Duration: 1st January – 31st December 2020
Number of books: 26

A – The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
B – The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After by Julia Quinn
C – Cleaving by Julie Powell
D – Deep in the Valley by Robyn Carr
E – Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
F – Falling for the Highlander by Lynsay Sands
G – The Goblin King by Shona Husk
H – Hot for the Holidays by Lora Leigh, Angela Knight, Anya Bast & Allyson James
I – It’s In His Kiss by Julia Quinn
J – Just Over the Mountain by Robyn Carr
K – A Kiss Before the Apocalypse by Thomas E. Sniegoski
L – Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
M – The Man Within by Lora Leigh
N – Never Been Witched by Annette Blair
O – An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn
P – Perfect for the Beach by Lori Foster, Janelle Denison, et al.
Q – A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands
R – Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
S – Stroke of Midnight by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley, L.A. Banks & Lori Handeland
T – Tarnished Knight by Bec McMaster
U – Unremembered by Jessica Brody
V – Virgin River by Robyn Carr
W – Wicked Games by Angela Knight
X –
Y –
Z –

Duration: 1st January – 31st March 2020
Number of books: 8
Hosted by: Bookworm Bitches

Rules:
~Books must be read during the selected time period.
~Post a link to the book, date you finished and rating
~All books read for challenges can be used for more than one challenge.
~Books can be either Fiction or Non Fiction. Your choice.
~If you don’t have a book that matches the option on the list, pick any book on your TBR.
~Copy the blank template below and paste into a new comment to start your challenge. Update as necessary.

Completed 7/8

1. Read the highest rated book in your TBR – Wolf Rain by Nalini Singh (4.38 stars)

2. Go to Random.org and type in the amount of books you have on your TBR List. Then read the book that matches the random number it gave you. #234 – Mum’s the Word by Kate Collins

3. Read a book published during your lifetime. – If Ever I Should Love You by Cathy Maxwell

4. Read the lowest rated book in your TBR – The Becoming by Jeanne C. Stein (3.54 stars)

5. Read a book on your TBR that was recommended to you – Foundling by D.M. Cornish

6. Read a book with the authors surname starting with a J

7. Read the oldest book on your TBR – Inferno by Dante Alighieri

8. Catch up on a Bookworm Bitches selection or read a book you have been meaning to read for a long time – Blue Moon by Lori Handeland

Duration: 1st January – 31st January 2020
Number of books: 3
Hosted by: Bookworm Bitches

There are 3 tasks, you only need to read three books to finish this challenge. Or pick one task and read 3 books for that one task.

January

1. Overcoming: Read a book that intimidates you. – Foundling by D.M. Cornish (I couldn’t finish it the first time)
2. Pushing boundaries: Read a book in a genre you don’t normally read. – If Ever I Should Love You by Cathy Maxwell (My second ever Regency Romance)
3. Confidence Builder: Finish a book you started last year. (I finished them all, so this is what I meant to read) – Wolf Rain by Nalini Singh

Rules
~Books must be read during the selected time period.
~Post the date you finished the book.
~All books read for challenges can be used for more than one challenge.
~Books can be either Fiction or Non Fiction. Your choice.
~At the end of the challenge, it will be closed for commenting and moved to the archives folder
~Use the add book/author tool to tag your book within your challenge.

Duration: 1st January – 31st January 2020
Number of books: 6
Hosted by: My Vampire Book Obsession

Chinese New Year 2020 is known as the “Year of the Rat”, and it is starting to celebrate from January 25, 2020 to February 11, 2021 according to Lunar Year.
The Year of the Metal Rat 2020 will be a year of new beginnings! New opportunities, love, and money. 2020 is going to be successful!

