A Challenge To Read More... PNR-UF Group November 2015 Challenge

A challenge to read more…

Since joining Goodreads I have found many “new to me” authors and series.

I took the site’s general “2014 Reading Challenge” and have signed up again this year. In addition to that I decided to sign up for a few reading challenges that the groups I belong to set.

“Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy” Group is for the discussion and recommendation of paranormal romances and paranormal erotic romance, along with urban fantasy, science fiction, futuristic, and fantasy romance. If you love vampires, werewolves, and hot faery men, this is the group for you. Join up and discuss your favourite books!

If you have questions or concerns, please contact a mod other than Pamela. She unfortunately doesn't have a lot of goodreads time at the moment, and you'll get a quicker response from another mod. Thanks!

We recommend members be over 18, since we do discuss books with adult content, but this is not strictly enforced. Please be aware that there will be adult discussion in this group!

So, this post is all about the monthly reading challenge that the “Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy” group have set for November 2015.

PNR & UF Group – November 2015 Challenge

It's a couple of days early, but, well, Halloween is a biggie around my house, and I'm getting ready to ramp up the costume race, so thought I'd get this posted now.

November
Have I Read This One Before?
Have you noticed that a lot of PNR and UF books have similar titles? Read a book that has one of the words in each list in it's title.

You can pluralise the word, but it has to be a separate word, e.g. Angel or Angels could be used but not Archangel.

1 – Dark or Darkness or Darker – Dark and Stormy Knight (Knights of Avalon #2) by Nina Mason
2 – Heat or Hot or Fire – Dragons Don’t Cry (Fire Chronicles #1) by D’Elen McClain
3 – Passion or Kiss or Desire – Passion Bites (Biting Love #9) by Mary Hughes
4 – Magic or Spell or Witch – The Silver Witch by Paula Brackston
5 – Night or Midnight or Wolf – Wolves (I Bring The Fire  # 1) by C Gockel (Read as part of the “The Paranormal 13” box set)
6 – Vampire or Blood or Bite – Blood Magic (Wing Slayer Hunters #1) by Jennifer Lyon
7 – Shadow or Deadly or Hunger – The Company of Shadows by Lisa Olsen
8 – Seduction or Lover or Mate – Marked by an Assassin (Eternal Mates series #8) by Felicity Heaton
9 – Hunter or Eternal or Heart - The Witch Hunter by Nicole R Taylor (Read as part of the “The Paranormal 13” box set)
10 – Angel or Demon or Dragon – Angel of Mercy by Lisa Olsen

PNR-UF Group November 2015 Challenge Book Montage

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So have you read any of the above books? Recognise any of the authors? As usual you can click on the authors’ names to be whisked away to their own websites….

As my regular followers will know, I love these reading challenges – just search my site for reading challenges and see how many results you get!! Lol!  Reading challenges are a fun way to “force” us to look further than our noses, to look past those tried and trusted authors and genres that we always read and step into the world of the unknown… we may experience disappointment but we could discover a new “favourite” author and a myriad of new worlds, characters and tales to sink our teeth into! Isn’t it worth the risk?

Funnily enough I found this challenge harder than I expected. My TBR (To Be Read) shelf was lacking in titles containing these words, I really had to scour, however, looking back over the past couple of years, yes I agree PNR and UF book titles frequently contain these words in their titles! Lol!

A Challenge To Read More... Annual A to Z Author Challenge 2015

Since joining Goodreads.com I have found many “new to me” authors and series.

As my regular followers will know, I took the site’s general “2014 Reading Challenge” and have signed up again this year. In addition to that I decided to sign up for a few reading challenges that the groups I belong to set.

The group “Who’s Your Author” discusses your favourite PNR (Paranormal Romance) and UF (Urban Fantasy) writers. Including but not limited to: Kelley Armstrong, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Jim Butcher, Laurell K. Hamilton, Patricia Briggs, Karen Chance, Lilith Saintcrow, Lynsay Sands, Keri Arthur, Jennifer Rardin, Kimberly Raye, Christine Feehan, Jacquelyn Frank, Ilona Andrews, Karen Marie Moning, Kim Harrison, J.R. Ward, and Charlaine Harris. It's always fun to find out about new authors and give yourself more books to read!

This group also has a Book of the Month and an Author of the Month. While no one is required to participate in these activities, it exposes people to new authors and books and gives people the opportunity to try new things.

So, this post is all about the annual reading challenge that the “Who’s Your Author” group have set for the whole of this year…

WYA 2015 A-Z Author Challenge

Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Read: 26 books
Rules: Use authors' first or last names. You cannot use middle initials. For the letter "X", any author with the letter X in his/her name is acceptable including initials.

You can sign up anytime, and you can backdate books if you know when you finished it, as long as it was done in the year 2015.

