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Reading Challenges for 2015

by | Jan 1, 2016 | Uncategorized | 6 comments

I was able to participate in some great challenges this year so I wanted to wrap them up with the year done!!!

Historical Romance Reading Challenge-Hosted by Anna @Herding Cats

historical challenge 2015

I was able to read 138/100. My goal was 100 but I wanted to see how many HR I could get to.

1. Catch A Falling Heiress-Laura Lee Gurhke
2. Surrender To A Scoundrel-Lily Dalton
3. To Love A Scottish Lord -Karen Ranney
4. Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress -Theresa Romain
5. Earls Just Want To Have Fun  -Shana Galen
6. Till Dawn With The Devil-Alexandra Hawkins
7. Never Desire A Duke-Lily Dalton
8. I Loved A Rogue-Katharine Ashe
9. The Bride of Lochbarr-Margaret Mallory
 10. After Dark with a Scoundrel by Alexandra Hawkins
11. A Sinful Deception by Isabella Bradford
12. The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworyh
13. Why Lords Lose Their Hearts by Manda Collins
14. The Seduction of an English Scoundrel-Jillian Hunter
15. Good Earls Go Bad-Megan Frampton
16. My Lady, My Lord-Katharine Ashe
17. Sweet Enemy-Heather Snow
18. Never Entice An Earl-Lily Dalton
19.  How To Tame Your Duke-Juliana Gray
20. In Your Wildest Scottish Dreams-Karen Ranney
21. The Secrets Of Sir Kenworthy
22. What A Lady Requires by Ashlynn Macnamara
23. Sweet Deception-Heather Snow
24. Outlaw-Susan Johnson
25. Highland Guard-Hannah Howell
26. Diary of an Accidental Wallflower-Jennifer Mcquiston
27. Treasured by Candace Camp
28. What A Devilish Duke Desires-Vicky Dreiling
29. It Started With Scandal-Julie Anne Long
30. My Highland Lover-Maeve Greyson
31. Highland Surrender-Tracy Brogan
32. A Touch of Passion-Bronwen Evans
33. Wicked My Love-Susanna Ives
34. Four Nights With The Duke-Eloisa James
35. Sunrise With A Notorious Lord-Alexandra Hawkins
36. Behind The Plaid-Eliza Knight
37. Captured By The Pirate Laird-Amy Jarecki
38. Sebastian’s Lady Spy-Sharon Cullen
39. The Lady Meets Her Match-Gina Conkle
40. The Elusive Lord Everhart-Vivienne Lorret
41. When A Rake Falls-Sally Orr
42. Darling Jasmine-Bertrice Small
43. Kiss The Earl-Gina Lamm
44. A Measure Risk-Natasha Blackthorne
45. Bite At First Sight-Brooklyn Ann
46-Ransom-Julie Garwood
47. The Duke and the Lady In Red-Lorraine Heath
48. Lady Sarah’s Sinful Desires-Sophie Barnes
49. Saving Grace-Julie Garwood
50. Honor’s Splendor-Julie Garwood
51. 50 Ways To Ruin A Rake-Jade Lee
52. Twice A Texas Bride-Linda Broday
53. The Secret-Julie Garwood
54. Kilts and Daggers-Victoria Roberts
55. The Lion’s Lady-Julie Garwood
56. I’ve Got My Duke To Keep Me Warm -Kelly Bowen
57. Love In The Time Of Scandal-Caroline Linden
58. Dearest Rogue-Elizabeth Hoyt
59. The Trouble With Honor-Julia London
60. The Gift-Julie Garwood
61. A Good Rogue Is Hard To Find-Kelly Bowen
62. Guardian Angel-Julie Garwood
63. Devil Takes A Bride-Julia London
64. The Scoundrel and the Debutante-Julia London
65. Sweet Madness-Heather Snow
66. Gentle Warrior-Julie Garwood
67. Never Resist A Rake-Mia Marlowe
68. The Unexpected Duchess-Valerie Bowman
69. Destiny’s Embrace-Beverly Jenkins
70. The Maiden-Jude Devereaux
71. Put Up Your Duke-Megan Frampton
72. The Duke’s Disaster-Grace Burrowes
73. Lord of Vengeance
74. Outlaw Hearts-Rosanne Bittner
75. Do Not Forsake Me-Rosanne Bittner
76. How To Marry A Royal Highlander-Vanessa Kelly
77. Black Silk-Judith Ivory
78. A Sword For His Lady-Mary Wine
79. The Art of Sinning-Sabrina Jeffries
80. All The Ways To Ruin A Rogue-Sophie Jordan
81. The Warlord’s Wife-Sandra Lake
82. A Radical Arrangement-Jane Ashford
83. Lady Emily’s Exotic Journey-Lillian Marek
84. Destiny’s Surrender0-Beverly Jenkins
85. The Great Estate-Sherri Browning
86. Darling Beast-Elizabeth Hoyt
87. Midnight Magic-Shari Anton
88. The Prince and I-Karen Hawkins
89. A Pirate’s Wife For Me-Christina Dodd
90. When The Scot Ties The Knot-Tessa Dare
91. You’re The Earl I Want-Kelly Bowen
92. Scotsman of my Dreams-Karen Ranney
93. The Highlander’s Woman-Monica Burns
94. Almost A Scandal-Elizabeth Essex
95. Good Rake Is Hard To Find-Manda Collins