Rules
Complete at least two tasks to get the vampire heart
All genres welcome
Rereads welcome
No minimum page count

1. Read a book with an Asian character – The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
2. Read a book with a 20 in the page count – The DUFF by Kody Keplinger (320 pp.)
3. Read a book with a rodent in the story – Wolf Rain by Nalini Singh (Rodent changelings)
4. Read a book tagged steampunk or historical – If Ever I Should Love You by Cathy Maxwell
5. Read a book by a new to you author – Perfect for the Beach by Lori Foster, Janelle Denison, et al.
6. Read a book released in the last 12 years – To Marry a Scottish Laird by Lynsay Sands (2014)

Duration: 1st January – 31st January 2020
Number of books: 11
Hosted by: My Vampire Book Obsession

How It Works:
Ten books each month is a lot, so there will be 5 different levels. So pick which level you want to do and that’s how many items you will need to check off.

Levels:
Transitional – 2 books
Fledgling – 4 books
Vampire – 6 books
Master – 8 books
Vampire King or Queen – 10 books

Tasks:

1. The New Year is a time for New Years Resolutions
Read a new to you author or a new series by a favorite author – The DUFF by Kody Keplinger

2. The official flowers of January are Carnation or Teardrop
Read a book with a Florist or a Flower Shop – The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (how Michael wins Stella back)

3. New Year/New You
Read the first book of a series – If Ever I Should Love You by Cathy Maxwell

4. January is named after the Roman god of doors
Read a book with a door on the cover – Dead Girls are Easy by Terri Garey

5. The New Year brings Twelfth Night, the official end of the Christmas Season
Read a book with a Christmas celebration – Hot for the Holidays by Lora Leigh, Angela Knight, Anya Bast & Allyson James

6. January 3, Earth will be at the point in its orbit where it is closest to the Sun
Read a book where something burns – The Man Within by Lora Leigh

7. It’s a New Year so Out with the old, in with the new
Read a book with the last letter of the author’s last name is in New Years Resolution – Wolf Rain by Nalini Singh

8. January folklore says, A good January brings us a good year.
Read a book someone told you was good – Foundling by D.M. Cornish

9. Hot Buttered Rum Day (Jan 17)
Read a book where a secondary character has a drink or serves a drink – The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn

10. Martin Luther King birthday 1964 Nobel Peace Prize activist for non-violent social change,assassinated in 1968.
Read a book with page numbers 9 & 6 in any order

Bonus:
I’ve still got a hangover!
Read a book with less than 150pgs – Knight of My Dreams by Lynsay Sands

Duration: 1st January – 31st March 2020
Number of books: 60
Hosted by: My Vampire Book Obsession

When you join our quarterly paranormal kit club you will receive all the instructions needed to create one of the kind kits for all your paranormal needs. The kits will be beautifully packaged and each one will have a different theme. Subscribe now and get ready for your first kit. Of course, if you don’t like a particular theme you can always opt out for that quarter but we think you’ll love these kits and want to create each one!

If you are the type of person who loves the paranormal then join now and your instructions will be delivered straight to you. The kit includes all the supplies needed for that occasion when you happen across a paranormal situation. These kits are the perfect gift for those who either love the paranormal or just can’t seem to avoid it. Imagine your delight when each quarter the kit arrives and you can open your surprise box filled with exciting objects everyone who deals with paranormal needs.

Each quarter you will earn a new vampire heart when you complete your kit! So don’t delay and join now!

Thanks to Madame Z for submitting such a great idea for a challenge

How to Play
Complete at least one task per item to collect it for your kit.

Rules
All genres welcome
No minimum page count
Rereads welcome
You must read a different book for each task

Our next quarterly kit will be for those of you who are being or know someone that is being haunted! Do you have a ghost slamming doors, moving objects around and generally being a nuisance – well this kit will help you exorcise any ghosts or spirits who happen to be hanging around

You’ll need the following items to figure out whether you truly have a ghost/spirit problem:

👻 Read a book with the letters EMF in the title OR
👻 Read a book with something electronic on the cover OR
👻 Read a book with a ghost in it
Sex and the Psychic Witch by Annette Blair

👻 Read a book with something in motion on the cover OR
👻 Read a book where a character is sneaking around OR
👻 Read a book with an MPG Paranormal
Blue Moon by Lori Handeland

