Monday, March 31, 2014

March 2014 Update

I have read a lot in March. 23 books, in total 7009 pages. This was more than expected but I have enjoyed it. I have also joined more challenges this month and luckily finished some too.
All posts from March are HERE.

List of books:
  1. Forever Fae by L.P. Dover
  2. Two Weeks with a SEAL by Theresa Marguerite Hewitt
  3. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 
  4. Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh
  5. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
  6. How To Train Your Dragon: How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell 
  7. WitchHunt by Emma Mills
  8. Hell of a Journey: On Foot Through the Scottish Highlands in Winter by Mike Cawthorne 
  9. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams 
  10. Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec
  11. One Sweet Moment by Maggie Craig
  12. When First They Met by Debbie Macomber
  13. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling 
  14. Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs  
  15. Heartbroken by Lisa Unger 
  16. An Unlikely Match by Barbara Dunlop 
  17. For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison 
  18. The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison
  19. The Inconvenient Duchess by Christine Merrill
  20. A Clockwork Christmas by J.K. Coi, P.G. Forte, Stacy Gail, Jenny Schwartz
  21. Vinter-Eventyr by Karen Blixen 
  22. Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs 
  23. Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch

Crazy Challenge Connection - The Bard of Avon

The Bard of Avon hosted by Crazy Challenge Connection on Goodreads.

Duration: April 01, 2014 - Mar 31, 2016

I have decided to take part in yet another challenge. The Bard of Avon about William Shakespeare. I have chosen the level of Bard which involves reading 116 books. The challenge has a duration of 2 years and my goal is to complete it.

My posts on Goodreads:
Spell master
Trivia
Plays

The Bard of Avon
Duration: April 01, 2014 - Flexible deadline

April 2014 marks the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth. Shakespeare needs no introduction, and here is a challenge to celebrate the best playwright and invaluable contributor to the English language.

Choose between the following levels and complete the tasks within the timeframe assigned to them:

Spell

1. Audience: Spell the word "WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE" using the first letter of the first word of the title (exclude A, An, The) of the book or the first or the last initial of its author. Timeframe: 4 months, ending Jul 31, 2014

2. Wordsmith: Spell your choice of a Shakespearean Tragedy, Comedy or History using the first letter of the first word of the title (exclude A, An, The) of the book or the first or the last initial of its author. Timeframe: 4 months, ending Jul 31, 2014

3. Spellmaster: Spell the word "WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE" and your choice of a Shakespearean Tragedy, Comedy and History using the first letter of the first word of the title (exclude A, An, The) of the book or the first or the last initial of its author. Timeframe: 1 year, ending Mar 31, 2015

Scavenger

4. Actor: Complete each task of the Trivia section of the challenge. Timeframe: 6 months, ending Sep 30, 2014

5. Playwright: Complete each task of the Comedies, Tragedies OR Histories section of the challenge. Timeframe: 4 months, ending Jul 31, 2014

6. Scholar: Complete each task in the Trivia, Comedies, Tragedies AND Histories section of the challenge. Timeframe: 18 months, ending Sep 30, 2015

Both Spell and Scavenger

9. The Bard: Complete Spellmaster AND Scholar levels of the challenge! Timeframe: 2 years, ending Mar 31, 2016

CHALLENGE RULES - PLEASE READ!

❖ If you want to participate in a challenge, sign up by posting at least a partial list of the challenge requirements. This gives us a post to link you to, which you can use to update your books as the challenge progresses.

❖ Books must be at least 150 pages long (unless otherwise noted) and may only be used for one task in this challenge, but cross-challenge posting is encouraged.

❖ For each book you read, please post a link to the title and mention the author and the date you finished reading it. If a challenge task gives several options, make it clear which option you’ve chosen. If the task calls for an item/color on the cover, include a link to the book cover.* If it’s not obvious from the book title or cover, be sure to explain how your book fits the task. If you don’t, you won’t get credit for completing that task.