96. Heaven On Earth-Virginia Brown
97. A Notorious Knight-Margaret Moore
98. Lost Lady-Jude Deveraux
99. One Scandalous Kiss-Christy Carlyle
100. Mad, Bad and Dangerous in Plaid-Suzanne Enoch
101. Tornbrook Park-Sherri Browning
102. A Rogue’s Embrace-Margaret Moore
103. A Little Thing Called Love-Cathy Maxwell
104. Forever Your Earl-Eva Leigh
105. His Wicked REputation-Madeline Hunter
106. Her Secret Guardian-Linda Needham
106. The Madness of Lord Westfall-Mia Marlowe
107. Twilight Magic-Shari Anton
108. Chance The Winds of Fortune-Laurie McBain
109. First Time With A Highlander-Gwyn Cready
110. Thunder on the Plains-Rosanne Bittner
111. What To Do With A Duke-Sally Mackenzie
112. Insatiable-Virginia Henley
113. The Wrong Bride-Gayle Callen
114. The Highlander Takes A Bride-Lynsay Sands
115. Dark Before The Rising Sun-Laurie McBain
116. Scandal Takes The Stage-Eva Leigh
117. Seduction of a Highland Warrior-Sue Ellen Welfonder
118. The Highlander’s Bride-Amanda Forester
119. Cold Hearted Rake-Lisa Kleypas
120. Slightly Married-Mary Balogh
121. The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla by Lauren Willig
122. Mastering the Marquess-Lavinia Kent
123. The Winter Laird-Nancy Scanlon
124. The Highwayman-Kerrigan Byrne
125. The Kadin-Bertrice Small
126. Conqueror’s Kiss-Hannah Howell
127. A Mackenzie Clan Gathering-Jennifer Ashley
128. The Spring Bride-Anne Gracie
129. Forever His Texas Bride-Linda Broday
130. Undone by the Duke-Michelle Willingham
131. Falling Into Bed With A Duke-Lorraine Heath
132. Teach Me Under the Mistletoe-Kay Springsteen
133. To Have and To Hold-Leigh Greenwood
134. To Love and to Cherish-Leigh Greenwood
135. Forever and Always-Leigh Greenwood
136. One Eyed Dukes Are Wild-Megan Frampton
137. The Earl’s Complete Surrender-Sophie Barnes
138. Sutherland’s Secret-Sharon Cullen
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My Goodreads Reading Challenge. Now this challenge was really tough for me, because this is the most I have ever read since starting a blog. I wanted to test and stretch myself a little so I aimed for 400 and got to 414 books this year!! YIPEE!!
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New To You Reading Challenge-Hosted by Anna @Herding Cats
New To You ChallengeMy Goal for the challenge was 50 books.
1. Never Surrender To A Scoundrel-Lily Dalton
2. The Lord of the Clans- Chris Lange
3. Sweet Enemy-Heather Snow
4. The Seduction Of An English Scoundrel-Jillian Hunter
5. How To Tame Your Duke-Juliana Grey
6. Various States of Undress-Laura Simcox
7. Blood Assassin-Alexandra Ivy
8. The Last Man On Earth by Tracy Anne Warren
9. Black Rook by Kelly Meade
10. Rough Justice by Sarah Castille
11. Wicked Dark Dragon-Lolita Lopez
12. Radiance-Grace Draven
13. One Kiss More-Mandy Baxter
14. Bolt From The Blue-Tania Sparks
15. Angels’ Blood-Nalini Singh
16. King-T.M. Frazier
17. Maid For Love-Marie Forice
18. The Unexpected Duchess-Valerie Bowman
19. Stranded with a Billionaire-Jessica Clare
20. Last Hit-Jessica Clare
21. The Fireman Who Love Me-Jennifer Bernard
22. When Darkness Comes-Alexandra Ivy
23. All Lined Up-Cora Carmack
24. Chase Me-Tessa Bailey
25. I’ve Got My Duke To Keep Me Warm-Kelly Bowen
26. The Hook Up-Kristen Callihan
27. Rush-Gina Gordon
28. Lady Sarah’s Sinful Desires-Sophie Barnes
29. A Measured Risk-Natasha Blackthorne
30. Kiss The Earl-Gina Lamm
31. Beautiful Bastard-Christina Lauren
32. Against The Ropes-Sarah Castille
33. Warlord-Lana Grayson
34. Price Of A Kiss-Linda Kage
35. The Elusive Lord Everhard-Vivienne Lorret
36. Captured By The Pirate Laird-Amy Jarecki
37. Behind The Plaid-Eliza Knight
38. Highland Surrender-Tracy Brogan
39. Loving Colt-C.A. Harms
40. The Frenchman-Lesley Young
41. My Highland Lover-Maeve Greyson
42. Radiance-Grace Draven
43. One Kiss More-Mandy Baxter
44. Lay It Down-Cara McKenna
45. Rule Breaker-Harper Kincaid
46.Forbidden-Jacquelyn Frank
47. The Perfect Play-Jaci Burton
48. Misconduct-Penelope Douglas
49. Luck Shot-B.J. Daniels
50. Tough Enough-M.Leighton
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2015 Aged TBR PileTake A Bite Out Of Your TBR Challenge -Bitten By Romance
My Goal for the challenge was 20 books.