👻 Read a book whose title begins with the letter “V” OR
👻 Read a book with the word “vibrate” in the text OR
👻 Read a book where someone sets off an alarm
Wolf Rain by Nalini Singh

👻 Read a book where someone uses a thermometer OR
👻 Read a book with ice/snow on the cover OR
👻 Read a book where someone experiences a “cold spot”
Dead Girls are Easy by Terri Garey

👻 Read a book where someone’s voice is recorded OR
👻 Read a book where a recording plays a role in the plot OR
👻 Read a book all the letters of VOICE in the title
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn

👻 Read a book where a character takes a picture OR
👻 Read a book with a mostly blue cover OR
👻 Read a book where a character goes ghost hunting
The Poetry of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson

👻 Read a book where a character conducts surveillance OR
👻 Read a book where a character works in law enforcement or as a private investigator OR
👻 Read a book where the MC is hiding something important
The DUFF by Kody Keplinger

👻 Read a book with a head and no body on the cover (Can have neck/shoulders) OR
👻 Read a book with a man-made source of light on the cover OR
👻 Read a book where the MC uses a flashlight
The Man Within by Lora Leigh

👻 Read a book where a character has the ability to see at night OR
👻 Read a book with a mostly green cover OR
👻 Read a book where a character can see ghosts
Never Been Witched by Annette Blair

👻 Read a book where a character can see or talk to ghosts OR
👻 Read a book where a human MC believes in the supernatural/paranormal OR
👻 Read a book where the MC changes his beliefs during the book
Foundling by D.M. Cornish

You’ll need these things once you’ve found your ghost/spirit in order to banish/exorcise it

👻 Read a book where a character is negatively effected by iron OR
👻 Read a book with something iron on the cover OR
👻 Read a book with the letters of IRON in the title
Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

👻 Read a book with a mostly white cover OR
👻 Read a book with the word “salt” in the text OR
👻 Read a book where a character uses something non lethal to protect themselves
A Match Made in Bed by Cathy Maxwell

👻 Read a book with a religious character OR
👻 Read a book where a character goes to a church OR
👻 Read a book with the word “blessed” in the text
Tempted by His Kiss by Tracy Anne Warren

👻 Read a book where the MC does research on a smart phone or laptop OR
👻 Read a book where a character looks up information about another character OR
👻 Read a book where a character works with computers
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

RELIGIOUS OR SPIRITUAL TALISMAN

👻 Read a book with a necklace on the cover OR
👻 Read a book with the word “talisman” in the text OR
👻 Read a book where a character uses something to ward off evil
It’s In His Kiss by Julia Quinn

👻 Read a book where a character tries to remove negative energy OR
👻 Read a book where a character works in the food industry OR
👻 Read a book with an MPG of magic
Gone with the Witch by Annette Blair

👻 Read a book with a tool on the cover OR
👻 Read a book where a character uses a shovel or digs something/someone up OR
👻 Read a book where the MC has a job that requires physical labor
Cleaving by Julie Powell

👻 Read a book with fire on the cover OR
👻 Read a book where the MC starts a fire OR
👻 Read a book where something important to the plot burns
Hot for the Holidays by Lora Leigh, Angela Knight, Anya Bast and Allyson James

👻 Read a book where a character has psychic powers OR
👻 Read a book with a “haunted” or “spooky” house on the cover OR
👻 Read a book with the word GHOST in the title
Iron & Magic by Ilona Andrews

👻 Read a book where a character says a prayer OR
👻 Read a book tagged religious or religion OR
👻 Read a book where a character tries to or succeeds in exorcising a ghost/spirit/demon
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

Duration: 1st January – 30th June 2020
Number of books: 21
Hosted by: My Vampire Book Obsession

Magical creatures have escaped Newt’s case. Help him wrangle the beasts before the ministry discovers they’re on the loose.

Duration
6 months

Levels
Caretaker ~ 10 books
Keeper ~ 20 books
Magizoologist ~ 30 books

Rules
Read a book that features the listed creatures to catch them.
You may catch several of the same creatures e.g. you can catch seven vampires, one dragon, three werewolves etc.
Collect whichever creatures you want, you don’t have to get all of them.
No minimum page count.