❖ If you want the challenge moderator to verify those books as you post them, please copy/paste your update into a new message. If you do this while you still have the Edit window open, it will copy all of your formatting, etc. too. It will make it easier on the moderators if we won't have to scroll back through the entire thread looking for "message #15," or to follow links back to an original post.

❖ When you complete the challenge, please post your entire list as a new message to make it easier for everyone to see what you’ve read :) If you don’t repost your list, your name will not be added to the list of those who have completed the challenge.

❖ Rereads are allowed, as long as you read the entire book and not just skim the best portions! :)

THE CHALLENGE

TRIVIA

 ✔  1. Shakespeare lived to 52. It is known that he was born in April 1564 and that he died on 23rd April 1616. We know that he was baptised on 26th April 1564 and scholars now believe that he was born on April 23rd. He therefore died on his fifty-second birthday, coinciding with St George’s Day.
Read a book with the numbers 1, 4, 5 or 6 in the total number of pages -or- read a book published or set in April -or- read a book with a character named George or William: Hotter Than Hell edited by Kim Harrison (491 pages)

✔  2. Shakespeare had seven siblings. They were: Joan; Margaret; Gilbert; Joan II; Anne; Richard and Edmund.
✍ Read the 7th book in a series -or-
read a book with siblings as main protagonists -or- read a book whose author has one of the following first or last names: Joan, Margaret, Gilbert(s), Anne, Richard(s), Edmund(s). : How (Not) to Kiss a Were Bear by Elizabeth A. Reeves

✔  3. Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway when he was 18. She was 26 and she was pregnant when they married. Their first child was born six months after the wedding. They had three children together – a son, Hamnet, who died in 1596, and two daughters, Susanna and Judith. His only granddaughter Elizabeth – daughter of Susanna – died childless. Shakespeare therefore has no descendants.
Read a book with a 1, 2, 6 or 8 in the year it was first published -or- read a book where the protagonist is pregnant or has children -or- read a book whose author's first and last initials are in "ANNEHATHAWAY": Hex Appeal edited by P.N. Elrod  (published 2012)

✔  4. Unlike most artists of his time, Shakespeare died a very wealthy man with a large property portfolio. He was a brilliant businessman – forming a joint-stock company with his actors meaning he took a share in the company’s profits, as well as earning a fee for each play he wrote. He made several gifts to various people but left his property to his daughter, Susanna. The only mention of his wife in Shakespeare’s own will is: “I gyve unto my wief my second best bed with the furniture”. The “furniture” was the bedclothes for the bed.
✍ Read a book with a rich protagonist -or- read a book where a character inherits something -or-
read a book with a bed on the cover: The Breeders by Katie French

✔  5. Shakespeare was buried in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. He put a curse on anyone daring to move his body from that final resting place. Though it was customary to dig up the bones from previous graves to make room for others, Shakespeare’s remains are still undisturbed.
Read a book with graves, graveyard or bones on the cover -or- read a book with a curse in it -or- read a book where a funeral is part of the plot. Holidays Are Hell edited by Kim Harrison (graves on cover) 

 ✔  6. One of Shakespeare’s relatives on his mother’s side, William Arden, was arrested for plotting against Queen Elizabeth I, imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed.
✍ Read a book where a coup d'etat is a part of the plot -or-
read a book where all the words of the title begin with a letter in "WILLIAMARDEN" (ignore a, an, the. 2 words minimum) -or- read a book where someone is imprisoned.: Ever After by Kim Harrison

✔  7. During his life, Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets! This means an average 1.5 plays a year since he first started writing in 1589. His last play The Two Noble Kinsmen is reckoned to have been written in 1613 when he was 49 years old. While he was writing the plays at such a pace he was also conducting a family life, a social life and a full business life, running an acting company and a theatre.
✍ Read a book where the protagonist has more than one profession -or- read a book whose author has written more than 30 books -or-
read a book whose author is over 40 years old (they must be over 40 now, they could have written your book when younger). Night Broken by Patricia Briggs (born 1965 = 49 years old)

