Full House Reading Challenge 2015

I'm in for this one again next year.  Some of these categories seem a bit challenging for me indeed ;-) To sign up for this one, see Book Date at this link. Details copied from the blog below:

Challenge Guidelines:

• Challenge will run from Jan 1st to December 31st 2015
• Write and publish a post stating your intention to participate. In the post please include the Challenge graphic and a link back to this post. Then link your intention post at the bottom of this post.  Make sure it is the actual post and not just a generic link to your blog.
• Entries will be accepted up until the end of September 2015.
• Add your reviews back here on the link in this post. At the end of every three months there will be a U.S. $12 prize with a book of your choice from the Book Depository or U.S. Amazon voucher, for the entries. There will be a new linky then for the next quarter and so on to the end of December.
• Link your reviews for 1st quarter: January/February/March

• Each review can only be linked up once in the year. However it doesn't matter when you read the book in 2015 - which month, just link as you remember or have time. So if you read it in January you may not get around to linking it until say... May. That is fine.
• Books may cross over from other challenges that you are doing. 
• On the 22nd of November a post will go up to link a summary post for the challenge for those who have completed a full house. This will close on the 1st January 2016  and a winner will be chosen using random.org for a U.S. $50 prize which again can be used to buy books at the Book Depository or be received as an Amazon voucher.

                            Link Full House post here

The Challenge:

• Complete the card below.  You can do it in any order you wish.  You are allowed "one free exchange", if there is something on the square you really dislike you may change it to something of your choice. Once you have played this free choice that is it. Mention the exchange in the final summary post.

Here is what I am reading for this challenge:

1. Library Book:   Cruel Beauty--Rosamund Hodge

2.  A Top Book for 2015 for You:  Big Little Lies--Liane Moriarty

3.  You Heard About the Book Online:  Fatal Shadows--Josh Lanyon

4.  Set in the Southern Hemisphere:   On the Jellicoe Road--Melina Marchetta

5.  Published in 2015:  The Girl on the Train--Paula Hawkins

6.  Novella:  The Time Machine--H.G Wells

7.  Setting That You Now Want to Visit:  Gossamer Ghost--Laura Childs (New Orleans)

8.  Award Winning:  The One and Only Ivan--Katherine Applegate (Newbery winner)

9.  First in a Series:  Shadow Falls: The Beginning--C.C Hunter

10.  A Keeper:   Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking--Susan Cain

11.  Author Outside Your Own Country:  Bridget Jones's Diary--Helen Fielding

12.  Book by Author You Really Like:   Little Bitty Lies--Mary Kay Andrews

13.  Free Choice:  Wuthering Heights--Emily Bronte

14.  Published 2000 to 2013:  How to Moon a Cat--Rebecca M. Hale

15.  Outstanding Hero or Heroine:  Beowulf

16.  Won or Borrowed:  Outlander--Diana Gabaldon

17. Set in Northern Hemisphere:   The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul--Deborah Rodriguez

18.  Debut Novel by Author:   Thirteen Reasons Why--Jay Asher

19. Published pre-2000:   Death and Taxes--Susan Dunlap

20:  Author New to You:   Elizabeth Berg Collection

21. 2nd Book or More in a Series:  Redeemed--P.C Cast

22.  Been on Your TBR "Forever":  Down a Dark Hall--Lois Duncan

23:  Published in 2014:  Shopaholic to the Stars--Sophie Kinsella

24:  Type of Book You Rarely or Never Read:  South of Deadwood/Too Tough to Brand/A Gun for Kilkenny--Louis L'Amour (Western)

25.  You Love the Cover:   Candy Apple Dead---Sammi Carter

Challenge completed on October 4

Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge

Along with the Monthly Motif Challenge,  the Bookmark to Blog site also hosts this challenge.  I didn't do this one last year either, and like the Monthly Motif, I'm going to give the Monthly Keywords a go as well.  To sign up, go here.  Details below:

~ JANUARY 1, 2015 - DECEMBER 31, 2015 ~ 

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge! For this challenge I have chosen six key words associated with each month in 2015. Your task is to read one book each month whose title includes one or more of the key words for that month.

Rules:
* The title you choose can be a variation on one of the key words. For example- your title could include the word 'snowing' or 'snowflake' even though the key word is 'snow.'

* Key words can be tweaked. For example- You could read "Cinder" or "Ashes" for the key word 'Fire' and that would be just fine. If the key word is 'family' then your title could include the word 'sister' or 'mother.'If the key word is 'food' then your title could include the word 'cake.'

* Link up below to participate and add additional links any time you post about the challenge or post about a book you read for the challenge.

This challenge is just for fun so please don't worry if you have to skip a month or if you have to read your books out of order! Just have fun with it! 

(Please read the linky instructions carefully)

LINKY:

* If you plan on participating, please sign up on the linky with your blog name and the words Sign Up (example: Bookmark to Blog Sign Up)

*  Different this Year! I'll be posting only one linky for all the reviews rather than posting a new one each month. When you post your review post the name of the book and the month.

* You'll find the review linky in the sidebar starting January 2015.

MONTHLY KEY WORDS:

JAN- Bird, Girl, Ever, Silence, Bad, Truth, End    

FEB- Now, Water, Lie, Chase, And, Once      

MAR- KInd, Face, Power, City, Blue, Night, To

APR- Dream, Prince, Long, Wind, Rose, The, Rock

MAY- Ash, Road, Thief, Bend, In, Far

JUN- My, Together, Whisper, Win, Soul, Sleep

JUL- Sun, Unto, Energy, Fate, High, Look

AUG- Fall, Boy, Glass, Heart, Lost, Now

SEP- Color, Touch, Life, Day, How, Sweet

OCT- Ghost, Home, Beach, Away, Test, Number

NOV- Rise, Holiday, And, Little, Call, Dark

DEC- Space, Mirror, Over, Flower, Trap, Cold

Have fun!!! (For an extra challenge try pairing this with the 2015 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge)

My books for this challenge:

January:   All He Ever Wanted--Anita Shreve

February:  The One and Only Ivan--Katherine Applegate

March:  The Girl in Blue--P.G Wodehouse

April:  The Selection--Kiera Cass

May:   The Thief--Megan Whalen Turner

June:  Summer of My German Soldier--Bette Greene

July:   A Thousand Splendid Suns--Khaled Hosseini

August:  Sea Glass Winter--Joann Ross

September:  The Sweet Spot--Stephanie Evanovich

October:  Gossamer Ghost--Laura Childs

November:  The Dark Garden--Eden Bradley

December:  A Cold-Blooded Business--Dana Stabenow


Challenge completed on December 5