January 2008 RABCK Challenge

Recipient Date Sent
1 Body Check Apolonia 20080102
2 Chasing Stanley Three104 20080102
3 Fair Play valentina1209 20080102
4 Grave Surprise Shaunesay 20080102
5 Not Another New Year's TBlack44 20080102
6 Savannah Blues m7c57 20080102
7 This Christmas RebeccaLJames 20080102
8 Total Rush (Berkley Sensation) Apolonia 20080102
9 Ready Sidney1220 20080102
10 And Able Sidney1220 20080102
11 Desire After Dark (Zebra Contemporary Romance) schoolinathome 20080102
12 Hot and Bothered SandDanz 20080106
13 Sun Kissed WestofMars 20080106
14 What's A Ghoul to Do? (Ghost Hunter Mysteries, Book 1) Needmorezoloft 20080106
15 Scent of Danger Needsun 20080106
16 Summer of Roses Three104 20080106
17 Fatal Tide Redhot_brat 20080106
18 Summer Lovin' (Costas Sisters, Book 2) SandDanz 20080106
19 The Summer Guest Yourotherleft 20080106
20 Summer Island TBlack44 20080106
21 Hot Tamara fantasy221 20080106
22 Your Coffin or Mine? CheriePie 20080106
23 Hot Spell RebeccaLJames 20080110
24 Mean Season Thescreaming 20080110
25 The Summer Of Us TBlack44 20080110
26 Wedding Season Three104 20080110
27 Oceans of Fire (Drake Sisters, Book 3) Jazluvsromance 20080110
28 An exclusive first look at this summer's best gay reading Scoobs-Buddy 20080111
29 Gay Cinematherapy Scoobs-Buddy 20080111
30 Hot Night Boogal 20080115
31 Out of Control Three104 20080115
32 Animal Instincts Apolonia 20080115
33 Deal With This Ctgmom 20080125
34 A New Leash on Life destarchild 20080125
35 Brazen m7c57 20080125
36 The Accidental Vampire (Argeneau Vampires, Book 7) KarenDawn 20080125
37 Born to Be Wild TBlack44 20080127

December 2007 Books Read

My goal for this month was to read all the Holiday-related books I had on my shelves.

279 Dashing Through the Mall by Sherryl Woods/Darlene Gardner/Holly Jacobs (Romance / Holiday) [20071201]
280 Holidays are Hell by Kim Harrison/Lynsay Sands/Vicki Pettersson/Marjorie M. Liu (Romance / Paranormal) [20071204]
281 Sugar and Spice by Fern Michaels/Beverly Barton/Joanne Fluke/Shirley Jump (Romance / Holiday) [20071204]
282 A Very Merry Christmas by Lori Foster/Gemma Bruce/Janice Maynard (Romance / Holiday) [20071206]
283 All Through the Night by Suzanne Brockmann (Romance / Holiday) [20071206]
284 Jingle Bell Rock by Lori Foster (Romance / Holiday) [20071208]
285 The Shadows of Christmas Past by Christine Feehan/Susan Sizemore (Romance / Holiday) [20071209]
286 I'm Your Santa by Lori Foster/Karen Kelley/Dianne Castell (Romance / Holiday) [20071211]
287 The Twilight Before Christmas by Christine Feehan (Romance / Holiday) [20071211]
288 An Enchanted Season by Maggie Shayne/Erin McCarthy/Nalini Signh/Jean Johnson (Romance / Holiday) [20071216]
289 Santa Baby by Lisa Jackson/Elaine Coffman/Lisa Plumley/Kylie Adams (Romance / Holiday) [20071216]
290 Jingle All the Way by Fern Michaels (Romance / Holiday) [20071218]
291 This Christmas by Jane Green/Jennifer Coburn/Liz Ireland (Romance / Holiday) [20071218]
292 A Christmas to Remember by Kay Stockham (Romance / Holiday) [20071218]
293 Not Another New Year's by Christie Ridgway (Romance / Holiday) [20071219]
294 Unwrapped by Nina Bangs (Romance / Holiday) [20071220]
295 Hot Wheels and High Heels by Jane Graves (Romance / Contemporary) [20071221]
296 Santa Steps Out by Robert Devereaux (Horror / Holiday) [20071221]
297 Body Check by Deirdre Martin (Romance / Contemporary) [20071225]
298 Fair Play by Deirdre Martin (Romance / Contemporary) [20071225]
299 Total Rush (Berkley Sensation) by Deirdre Martin (Romance / Contemporary) [20071225]
300 Chasing Stanley by Deirdre Martin (Romance / Contemporary) [20071227]
301 Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris (Mystery / Paranormal) [20071229]
302 An Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 3) by Charlaine Harris (Mystery / Paranormal) [20071230]
303 Ready by Lucy Monroe (Romance / Suspense) [20071231]