✔  8. Shakespeare’s profession was acting. He is listed in documents of 1592, 1598 and 1603 as an actor. We know that he acted in a Ben Jonson play and also in his own plays but it’s thought that, as a very busy man, writing, managing the theatre and commuting between London and his home in Stratford where is family was, he didn’t undertake big parts. There is evidence that he played the ghost in Hamlet and Adam in As You Like It.
✍ Read a book whose main protagonist is an actor -or- read a book with an author or character called Adam -or-
read a book with a ghost in it: Along Came A Demon by Linda Welch

✔  9. In Elizabethan theatre circles it was common for writers to collaborate on writing plays. Towards the end of his career Shakespeare worked with other writers on plays that have been credited to those writers. Other writers also worked on plays that are credited to Shakespeare. We know for certain that Timon of Athens was a collaboration with Thomas Middleton; Pericles with George Wilkins; and The Two Noble Kinsmen with John Fletcher.
Read a book which is a collaborative effort between two or more authors but is credited under one name (husband and wife writing as one author, for example) -or- read a book with a writer protagonist -or- read a book with an author whose initials are either TM, MT, GW, WG, JF or FJ: Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews (husband & wife team)

✔  10. Some scholars have maintained that Shakespeare did not write the Shakespeare plays, with at least fifty writers having been suggested as the “real” author. Notable of these were Francis Bacon, the Earl of Oxford and Christopher Marlowe.
✍ Read a book that is about a conspiracy theory -or- read a book marked Alternate History on its main GR page -or-
read a book written by an author with a pen name (the pen name must be used to write your book!). From a Whisper to a Scream by Charles de Lint  (first written under the pen name Samuel M. Key approved by Chaitra in this post)

✔  11. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Shakespeare wrote close to a tenth of the most quoted lines ever written or spoken in English. What’s more, according to the Literature Encyclopaedia, Shakespeare is the second most quoted English writer after the writers of the Bible.
✍ Read a book with what you consider quotable lines (bonus: let us know some of them!) -or- read a book marked "Religion" on its main GR page -or-
read a book by a bestselling author The Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan

✔  12. Almost four hundred years after Shakespeare’s death there are 157 million pages referring to him on Google. There are 132 million for God, 2.7 million for Elvis Presley, and coming up on Shakespeare’s heels, George W Bush with 14.7 million.
Read a book with the number 1, 2, 4, 5 or 7 in the total number of pages -or- read a book where music is important to the plot -or- read a book marked "Politics" in its main GR page: Alien Stars by C.J. Cherryh, Joe Haldeman, Timothy Zahn (254 pages)

✔  13. Suicide occurs an unlucky thirteen times in Shakespeare’s plays. It occurs in Romeo and Juliet where both Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, in Julius Caesar where both Cassius and Brutus die by consensual stabbing, as well as Brutus’ wife Portia.
✍ Read a book where a character either attempts or commits suicide -or-
read a book with a "13" in the number of pages -or- read a book where a character is unlucky (in life, love, whatever): Into the Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond by Kim Harrison (513 pages)

✔  14. Some of Shakespeare’s signatures have survived on original documents. In none of them does he spell his name in what has become the standard way. He spells it Shakespe; Shakspe; Shakspere and Shakespear.
✍ Read a book with writing instruments (pen, ink, quill, pencil etc.) on the cover -or- read a book with a main character or author with an unconventional spelling (for example, Megyn for Megan) -or-
read a book with the title beginning with S (The, A, An count, so the book has to strictly begin with an S): Skin Game by Jim Butcher