A – Annie Bellet – Justice Calling (The Twenty-Sided Sorceress #1)
B – K.F. Breene – Jonas (Darkness #7)
C – Carmen DeSousa – The Library: Where Life Checks Out
D - Dianne Duvall - Phantom Shadows (Immortal Guardians #3)
E - Elizabeth Naughton – Marked (Eternal Guardians #1)
F - Felicity Heaton - Tempted by a Rogue Prince (Eternal Mates #3)
G – Rose Gluck – Triptych: Delusions of Love (Short Affair Series #3)
H - Elizabeth Hunter - Shadows and Gold (Elemental Legacy #0.5)
I – Ilona Andrews – Of Swine and Roses
J - Tenaya Jayne  - Forbidden Forest (The Legends of Regia #1)
K – Kevin Hearne – Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles #1)
L – Jane Lovering – Hubble Bubble
M – William Massa – Fear the Light: Who Murdered Dracula?
N – Neil Gaiman - Stardust
O – John O’Riley – Grumpy Old Wizards
P – Terry Pratchett – Sourcery (Discworld Novel #5)
Q – Gladys Quintal – Man Of My Dreams (The Dream #1)
R – Stephanie Rowe – Darkness Unleashed (Order of the Blade #7)
S – Miranda Stork – Vigilante of Shadows (Scarlet Rain #1)
T – Teresa Gabelman - Slade (The Protectors #6)
U – Simon Kurt Unsworth - Mami Wata (Mammoth Books presents...)
V – Victoria Danann – My Familiar Stranger (Knights of Black Swan #1)
W – Linda Welch – Along Came A Demon (Whisperings #1)
X – Kate Baxter – The Last True Vampire (Last True Vampire #1)
Y – Samantha Young – Drip Drop Teardrop
Z – Rebecca Zanetti – Scorpius Rising (The Scorpius Syndrome prequel)

So, have you read any books written by these authors? 
I am a happy girl because I found a new favourite author or two working my way through this challenge!! You can click on any of the authors' names above and you'll be taken to their website in a new tab.

Oh, and after I read each of the above books, I posted a little review on Goodreads, if you want to know what I thought of them click here.

A challenge to read more.... Who's Your Author A-Z Paranormal Characters Challenge 2015

Since joining Goodreads.com I have found many “new to me” authors and series. I took the site’s general “2014 Reading Challenge” and have signed up again this year. In addition to that I decided to sign up for a few reading challenges that the groups I belong to set.

This post is all about the annual reading challenge that the “Who’s Your Author” Group have set for the whole of this year…

WYA 2015 A-Z Paranormal Characters
Duration: 1 January - 31 December 2015

Rules: Read 26 books, one paranormal character per book, either male or female, using either first or last names. Any paranormal character is acceptable. For those hard to find letters Q, U & X, names which include those letters, including middle initial will be acceptable.

A – ALENA KORNOV – “Of Swine and Roses” by Ilona Andrews
B – DR SLADE BUCHANAN – “Slade – The Protectors #6” by Teresa Gabelman
C - CELIA ALBRIGHT “Bound by the Vampire – Blood and Absinthe #3” by Chloe Hart
D – DUNCAN ROARK – “Duncan - The Protectors #3” by Teresa Gabelman
E – ELIJAH ROSS – “Darkness Surrendered – Order of the Blade #3” by Stephanie Rowe
F – FOREST – “Forbidden Forest – The Legends of Regia #1” by Tenaya Jayne
G – GIDEON ROARKE “Darkness Seduced – Order of the Blade #2” by Stephanie Rowe
H – HAWKE BLAKESTONE – “Claiming the Vampire – Blood and Absinthe #3” by Chloe Hart
I – IOLANTHE – “Hunted by a Jaguar – Eternal Mates #4” by Felicity Heaton
J – JARED KINCAID – “Jared – The Protectors #2” by Teresa Gabelman
K – KADE ISSACSON – “Kade’s Dark Embrace (Immortals of New Orleans #1) by Kym Grosso
L – LILY HARPER – “To Hell and Back – Lily Harper Series #3” by H P Mallory
M – MARCUS GRADEN – “Night Reigns – Immortal Guardians #2” by Dianne Duvall
N – SEBASTIEN (BASTIEN) NEWCOMBE – Phantom Shadows (Immortal Guardians #3) by Dianne Duvall
O – JOSEPHINE O’CONNOR – “Grumpy Old Wizards” by John O’Riley
P – PAULIE – “Jonas (Darkness #7) by K.F. Breene
Q – DEVINSHEA QUINN – “Steal The Light (Thieves #1) by Lexi Blake
R – WILLOW RHOWSEN – “Influential Magic (Crescent City Fae #1) by Deanna Chase
S – SID SINCLAIR – “Sid – The Protectors #4” by Teresa Gabelman
T – TENZIN – “Shadows and Gold – Elemental Legacy #0.5” by Elizabeth Hunter
U – DRACULA – “Fear The Light” by William Massa
V – VAIL – “Tempted by a Rogue Prince – Eternal Mates #3” by Felicity Heaton
W – ROLAND WARBROOK – “Darkness Dawns – Immortal Guardians #1” by Dianne Duvall
X - ALEXA O’BRIEN – “Huntress & Stunner – Alexa O’Brien Huntress Series #0.5 & #0.75” by Trina M Lee
Y – YVAINE – “Stardust” by Neil Gaiman
Z – ZACH – “The Druid Series, 1-3: Reapers, Bled & Harvest” by Marata Eros

Who's Your Author Group (A-Z Paranormal Character Challenge 2015) Book Montage

*flora*'s favourite books »

So, have you read any of these books? I am a happy girl because I found a new favourite author or two working my way through this challenge!! You can click on any of the authors' names above and you'll be taken to their website in a new tab.

Oh, and after I read each of the above books, I posted a little review on Goodreads, if you want to know what I thought of them click here.