          Finished: 10/11/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 2.5★s

Total Read in Third Quarter 3: 12

Quarter Four:

✔ 42. Surrender by Pamela Clare

          Finished: 10/31/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 5★s

✔ 43. Born Standing Up by Steve Martin

          Finished: 11/2/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 5★s

✔ 44. Shades of Honor by Wendy Lindstrom

          Finished: 11/12/13

          Book: 4.5★s  Narration: 4★s

✔ 45. All the Queen's Men by Linda Howard

          Finished: 11/19/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 3.5★s

✔ 46. Crystal Cove by Lisa Kleypas

          Finished: 12/6/13

          Book: 3.5★s  Narration: 5★s

✔ 47. The Longing by Wendy Lindstrom

          Finished: 12/9/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 5★s

✔ 48. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

          Finished: 12/17/13

          Book: 4★s  Narration: 5★s

✔ 49. Hunted by Kevin Hearne (listening now)

          Finished: 

          Book:      Narration: 

Total for Fourth Quarter: tbd (8 I hope - I'd like to get to 50 for the year :))

Books to Read in December

The last reading plan for 2012!!

Audiobooks:
A Night Like This by Julia Quinn
Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas
The Prize by Julie Garwood

Library Books:
An Apple for the Creature (Anthology)
In the Highlander's Bed by Cathy Maxwell
Straight by Hanne Blank
On Request/To request:
Dream Eyes by Jayne Ann Krentz
Hidden Away by Maya Banks
Low Pressure by Sandra Brown
Quiet by Susan Cain
Shadow Woman by Linda Howard
Straight by Hanne Blank

BOTM/Challenges:
Lady Louisa's Christmas Wish by Grace Burrowes
A Seduction at Christmas by Cathy Maxwell

New Series/Authors:
Devil of the Highlands by Lynsay Sands
Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath
The Windflower by Sharon and Tom Curtis

Continuing Series: 
The Hawk by Monica McCarty
To Tame a Highland Warrior by KMM

Stand-Alones/Non-Fiction:
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

Not on Original Plan:
Raine by Elizabeth Amber
Snowy Night with a Highlander by Julia London
Hot Under the Collar by Jackie Barbosa 
The Lesson Plan by Jackie Barbosa
The Sacrifice by Evangeline Anderson
Ember by Kristen Callihan
Love's Portrait by Monica Burns
Roped by Anne Jacobs
The Virgin Proxy by Georgia Fox
The Craftsman by Georgia Fox
A Mackenzie Family Christmas by Jennifer Ashley
Everything I Know About Love I Learned from Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell
The Good Sinner's Naughty Nun by Georgia Fox
In the Line of Fire by Allison Chappell
The Wagered Wench by Georgia Fox
The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
The Serpent Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt

Currently Reading:
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
The Wagered Wench by Georgia Fox
The Serpent Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt

Read: 
In the Highlander's Bed by Cathy Maxwell
Raine by Elizabeth Amber
Snowy Night with a Highlander by Julia London
Hot Under the Collar by Jackie Barbosa
A Night Like This by Julia Quinn
The Lesson Plan by Jackie Barbosa
The Sacrifice by Evangeline Anderson
The Hawk by Monica McCarty
Ember by Kristen Callihan
Love's Portrait by Monica Burns
Roped by Anne Jacobs
The Virgin Proxy by Georgia Fox
The Craftsman by Georgia Fox
A Mackenzie Family Christmas by Jennifer Ashley
Moonglow by Kristen Callihan
The Good Sinner's Naughty Nun by Georgia Fox
The Prize by Julie Garwood
In the Line of Fire by Allison Chappell
Everything I Know About Love I Learned from Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell
The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum

2013 Reading Challenges

Hard to believe it's that time of year again!  Turkey's been consumed, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us, Santa's at the Mall and Christmas music is in the air and that means my 2012 Reading Challenges are winding down and it's time to think about what challenges I'll do in 2013.

I know for sure that I'll do the 12X12 Challenge on Shelfari again, though I'm not sure if I want to try for the 13X13 or if I'll just stick with the 12X12.  I guess it depends on the final count for my 2012 12X12 and if I can think up 13 good, broad categories.

Here are some of the Challenges I've done in the past that I'll probably do again if they're still on:
Back to the Future Challenge
What's in a Name (Beth Fish Reads)
Wendy the Super Librarian's TBR Challenge


All of these Challenges are hosted by The Book Vixen and are ready to go for 2013:
Men in Uniform Challenge hosted by The Book Vixen (yet another excuse to re-read TS Inc. and continue TDD)
Romantic Suspense Challenge
Contemporary Romance Challenge
Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge


I'll be joining the 2013 Audio Book Challenge which is co-hosted by The Book Nympho and Hot Listens.
I'm sure Goodreads will do a 2013 Reading Challenge, so I'll do that again.
I'll participate in the Shelfari Readers of Romance Challenge Group again.

That's all I can think of right now.  I'll add more as I come across them.