✔  15. The American President Abraham Lincoln was a great lover of Shakespeare’s plays and frequently recited from them to his friends. His assassin, John Wilkes Booth was a famous Shakespearean actor.
✍ Read a book set during the US civil war -or- read a book where the main protagonist is a fond of the arts -or-
read a book whose author's initials are in "JOHNWILKESBOOTH": White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison
 

✔  16. Although it was illegal to be a Catholic in Shakespeare’s lifetime, the Anglican Archdeacon, Richard Davies of Lichfield, who had known him wrote some time after Shakespeare’s death that he had been a Catholic.
✍ Read a banned book -or- read a book where a main character is religious -or-
read a book where a character commits a crime they could be arrested for: Wild Justice by Kelley Armstrong (assassin)

✔  17. According to Shakespeare professor Louis Marder, “Shakespeare was so facile in employing words that he was able to use over 7,000 of them – more than occur in the whole King James Version of the Bible – only once and never again.”
Read a book with 7 or 0 in the year it was first published -or- read a book with a word meaning One (one, only, sole, single etc) in the title -or- read a book that you consider wordy: A Highland Home by Cali MacKay (published 2012)

✔  18. It was illegal for women and girls to perform in the theatre in Shakespeare’s lifetime so all the female parts were written for boys. The text of some plays like Hamlet and Antony and Cleopatra refer to that. It was only much later, during the Restoration, that the first woman appeared on the English stage.
Read a book with a woman protagonist -or- read a book where a boy dresses up as a girl for whatever reason -or- read a book set during the period of Restoration (late 1600s): Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison (Rachel is protagonist)

✔  19. There are only two Shakespeare plays written entirely in verse: they are Richard II and King John. Many of the plays have half of the text in prose.
✍ Read a novel in verse, a play or a book of poetry -or- read a prose book where verses appear -or-
read a book with an author called Richard or John. The Hobbit by J(John).R.R. Tolkien

✔  20. Shakespeare wrote many more plays than the ones we know about. It’s certain that he wrote a play titled Cardenio, which has been lost, but scholars think he wrote about twenty that have gone without a trace.
✍ Read a book whose author has an out-of-print, unpublished or untranslated book -or- read a book whose title begins with a letter in "CARDENIO" -or-
read a book with a 20 intact in the year it was first publishedA Highland Heist by Cali MacKay (published 2013)

✔  21. Among the 80 languages Shakespeare’s works have been translated into, the most obscure must be the constructed language of Star Trek’s Klingon. Hamlet and Much Ado about Nothing have both been translated as part of the Klingon Shakespeare Restoration Project by the Klingon Language Institute.
✍ Read a book that is translated from its original language -or- read a book that has aliens in it -or-
read a book whose title begins with a letter in "STARTREK": Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson

✔  22. The moons of Uranus were originally named in 1852 after magical spirits from English literature. The International Astronomy Union subsequently developed the convention to name all further moons of Uranus after characters in Shakespeare’s plays or Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock.
✍ Read a book set in a planet other than the Earth -or-
read a book whose author's first or last name is a moon of Uranus -or- read a book with a moon on the cover or the title. The Keepers by Donna Augustine 

✔  23. An outbreak of the plague in Europe resulted in all London theatres being closed between 1592 and 1594. As there was no demand for plays during this time, Shakespeare began to write poetry, completing his first batch of sonnets in 1593, aged 29.
✍ Read a book of poetry -or-
read a book where disease is rampant -or- read a book with a medical professional main character: Dragonsblood by Todd J. McCaffrey

✔  24. Shakespeare had close connections with King James I. The King made the actors of Shakespeare’s company ‘Grooms of Chamber’, in response to which Shakespeare changed the company’s name from the ‘Lord Chamberlain’s Men’ to the ‘King’s Men’.
✍ Read a book with the word "Men", "Chamber" or "Groom" (singular or plural acceptable) -or- read a book with a title change from its first publication -or-
read a book with a royal character in it: The Tiger Princess by Sarah Renee