✦ Vampire – The Becoming by Jeanne C. Stein
– Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews
– Sm(B)itten by Delilah Devlin
✦ Shapeshifter – Wolf Rain by Nalini Singh
– Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter
✦ Spell Caster – Sex and the Psychic Witch by Annette Blair
– Gone with the Witch by Annette Blair
– Never Been Witched by Annette Blair
✦ Elf/Fairy – The Ill-Made Mute by Cecilia Dart-Thorton
✦ Demon – Inferno by Dante Alighieri
– Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
✦ Ghost – Dead Girls are Easy by Terri Garey
✦ Undead – Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan
✦ Dragon – Stormwalker by Allyson James
– Firewalker by Allyson James
✦ Unicorn – Sunchaser’s Quest by Mary Stanton
✦ Banshee – Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews
✦ Cyborg – Burning Up Flint by Laurann Dohner
✦ Mermaid – To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
✦ Angel/Nephilim – Bedeviled Angel by Annette Blair
✦ Reaper – First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
✦ Elemental – White Hot by Ilona Andrews
✦ Nymph – The Nymph’s Labyrinth by Danica Winters
✦ Alien – Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman
✦ Orc – Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Urgals)
✦ Goblin – The Goblin King by Shona Husk
✦ Giant – 9 from the Nine Worlds by Rick Riordan
✦ Ancient Being – Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
– The Chosen by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
– Trick of the Light by Rob Thurman

Duration: 1st January – 31st March 2020
Number of books: 20
Hosted by: My Vampire Book Obsession

Rules
Complete at least 5 tasks
Rereads are allowed
No minimum page count
One book per task
All genres welcome

👽 Read a book where a character flies in space or where space travel is common – Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews
👽 Read a book set in space or on a spaceship
👽 Read a book with an MPG of science fiction – Foundling by D.M. Cornish
👽 Read a book with something or someone flying on the cover – The Ill-Made Mute by Cecilia Dart-Thornton

👽 Read a book with a round object on the cover – Blue Moon by Lori Handeland
👽 Read a book set on a planet other than earth
👽 Read a book with all the letters of the name of any planet other than earth in the title (Mars) – To Marry a Scottish Laird by Lynsay Sands
👽 Read a book where the MC has a relationship with someone who is a different species (Can be alien or supernatural) – Wolf Rain by Nalini Singh (Psy and Changeling)

👽 Read a book where the MC is from a planet other than Earth – Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman
👽 Read a book whose title starts with the letter A
👽 Read a book with a mostly green color or an alien on the cover – Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs
👽 Read a book with all the letters of Earth in the author’s name

👽 Read a book set in the future
👽 Read a book with technology that isn’t available right now – The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk edited by Sean Wallace
👽 Read a book set in an alternate world (Can be anything that doesn’t exist such as a world with vampires or a completely different fantasy kingdom) – Tarnished Knight by Bec McMaster
👽 Read a book with all the letters of future in the title

👽 Read a book with a mostly red cover
👽 Read a book with no people or animals on the cover – The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
👽 Read a book where the MC tries something he/she has never done before – A Match Made in Bed by Cathy Maxwell
👽 Read a book with all the letters of SPACE in the title – The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Duration: 1st January – 31st January 2020
Number of books: 6
Hosted by: My Vampire Book Obsession

Collect a Dracula Beauty each month by completing at least 2 tasks out of a set of 6.
A new set of tasks with a new doll will be posted each month.