ROR Winter 2012/2013 Challenge (15/15)

1. Read a winter holiday themed book (Christmas, New Year's or Valentine's Day).
Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift by Jennifer Ashley

2. Read a book by Susan Mallery or Lorraine Heath.
Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath

3. Read a book with a two word title.
The Prize by Julie Garwood 

4. Read a book set in some place warm.
Broken by Kelley Armstrong

5. Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Raine by Elizabeth Amber

6. Read a book with a cheesy cover.
The Englor Affair by J. L. Langley

7. Read a book featuring twins or triplets.
Confessions of an Improper Bride by Jennifer Haymore

8. Read a book you've had on the tbr forever.
The Serpent Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt

9. Read a book with a headless person on the cover.
The Hawk by Monica McCarty

10. Read a book where there hero or heroine's name starts with "D."
A Night Like This by Julia Quinn (Daniel Smythe-Smith)

11. Read a book where there hero or heroine's name starts with "J."
Dream Eyes by Jayne Ann Krentz (Judson Coppersmith)

12. Read a book with a word that starts with "F" in the title.
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper

13. Reader's Choice #1
In the Highlander's Bed by Cathy Maxwell

14. Reader's Choice #2
Moonglow by Kristen Callihan

15. Reader's Choice #3
My Fair Captain by J. L. Langley

Countdown to Completing the 12X12 Challenge

I can't believe it's already November and Thanksgiving is just days away.  This year has just flown by and that means time is running out on the 12X12 Challenge.  I decided to count all the short stories/novellas I've read this year and after juggling things around a bit, it looks like I  actually have a shot at completing all my categories.  I'll probably wind up reading more than 144 books too!

As of 11/19/2012, here's where my list stands:

✔ 1. Historical Romance/Fiction:  DONE!

✔ 2. Mystery & Romantic Suspense: DONE!

1. ☊ Whirlpool by Elizabeth Lowell ✔ 11/24

✔ 3. Paranormal Romance:  DONE!

✔ 4. Fantasy/Urban Fantasy:  DONE!

✔ 5. Highlanders: DONE!

1. Autumn in Scotland by Karen Ranney ✔ 11/22
2. In the Highlander's Bed by Cathy Maxwell ✔ 12/1
3. Snowy Night with a Highlander by Julia London ✔ 12/2
4. The Hawk by Monica McCarty ✔ 12/2
5. Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift by Jennifer Ashley ✔ 12/17

✔ 6. Continuing Series:  DONE!

✔ 7. Sci Fi/Futuristic:  DONE!

✔ 8. New Authors: DONE!

1. Firelight by Kristen Callihan ✔ 11/30

9. Anticipated Books (new in 2012): DONE!

1. A Night Like This by Julia Quinn ✔ 12/8
2. Moonglow by Kristen Callihan ✔ 12/8

✔ 10. Contemporary Romance:  DONE!

✔ 11. AAR Top 100 (all lists): DONE!

1. The Prize by Julie Garwood ✔ 12/23
2. The Serpent Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt ✔ 12/30

✔ 12. Non-fiction: DONE!

1. Argo by Tony Mendez ✔ 11/28
2. Everything I Know About Love I Learned from Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell ✔ 12/29
3. The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum ✔ 12/28

I'll update this list as I finish books and I hope I'll be able to check off that last book before midnight on December 31st!

Books to Read in November

Audiobooks:
Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
Kill and Tell by Linda Howard
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Library Books:
An Apple for the Creature (Anthology)
Hidden Away by Maya Banks
Straight by Hanne Blank
On Request:
The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling
Low Pressure by Sandra Brown
Quiet by Susan Cain

BOTM/Challenges:
Don't Tempt Me by Loretta Chase*
Firelight by Kristen Callihan
Hot for Him by Sarah Mayberry
Untie My Heart by Judith Ivory

New Series/Authors:
Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
The Pirate Next Door by Jennifer Ashley*
Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath*

Continuing Series: 
Broken by Kelley Armstrong
The Hawk by Monica McCarty
The Ranger by Monica McCarty

Stand-Alones/Non-Fiction:
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

Not on Original Plan:
The Next Always by Nora Roberts
Hot Island Nights by Sarah Mayberry*
The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts
The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts
Ain't She Sweet by S. E. P.
Brook Street: Thief by Ava March
Taken by Selena Kitt
Vitamin P by Nichelle Gregory
Brook Street: Fortune Hunter by Ava March
Autumn in Scotland by Karen Ranney
Whirlpool by Elizabeth Lowell
In the Highlander's Bed by Cathy Maxwell
Argo by Antonio Mendez
Quiet by Susan Cain

Currently Reading:
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
In the Highlander's Bed by Cathy Maxwell
Quiet by Susan Cain

Read: 
Kill and Tell by Linda Howard
Hot Island Nights by Sarah Mayberry
The Next Always by Nora Roberts
The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts
The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts
Ain't She Sweet by S. E. P.
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Brook Street: Thief by Ava March
Untie My Heart by Judith Ivory
Taken by Selena Kitt
Vitamin P by Nichelle Gregory
Brook Street: Fortune Hunter by Ava March
Autumn in Scotland by Karen Ranney
Whirlpool by Elizabeth Lowell
Argo by Antonio Mendez
Firelight by Kristen Callihan