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<!--Generated by Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.156 (http://www.squarespace.com) on Sun, 19 May 2013 23:09:39 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>2011 Reading Challenges</title><link>http://fiendishlybookish.com/2011-reading-challenges/</link><description></description><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 17:53:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright></copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.156 (http://www.squarespace.com)</generator><item><title>2011 Horror &amp; Urban Fantasy Reading Challenge at Book Chick City</title><dc:creator>fiendishly bookish</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:13:46 +0000</pubDate><link>http://fiendishlybookish.com/2011-reading-challenges/2010/12/20/2011-horror-urban-fantasy-reading-challenge-at-book-chick-ci.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">442622:6138302:9782385</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><a href="http://www.bookchickcity.com/2010/11/sign-up-horror-urban-fantasy-reading.html"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5221105520_92f9ce9b86_o.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1292876273522" alt="" /></a></span><br />This coming year I will be participating in the superfabulous 2011 Horror and Urban Fantasy Reading Challenge that is being hosted by<a href="http://www.bookchickcity.com/"> Book Chick City.</a> As some of you know these are my favorite genres so it should be a snap to come up with some juicy reads.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Soooo I have tapped some of my 2011 lists for the most lip-smackingly scrumptious reads. This is what I have thus far. More TBD:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">1/1/2011 TAKEN BY THE OTHERS-HAINES, JESS-</span><strong><span style="color: red;">Read 1/9/2011</span></strong></p>
<p>1/4/2011 FROSTFIRE-VIEHL, LYNN</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">1/4/2011   SECRETS OF THE DEMON-ROWLAND, DIANA-</span><strong><span style="color: red;">Read 1/5/2011</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">1/18/2011   SHADOWFEVER-MONING, KAREN MARIE&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="color: red;">Read 1/19/2011</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">1/25/2011   BLOODSHOT-PRIEST, CHERIE-</span><strong><span style="color: red;">Read 1/29/2011</span></strong></p>
<p>2/1/2011   ZOMBIE, OHIO-KENEMORE, SCOTT</p>
<p>2/1/2011   THE DEMON TRAPPER'S DAUGHTER-OLIVER, JANA</p>
<p>2/1/2011 LICENSE TO ENSORCELL-KERR, KATHERINE</p>
<p>2/1/2011   WITCH BREED-GIBBONS, ALAN</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">2/1/2011   NIGHTSHADE-ROWAN, MICHELLE</span>-<strong><span style="color: red;">Read 2/8/2011</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">2/1/2011   666 PARK AVENUE-PIERCE, GABRIELLA-</span><strong><span style="color: red;">Read 2/7/2011</span></strong></p>
<p>2/8/2011   THE IRON WITCH-MAHONEY, KAREN</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">2/22/2011   AMERICAN VAMPIRE-ARMINTROUT, JENNIFER</span>-<strong><span style="color: red;">Read 1/29/2011</span></strong></p>
<p>2/22/2011   THIS SIDE OF THE GRAVE-FROST, JEANIENE</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">2/22/2011   PALE DEMON-HARRISON, KIM-</span><strong><span style="color: red;">Read 2/7/2011</span></strong></p>
<p>2/22/2011   IRON CROWNED-MEAD, RICHELLE</p>
<p>3/1/2011   RIVER MARKED-BRIGGS, PATRICIA</p>
<p>3/15/2011   ETERNAL NIGHT-DEL TORO/HOGAN</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">3/22/2011   WITHER-DESTEFANO, LAUREN</span>-<strong><span style="color: red;">Read 1/1/2011</span></strong></p>
<p>4/5/2011   CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS-CLARE, CASSANDRA</p>
<p>4/5/2011 DEADWORLD-DUNCAN, J.N.</p>
<p>4/21/2011   THE SHADOW OF THE SOUL-PINBOROUGH, SARAH</p>
<p>4/26/2011   TANGLED THREADS-ESTEP, JENNIFER</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">5/3/2011 HOUNDED BY KEVIN HEARNE-</span><strong><span style="color: red;">-Read 4/30/2011</span></strong></p>
<p>5/3/2011   HARD BITTEN-NEILL, CHLOE</p>
<p>5/3/2011   DEAD RECKONING-HARRIS, CHARLAINE</p>
<p>5/6/2011   THE RITUAL-NEVILL, ADAM</p>
<p>5/31/2011 MAGIC SLAYS-ANDREWS, ILONA</p>
<p>6/7/2011   HUNT THE MOON-CHANCE, KAREN</p>
<p>6/28/2011   BLACK HEART LOA-PHOENIX, ADRIAN</p>
<p>8/30/2011   DUST AND DECAY-MABERRY, JONATHAN</p>
<p>8/30/2011   THE HOUR OF DUST AND ASHES-GAY, KELLY</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 120%;">The Goodreads Romance Readers Group is putting on their quarterly </span><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/302292-read-the-season-challenge-spring"><span style="font-size: 120%;">Read the Season Challenge,</span></a><span style="font-size: 120%;"> and yes I am a part of it. Nothing like having more and more books to read!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 120%;">Here are the Rules:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 120%;">1) Using the word SPRING, pick a book title or author (first or last name) that begins with the letters in the chosen season. Voila!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 120%;">The Challenge runs from March 20th thru June 20th 2010.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 120%;">Here are my choices:</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>S-</strong> The Vampire and the Virgin by Kerrelyn&nbsp; <span style="text-decoration: underline;">S</span>parks</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 120%;"><strong>P- </strong>Silverborne by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">P</span>atricia Briggs</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 120%;"><strong>R</strong>- <span style="text-decoration: underline;">R</span>ampant by Saskia Walker&nbsp; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 120%;"><strong>I-</strong>&nbsp; Sin Undone by Larissa <span style="text-decoration: underline;">I</span>one</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 120%;"><strong>N</strong>- <span style="text-decoration: underline;">N</span>ice Girls Don&rsquo;t Live Forever by Molly Harper</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 120%;"><strong>G</strong>-<span style="text-decoration: underline;">G</span>limmerglass by Jenna Black</span></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://fiendishlybookish.com/2011-reading-challenges/rss-comments-entry-7290835.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>2010 YA Debut Author Challenge</title><dc:creator>fiendishly bookish</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:42:54 +0000</pubDate><link>http://fiendishlybookish.com/2011-reading-challenges/2010/3/6/2010-ya-debut-author-challenge.