December 2007 Statistics

	YearTo Date	December
Books Read 2007:	302	25
Pages Read 2007:	107232	9043
Cost of Books Read:	$798.19	$59.43
Books Purchased/Received 2007:	504	33
Cost of Books Purchased:	$999.57	$61.14
Books Passed On 2007:	428	26
Cost of Books Passed On:	$868.65	$39.77
RABCKs 2007:	173	22
Cost of RABCKs:	$341.45	$24.77
Wild Releases 2007:	74	0
2007 Postage:	$843.19	$94.43

I'm now using new software to manage my books. I'm using BookCAT which I absolutely love!! It even gives me pretty graphs of how bad my book habit has been for the year. (click the image to see the detail)

November 2007 Books Read

#Title by Author (Category/Subcategory) [Date Read]

253 The Reinvented Miss Bluebeard by Webber, Minda (Romance / Paranormal) [11/3/2007]

254 Heart of a Warrior by McKenna, Lindsay (Romance / ) [11/5/2007]

255 On the Loose by Janzen, Tara (Romance / Suspense) [11/9/2007]

256 Dirty Little Lies by Lane, Connie (Romance / Contemporary) [11/9/2007]

257 Heart of Stone by McKenna, Lindsay (Romance) [11/9/2007]

258 Swept Away by Blake.Toni (Romance / Contemporary) [11/10/2007]

259 My Sister is a Werewolf by Love, Kathy (Romance / Paranormal) [11/12/2007]

260 Tempt Me Tonight by Blake, Toni (Romance / Contemporary) [11/13/2007]

261 Curveball by Angell, Kate (Romance / Contemporary) [11/18/2007]

262 Blue Skies by Carr, Robyn (Romance / Contemporary) [11/18/2007]

263 It Happened at Midnight by London, Cait (Romance / Contemporary) [11/18/2007]

264 Letting Loose by Civil-Brown, Sue (Romance / Contemporary) [11/20/2007]

265 Thanksgiving by Evanovich, Janet (Romance / Contemporary) [11/20/2007]

266 Trouble in High Heels by Dodd. Christina (Romance / Contemporary) [11/21/2007]

267 Sleepless in Savannah by Herron, Rita (Romance / Contemporary) [11/21/2007]

268 Willing by Monroe, Lucy (Romance) [11/21/2007]

269 Beyond The Limit by McKenna, Lindsay (Suspense / ) [11/22/2007]

270 Witch Fire by Bast, Anya (Romance) [11/23/2007]

271 Better Read Than Dead by Laurie, Victoria (Mystery / Paranormal) [11/25/2007]

272 Killer Insight by Laurie, Victoria (Mystery / Paranormal) [11/25/2007]

273 A Vision of Murder by Laurie, Victoria (Mystery / Paranormal) [11/25/2007]

274 Full Bloom by Evanovich, Janet (Romance / Contemporary) [11/28/2007]

275 Full Scoop by Evanovich, Janet (Romance / Contemporary) [11/28/2007]

276 While She Was Sleeping by Forster, Suzanne (Romance / Suspense) [11/28/2007]

277 Tongue in Chic by Dodd, Christina (Romance / Contemporary) [11/29/2007]

278 Almost Like Being in Love by Dodd, Christina (Romance / Contemporary) [11/30/2007]