✔  25. Although Shakespeare is almost universally considered as one of the finest writers in the English language, his contemporaries were not always as impressed. The first recorded reference to Shakespeare, written by theatre critic Robert Greene in 1592, was as an “upstart crow, beautified with our feathers”.
✍ Read a negatively reviewed book -or- read a book whose author is critically panned -or-
read a book with a bird or feathers on the cover. True of Blood by Bonnie Lamer

COMEDIES 

✔  1. All's Well that Ends Well :
Read a book that has a happy ending -or- read a book that has a fickle hero -or- read a book with a title that has repeating words: The Way They Were by Mary Campisi

✔  2. As You Like It :
✍ Read a book with a character who is an actor -or-
read a book set partially or wholly in a forest -or- read a book that is considered lesser among the author's works: A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
 

✔  3. The Comedy of Errors :
Read a book with a case of mistaken identity -or- read a book that makes you laugh out loud -or- read a book featuring twins: After the Storm by M. Stratton

✔  4. Cymbeline :
✍ Read a book with the word FAITH (variations like faithful is ok) in the title -or-
read a book with jewelry on the cover -or- read a book set in Wales: Evergreen by Brenda Pandos 

✔  5. Love's Labour's Lost :
✍ Read a book set in Spain -or- read a book with the words "Year" or "Day" in the title -or-
read a book centering on a number of male friends (there must be no woman in their circle!): The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

✔  6. Measure for Measure :
✍ Read a legal drama -or-
read a book with a character who preys on women -or- read a book with a character you consider good: Made to Be Broken by Kelley Armstrong

✔  7. The Merchant of Venice :
✍ Read a book with a merciless character -or- read a book featuring a Jewish protagonist or
written by a Jewish author -or- read a courtroom drama involving a woman lawyer.  Red Stilettos by Ruth Joseph

✔  8. Merry Wives of Windsor :
✍ Read a book with the word "Wife" or "Wives" in the title -or-
read a book with someone is thrown or falls into a river -or- read a book with some sort of basket on the cover. The Magician by Michael Scott

✔  9. A Midsummer Night's Dream :
✍ Read a book set in the summer -or- read a book with an obvious night scene on the cover -or-
read a book with fairies in it: A Place Beyond The Map by Samuel Thews

✔  10. Much Ado About Nothing :
Read a book featuring a faked death -or- read a book with two pairs of couples -or- read a book with a negative word in the title. Death on the Aegean Queen By Maria Hudgins

✔  11. Pericles, Prince of Tyre :
✍ Read a book set in Western Asia -or-
read a book with a protagonist on the run for their life -or- read a book with a ship or boat on the cover. Angel by L.A. Weatherly

✔  12. The Taming of the Shrew :
✍ Read a book with a character with a horrid temper -or-
read a book with sisters -or- read a book where something or someone is tamed. A Dangerous Witch by Debora Geary

✔  13. The Tempest :
✍ Read a book that has a weather word in the title -or- read a book set on an island -or-
read a book with magic in it.
Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch (Magic)

✔  14. Twelfth Night, or What You Will :
✍ Read a book with an ordinal number in the title -or- read a book with a shipwreck in it -or-
read a book with a 7 in the year it was first published: Dracula by Bram Stoker (first published 1897)
 

 ✔  15. The Two Gentlemen of Verona :
✍ Read a book set in Italy -or- read a book with a small cast of characters -or- read a book with a tower of some sort or a key on the cover. :
Madman's Dance by Jana Oliver

 ✔  16. The Two Noble Kinsmen :
Read a book that is a joint effort of two authors -or- read a book which is wholly or partially set in a prison -or- read a book about family: Dragon's Kin by Anne McCaffrey (co-writtten by Todd Mccaffrey)

✔  17. The Winter's Tale :
✍ Read a book where adultery is part of the plot -or- read a book with a statue on the cover -or-
read a book with a season name in the title. The Vintage Summer Wedding by Jenny Oliver

