Challenges 2012

New year, new set of challenges! You can find my original post on my 2012 Reading Challenges HERE. But listed below is a running list of my progress.

(And here is my 2011 progress list: it was loads of fun!)

Steampunk Reading Challenge

hosted by the ladies at Dark Faerie Tales

Chosen Level: Gaslight (6 steampunk books)

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Krazy Kleypas Reading Challenge

hosted by the ladies at Under the Covers

Chosen Level: Category One (1-3 books by Lisa Kleypas)

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New Author Challenge

hosted by the fine folks at Literary Escapism

Chosen Level: Level One (15 books by a new-to-me author)

1. The Shadow Reader by Sandy Williams [Feb. 10]
2. Mask of the Gladiator by Georgie Lee [Feb. 25]
3. Firelight by Kristen Callihan [Mar. 11]
4. The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst [Mar. 17]
5. Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire [Apr. 11]
6. Urban Shaman by C.E. Murphy [Apr. 15]
7. A Hint of Frost by Hailey Edwards [Apr. 29]
8. Ricochet by Sandra Sookoo [May 7]
9. Kiss and Make Up by Faye Robertson [May 11]
10. Alien Revealed by Lilly Cain [May 19]
11. Her Christmas Pleasure by Karen Erickson [May 19]
12. Divinely Ruined by Diane Alberts [May 28]
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Horror and Urban Fantasy Reading Challenge

hosted by the gals at Book Chick City

Chosen Level: Level One (read 24 horror & urban fantasy novels in 2012)

1. The Shadow Reader by Sandy Williams [Feb. 10]
2. Horizon by Sophie Littlefield [Feb. 18]
3. In the Service of the King by Laura Kaye [Mar. 7]
4. Firelight by Kristen Callihan [Mar. 11]
5. The Kingdom by Amanda Stevens [Apr. 2]
6. Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire [Apr. 11]
7. Tangled Threads by Jennifer Estep [Apr. 14]
8. Urban Shaman by C.E. Murphy [Apr. 15]
9. The Prophet by Amanda Stevens [Apr. 26]
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Authors After Dark 2012 Reading Challenge

hosted by Midnyte Reader

List of projected reads (definitely going to expand as I figure out what I'd like to read):

• TBD book by Joey W. Hill
• TBD book by Jaye Wells
• TBD book by Yasmine Galenorn
• TBD book by Allison Pang
• TBD book by Carolyn Crane
• TBD book by Darynda Jones
• TBD book by Stacey Kennedy

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50 States Challenge

hosted by Tasha at Book Obsessed

Alabama: AL
Alaska: How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper [Mar. 12, 2011]
Arizona: AZ
Arkansas: AR
California: Becca's Best by Jessica Barksdale Inclan [Jan. 18, 2011]
Colorado: Ivy League Cowboy by Helen Hardt [Nov, 2011]
Connecticut: CT
Delaware: DE
Florida: FL
Georgia: Dirty Beautiful by Jodie Becker [Dec. 19, 2011]
Hawaii: HI
Idaho: ID
Illinois: IL
Indiana: IN
Iowa: IA
Kansas: KS
Kentucky: KY
Louisiana: Giving Up the Ghost by Melissa Ecker [May 13, 2011]
Maine: Blind Love by Nina Pierce [May 31, 2011]
Maryland: Blood of the Maple by Dana Marie Bell [May 7, 2011]
Massachusetts: Her Dear & Loving Husband by Meredith Allard [Sep. 20, 2011]
Michigan: Forever Freed by Laura Kaye [Sep. 13, 2011]
Minnesota: MN
Mississippi: MS
Missouri: 
Montana: Big Sky Country by Linda Lael Miller
Nebraska: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell [Dec. 1, 2011]
Nevada: Immortalis: Carpe Noctem by Katie Salidas [Mar. 10, 2011]
New Hampshire: NH
New Jersey: NJ

New Mexico: NM
New York: The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst [Mar. 17, 2012]
North Carolina: Darkness Dawns by Dianne Duvall [Feb. 13, 2011]
North Dakota: ND
Ohio: American Vampire by Jennifer Armintrout [Jan. 25, 2011]

Oklahoma: OK
Oregon: OR
Pennsylvania: Collide by Megan Hart [July 3, 2011]
Rhode Island: RI
South Carolina: The Restorer by Amanda Stevens [May 9, 2011]
South Dakota: SD
Tennessee: Stolen Dreams by Stacey Kennedy [Apr. 23, 2011]
Texas: Queen of Shadows by Dianne Sylvan [Jan. 3, 2011]

Utah: UT
Vermont: VT
Virginia: VA
Washington: Coming Undone by Lauren Dane [Jan. 23, 2011]
West Virginia: WV
Wisconsin: WI
Wyoming: WY
Bonus, Washington, D.C.: Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye [Dec. 23, 2011]