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">442622:6138302:6927587</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com/2009/11/sign-up-for-2010-debut-author-challenge.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa257/sunkrist01/blog%20stuff/4147295951_4301bf0a36.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1267919144453" alt="" /></a></span><span style="font-size: 120%;"> Thank's to Kristi of&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com"><span style="font-size: 120%;">The Story Siren</span></a><span style="font-size: 120%;">&nbsp;for taking over this brilliant challenge!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 120%;"><br />This will be like the shot heard 'round the world because tons of people are going to be digging in this year to discover the best Young Adult debut voices of 2010.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 120%;">After surveying the fiendishly delicious reads offered I cannot wait to dive in...this is going to be a blogging community wide read-a-thon.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 120%;">If you're interested in participating visit The Story Siren to check out the challenge and sign up. [Click le button. Yeah the big one! ;)]</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 120%;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fiendishly Bookish' 2010 Debut Author Challenge List</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 120%;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">&nbsp;is as follows:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 120%;">(</span><em style="font-size: 120%;"><span style="font-size: 120%;"><span style="font-size: 90%;">No doubt this list is gonna grow...but here are the hand-picked dystopian/paranormal/faery beauties I've chosen..</span><span style="font-size: 90%;">.</span></span></em><span style="font-size: 120%;">) </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 120%;">Obviously, strike-throughs are ones that I have devoured thus far.</span></p>
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<li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Restoring Harmony by&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://joelleanthony.com/"><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Joelle Anthony</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 110%;">The Body Finder by&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://kimberlyderting.com/"><span style="font-size: 110%;">Kimberly Derting</span></a></li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Dark Life by&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3747890&amp;FullBreadCrumb=%3Ca+href%3D%22http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/search/%3Fquery%3Dkat%2Bfalls%26Ntt%3Dkat%2Bfalls%26Nr%3DOR%2528Resource_Type%253ABook%2BDescription%252CResource_Type%253AContributor%2BBiography%2529%26Ntk%3DSCHL30_SI%26Ntx%3Dmode%2Bmatchallpartial%26y%3D0%26N%3D0%26x%3D0%26_N%3Dfff%22+class%3D%22endecaAll%22%3EAll+Results%3C/a%3E"><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Kat Falls</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 110%;">Feed by&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://www.miragrant.com/"><span style="font-size: 110%;">Mira Grant</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 110%;">The Line by&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://www.terihall.com/"><span style="font-size: 110%;">Teri Hall</span></a></li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Nomansland by&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=118128"><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Lesley Hauge</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 110%;">Hex Hall by&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://www.rachel-hawkins.com/"><span style="font-size: 110%;">Rachel Hawkins</span></a></li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">The Iron King by&nbsp;</span><span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://www.juliekagawa.com/">Julie Kagawa</a>-devoured-and it was delish!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 110%;">Hunger by&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://www.jackiemorsekessler.com/"><span style="font-size: 110%;">Jackie Morse Kessler</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 110%;">The Iron Thorn by&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://caitlinkittredge.com/"><span style="font-size: 110%;">Caitlin Kittredge</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 110%;">Banished by&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://www.sophielittlefield.com/"><span style="font-size: 110%;">Sophie Littlefield</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 110%;">The Unidentified by&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://www.raemariz.com/"><span style="font-size: 110%;">Rae Mariz</span></a></li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Birthmarked by&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://www.caraghobrien.com/book/"><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Caragh O'Brien</span></a><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">-(currently devouring)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 110%;">Prophecy of Days by&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://christyraedeke.com/"><span style="font-size: 110%;">Christy Raedeke</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 110%;">Paranormalcy by&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 110%;"><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://www.kierstenwhite.com/">Kiersten White</a></span></li>
<li>The Freak Observer by <a href="http://blythewoolston.com/">Blythe Woolston</a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 110%;">The Replacement by&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 110%;"><a style="font-size: 120%;" href="http://www.brennayovanoff.com/">Brenna Yovanoff</a></span></li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Halo by </span><a style="font-size: 120%; text-decoration: line-through;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Halo-Alexandra-Adornetto/dp/0312656262/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1269451665&amp;sr=8-1"><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Alexandra Adornetto</span></a></li>
</ol>
<p><span style="font-size: 120%;">&nbsp;Good Hunting!</span></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://fiendishlybookish.com/2011-reading-challenges/rss-comments-entry-6927587.xml</wfw:commentRss></item></channel></rss>