TRAGEDIES
✔  1. Anthony and Cleopatra :
Read a book with two person names in the title -or- read a book with star-crossed lovers -or- read a book with a snake in the plot or the cover: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

✔  2. Coriolanus :
Read a book marked Military or War on its main page -or- read a book about a mother and her son -or- read a book where the protagonist tries to enter politics. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 

✔  3. Hamlet :
✍ Read a book set in Denmark -or- read a book with a skull on the cover -or-
read a book with the authors initials in "ALASPOORYORICK" (middle initials also count)Drip Drop Teardrop by Samantha Young

✔  4. Julius Caesar :
✍ Read a book set in a dictatorship -or- read a book where someone is assassinated -or-
read a book where betrayal by a close friend is part of the plot. Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge

✔  5. King Lear :
Read a book where a royal word (King, Queen, Prince etc.) is part of the title -or- read a book about a father and his daughters -or- read a book where many characters die: Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

✔  6. Macbeth :
Read a book with witches in it -or- read a book with a prophecy as part of the plot -or- read a book set in Scotland: A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison (witches)

✔  7. Othello :
✍ Read a book with clothes on the cover -or- read a book with an army setting -or- read a book with adultery as part of the plot:
Kept by Elle Field (mannequin on cover)


 ✔  8. Romeo and Juliet :
Read a young adult book -or- read a book that you consider a tragic romance -or- read a book with a balcony, porch or window on the cover. The Alchemyst by Michael Scott

✔  9. Timon of Athens :
Read a book with less than 500 ratings on Goodreads -or- read a book with food on the cover -or- read a book with a generous character whose generosity is misused: Baehrly Breathing by Elizabeth A. Reeves (229 ratings)

✔  10. Titus Andronicus :
✍ Read a book you consider violent -or- read a book with a mentally ill protagonist -or-
read a book a book with revenge as part of the plot. Reckless Nights in Rome by C.C. MacKenzie (Bronte's ex-fiancee sets a stalker on her)


✔  11. Troilus and Cressida :
✍ Read a book where loyalty (or lack of) is part of the plot -or- read a book set in Greece -or- read a book with a beautiful woman on the cover:
Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews 

HISTORIES


 ✔  1. Henry IV, Part I :
Read a book with a 4 in the year it was first published -or- read a book about a father and his disappointing son -or- read a book where rebellion or mutiny is part of the plot: The Bride wore Chocolate by Shirley Jump (first published September 1st 2004)

✔  2. Henry IV, Part II :
✍ Read a book where a bad character turns good -or-
read a sequel -or- read a book where a character dabbles in the criminal underworld: Pieces of Eight by Melissa Wright (#2)

✔  3. Henry V :
✍ Read the fifth book in a series -or- read a book where the characters cannot understand each other for some reason (for example, they speak different languages) -or-
read a book where the author initials are in "BANDOFBROTHERS" (middle initials don't count). The Secret History by Donna Tartt 
 
✔  4. Henry VI, Part I :
Read book #1 of a series -or- read a book with a cliffhanger in it -or- read a book where someone has a vision: A Charming Crime by Tonya Kappes (Magical Cure Mystery #1)

 ✔  5. Henry VI, Part II :
✍ Read a book with a spirit or ghost in it -or- read a book where conflict for power is part of the plot -or-
read a book where a marriage of convenience occursBlessings by Anna Quindlen

✔  6. Henry VI, Part III :
✍ Read a book with a white or red rose on the cover -or-
read the third book of a series -or- read a book that deals with the aftermath of war: Baehrly Alive by Elizabeth A. Reeves (Goldie Locke and the Were Bears #3)

 ✔  7. Henry VIII :
✍ Read a book that is written as a collaboration between two or more authors -or- read a book that has divorce as part of the plot -or-
read a book where a baby is born: My Sweet Valentine by Jill Sanders