The dolls you collect will be in your Vampire Heart thread. Don’t have a thread? You can still do the challenge if you want 🙂

Rules:
One book per task.
No minimum page count.
Complete at least two tasks to get the doll

January…

1. Read a book from a series OR by an author that is new to you. – Tarnished Knight by Bec McMaster
2. Read a book with a white cover. – A Match Made in Bed by Cathy Maxwell
3. Read a book with a one in the page count. – Perfect for the Beach by Lori Foster, Janelle Denison, et al. (301 pp.)
4. Read a book that starts with any letter in VAMPIRE. – If Ever I Should Love You by Cathy Maxwell
5. Read a book that takes place in a cold climate. – The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn (England)
6. Read a book while drinking hot cocoa, coffee, or tea cozied up on the couch. – Wolf Rain by Nalini Singh

Duration: 1st January – 31st January 2020
Number of books: 7
Hosted by: Crazy Challenge Connection

As much as I love “Auld Lang Syne” it does make me feel a bit sad. I’ve chosen two recordings for your listening enjoyment while completing this challenge – Mairi Campbell and The Tenors.

7/7 Complete

1. Robert Burns wrote the words to “Auld Lang Syne” in 1788, although he himself attributes some of the verses to lots of old Scottish folk songs that had never previously been written down. He meant the words to be sung to a folk tune called Roud #1694.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Read a book of poetry (must be 150+ pages) OR read a book that involves music in some way; tell us how. – The Poetry of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson

2. “Auld Lang Syne” roughly translates to “for old times’ sake.” The song is all about preserving old friendships and looking back over the events of the year. It evokes a sense of belonging and fellowship, tinged with nostalgia.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Reread one of your favorite books OR read a book about long ago friends reuniting. – A Match Made in Bed by Cathy Maxwell

3. It is a much-loved Scottish tradition to sing the song just before midnight on New Year’s Eve. Everyone stands in a circle holding hands, then at the beginning of the final verse (‘And there’s a hand my trusty friend’) they cross their arms across their bodies so that their left hand is holding the hand of the person on their right, and their right hand holds that of the person on their left.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Read a book whose cover shows a circle or a pair of hands; post the cover OR read a book that takes place in Scotland. – To Marry a Scottish Laird by Lynsay Sands

4. The song has become a New Year’s tradition in countries the world over. Not only is the song sung on New Year’s but it may be sung at funerals, graduations, or any ceremony of leaving or ending. The international Scouting movement ends a jamboree with “Auld Lang Syne.”
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Read a book in which any type of special occasion is being celebrated; tell us what OR read a book in which a funeral takes place. – If Ever I Should Love You by Cathy Maxwell (marriage / wedding)

5. There are a total of five verses and the English version varies slightly from the original Scottish version. Though ‘auld’ gets translated as ‘old’ in the first verse, the chorus leaves the original ‘auld’ in place.

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and old lang syne?

Chorus:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

II
And surely you’ll buy your pint cup!
and surely I’ll buy mine!
And we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

Chorus

III
We two have run about the slopes,
and picked the daisies fine;
But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,
since auld lang syne.

Chorus

IV
We two have paddled in the stream,
from morning sun till dine;
But seas between us broad have roared
since auld lang syne.

Chorus

V
And there’s a hand my trusty friend!
And give me a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll take a right good-will draught,
for auld lang syne.

Chorus

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Read a book that has been translated; tell us the original and the translated language OR read a book that has a “5” in its original publication year; tell us the year. – Perfect for the Beach by Lori Foster, Janelle Denison, et al. (2005)

6. The tune to which “Auld Lang Syne” is sung is much disputed over who actually wrote it, and it is not the Roud #1694 to which Burns originally set it (but it’s close). The Scots traditionally sing the song at a much faster tempo than Americans associate with the melody. George M. Cohen deliberately borrowed the first line for one of his versus of “You’re a Grand Old Flag” (But should auld acquaintance be forgot, Keep your eye on the grand old flag.)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Read a book that seems to flow exceptionally fast or exceptionally slow; tell us which OR read a book that mentions or refers to another book within its text; tell us the book being referenced. – Tarnished Knight by Bec McMaster

7. “Auld Lang Syne” has been recorded multiple times by multiple artists. Guy Lombardo with his Royal Canadians performed it in 1939 on New Year’s Eve. He is often credited with popularizing the song in United States. Lombardo’s version is played in NYC’s Times Square immediately after the huge ball drops.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Read a book by a Canadian author; be sure to post the author link OR read a book that takes place in New York City. – The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X