1. Outlaw-Susan Johnson

2. Darling Jasmine-Bertrice Small

3. Ransom-Julie Garwood

4. Faefever-Karen Marie Moning

5. Angels’ Blood-Nalini Singh

6. Magic Strikes-Illona Andrews

7. The Kadin-Bertrice Small

8. Slightly Married-Mary Balogh

9. Insatiable-Virginia Henley

10. Her Secret Guardian-Linda Needham

11. A Rogue’s Embrace-Margaret Moore

12. Black Silk-Judith Ivory

13. Ransom-Julie Garwood

14. When Darkness Comes-Alexandra Ivy

15. Darling Jasmine-Betrice Small

16. Sunrise With A Notorious Lord-Alexandra Hawkins

17. Outlaw-Susan Johnson

18. Chance The Winds of Fortune-Laurie McBain

19 Bride of Lochbarr-Margaret Moore

20. Conquoror’s Kiss-Hannah Howell

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6 Comments

  1. Melliane

    I wish you a happy new year!

    Reply
    • Lover Of Romance

      Thank you!! Hope you have a great New Year as well!

      Reply
  2. AJ Sterkel

    How can you possibly read so much? I’m impressed. Happy 2016!

    Reply
    • Lover Of Romance

      haha…..thanks. I had a good reading year, I am a fast reader though so that helps hehe Hope you are having a HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Thanks for stopping by.

      Reply
  3. Samantha

    Congratulations on all your challenges for 2015! I hope 2016 goes just as well for you.

    Reply
  4. Anna@herding cats&burning soup

    Holy cow. I’m amazed by how many books you and Sophia are able to tackle. I didn’t even make it to 200 :/ Blogging has taken a hard hit on my numbers. Awesome job this year!

    Reply

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