 ✔  8. King John :
Read a book written by an author named John (no variations allowed) -or- read a book with a castle on the cover -or- read a book set about religion: Prince of Hazel and Oak by John Lenahan

 ✔  9. Richard II :
Read a book spanning at least two years -or- read a book where there is a swordfight =or= read the first book of a four book series. The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien 

✔  10. Richard III :
✍ Read a book with an ambitious character -or- read a book where someone is poisoned -or-
read a book with a character or writer named Richard:  Winter's End by Clarissa Cartharn 

Spellmaster:

William Shakespeare
✔  W: Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf
✔  I: It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot
✔  L: The Cold Moon Run by L. Filion 
✔  L: Legions by Karice Bolton
✔  I: If the Shoe Fits by Laurie LeClair
✔  A: Every Woman For Herself by Trisha Ashley
✔  M: A Gift of Dragons by Anne McCaffrey

✔  S: Your Guardian Angel by Skyla Madi
✔  H: Pale Demon by Kim Harrison
✔  A: The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang 
✔  K: A Croft in the Hills by Katharine Stewart
✔  E: The Marriage Bargain by Sandra Edwards
✔  S: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 
✔  P: Drifting Home by Pierre Berton
✔  E: How (Not) to Love a Hero by Elizabeth A. Reeves
✔  A: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
✔  R: Rise of The Seven by Melissa Wright
✔  E: The Enchantress by Michael Scott

A Midsummer's Night Dream
✔  A: Altered Soul by Karice Bolton

✔  M: Magic to the Bone by Devon Monk
✔  I: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
✔  D: Devious Magic by Camilla Chafer
✔  S: The Sorceress by Michael Scott
✔  U: The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison
✔  M: Cart Before the Horse by Bernadette Marie
✔  M: One Sweet Summer by Cali MacKay
✔  E: California Man by E.C. Sheedy
✔  R: Untouched by Robert J. Crane

✔  N: Neanderthal Seeks Human: A Smart Romance by Penny Reid
✔  I: Infernal Devices by K.W. Jeter
✔  G: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
✔  H: Hot Summer by Judy Powell
✔  T: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
✔  S: The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

✔  D: Blood Faerie by India Drummond
✔  R: Forliset Og Andre Skrøner by Jørn Riel
✔  E: Elfhunter by C.S. Marks
✔  A: The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
✔  M: Macaron Murder by Harper Lin

Hamlet
✔  H: Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
✔  A: Unborn by Amber Lynn Natusch
✔  M: Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
✔  L: Moxyland by Lauren Beukes
✔  E: Enchanted Secrets by Kristen Middleton
✔  T: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

King John

✔  K: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Kerry Barrett
✔  I:  Illicit Magic by Camilla Chafer
✔  N: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
✔  G: Gnome on the Range by Jennifer Zane
✔  J: Champagne and Lemon Drops by Jean Oram
✔  O: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
✔  H. The Witch with no Name by Kim Harrison
✔  N: Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

List of books:
  1. Hotter Than Hell edited by Kim Harrison
  2. Hex Appeal edited by P.N. Elrod 
  3. Night Broken by Patricia Briggs 
  4. Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews
  5. Holidays Are Hell edited by Kim Harrison  
  6. Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
  7. The Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan
  8. Alien Stars by C.J. Cherryh, Joe Haldeman, Timothy Zahn
  9. White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison
  10. A Highland Home by Cali MacKay 
  11. A Highland Heist by Cali MacKay
  12. Baehrly Breathing by Elizabeth A. Reeves
  13. Baehrly Alive by Elizabeth A. Reeves
  14. How (Not) to Kiss a Were Bear by Elizabeth A. Reeves
  15. Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
  16. Pale Demon by Kim Harrison 
  17. The Bride wore Chocolate by Shirley Jump
  18. A Charming Crime by Tonya Kappes 
  19. Death on the Aegean Queen By Maria Hudgins
  20. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman  
  21. Pieces of Eight by Melissa Wright
  22. A Gift of Dragons by Anne McCaffrey 
  23. A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison
  24. The Breeders by Katie French
  25. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson 
  26. From a Whisper to a Scream by Charles de Lint  
  27. Dragon's Kin by Anne McCaffrey 
  28. Into the Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond by Kim Harrison 
  29. Along Came A Demon by Linda Welch
  30. Prince of Hazel and Oak by John Lenahan 
  31. It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot 
  32. Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson 
  33. A Place Beyond The Map by Samuel Thews
  34. The Way They Were by Mary Campisi 
  35. Made to Be Broken by Kelley Armstrong
  36. Skin Game by Jim Butcher
  37. Wild Justice by Kelley Armstrong 
  38. My Sweet Valentine by Jill Sanders
  39. Ever After by Kim Harrison 
  40. Rise of The Seven by Melissa Wright
  41. Evergreen by Brenda Pandos 
  42. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 
  43. Drifting Home by Pierre Berton 
  44. The Keepers by Donna Augustine 
  45. Angel by L.A. Weatherly 
  46. The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien 
  47. The Cold Moon Run by L. Filion   
  48. Drip Drop Teardrop by Samantha Young
  49. After the Storm by M. Stratton
  50. Magic to the Bone by Devon Monk
  51. Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
  52. Cart Before the Horse by Bernadette Marie
  53. The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison
  54. The Tiger Princess by Sarah Renee
  55. The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
  56. If the Shoe Fits by Laurie LeClair
  57. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey 
  58. Your Guardian Angel by Skyla Madi 
  59. Legions by Karice Bolton
  60. The Vintage Summer Wedding by Jenny Oliver 
  61. Untouched by Robert J. Crane
  62. Champagne and Lemon Drops by Jean Oram
  63. Every Woman For Herself by Trisha Ashley 
  64. A Croft in the Hills by Katharine Stewart 
  65. Neanderthal Seeks Human: A Smart Romance by Penny Reid 
  66. Reckless Nights in Rome by C.C. MacKenzie
  67. One Sweet Summer by Cali MacKay
  68. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
  69. Infernal Devices by K.W. Jeter 
  70. Illicit Magic by Camilla Chafer 
  71. Macaron Murder by Harper Lin 
  72. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 
  73. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Kerry Barrett 
  74. Winter's End by Clarissa Cartharn 
  75. Hot Summer by Judy Powell 
  76. Gnome on the Range by Jennifer Zane
  77. Blessings by Anna Quindlen 
  78. Dragonsblood by Todd J. McCaffrey 
  79. Forliset Og Andre Skrøner by Jørn Riel  
  80. Kept by Elle Field
  81. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 
  82. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
  83. The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang   
  84. Devious Magic by Camilla Chafer
  85. Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf 
  86. Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
  87. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien 
  88. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
  89. The Secret History by Donna Tartt 
  90. The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
  91. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 
  92. Altered Soul by Karice Bolton
  93. A Dangerous Witch by Debora Geary 
  94. Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl 
  95. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
  96. Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge 
  97. The Marriage Bargain by Sandra Edwards 
  98. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
  99. Dracula by Bram Stoker 
  100. How (Not) to Love a Hero by Elizabeth A. Reeves
  101. Moxyland by Lauren Beukes
  102. True of Blood by Bonnie Lamer
  103. The Magician by Michael Scott
  104. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
  105. The Sorceress by Michael Scott
  106. The Witch with no Name by Kim Harrison
  107. Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews 
  108. Blood Faerie by India Drummond
  109. Unborn by Amber Lynn Natusch 
  110. The Enchantress by Michael Scott 
  111. California Man by E.C. Sheedy
  112. Madman's Dance by Jana Oliver
  113. Elfhunter by C.S. Marks 
  114. Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
  115. Red Stilettos by Ruth Joseph 
  116. Enchanted Secrets by Kristen Middleton