Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Addicts discussion

Whether you lean towards urban fantasy or paranormal romance or both there are lots of different types of people/creatures/whatever :-)

July's challenge is to read books with different characters.

1. Vampires
2. Werewolves (or Shifters)
3. Witches/Magical
4. Fae/Fairy.
5. Any others!

The levels:
Easy 3 books - Read 1 book from any 3 of the first 4 categories.
Medium 5 books - Read 1 book from each of the 5 categories.
Hard 8 books - Read at least 1 book from the 5 categories and any other 3 that fit.

As long as it fits in the creature it works. I’ll trust you guys to be good judges.

Keep your original post updated I'll link to the page you're on and include the message number next to your name so you can find it.

Unlike the yearly challenge feel free to ask questions and chat in this thread.

This challenge does not start until July 1st and will end on July 31. Books read before or after July will not count for the challenge.

Participants!


Easy
Emmy - Message 22
Jenny (Eternally Books) - Message 3
Kesha - Message 29
Meredith - Message 39
Redstarr - Message 46

Medium
Candy - Message 26
Constance - Message 38
Deborah (Debbie Rice) - Message 17
Lesley - Message 34
Lura - Message 41
Priscilla - Message 27
Sionna - Message 24
Tina Theresa - Message 15
TyranXO - Message 32

Hard
Ashley - Message 12
China - Message 25
Christal - Message 33
Cindy - Message 8
Cmkage - Message 6
Dawn - Message 43
Dee - Message 13
Ezinwanyi - Message 23
Gogo - Message 11
★ Gwendolyn ★ - Message 42
Jennifer - Message 35
Jenny - Message 28
Joley - Message 18
Julianne - Message 14
Shera (Book Whispers) - Message 16
Suzanne - Message 40
Teri - Message 9
Vannessa - Message 21

I'm going to go for easy this month as I have a busy one coming up! Will post as I go :-)

Progress 0/3

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Questions: 1: Can a single book cover multiple "creatures"? (i.e The Southern Vampire/Sookie Stackhouse series - this is just an expample, I will NOT be reading this series until all the books are available)

2.Does reading multiple books from the same series count?

Nyssa,

1. An individual book can only count for one "creature" for this challenge, but if you read two books in the same series and they have various in them you can count 1 book for one and the second for another.

2. Yes, absolutely :-)!!

I'm in.
Level: hard

Total: 1/8

1. Vampires: Hard Bitten, Lady & the Vamp
2. Werewolves (or Shifters): Kissing Sin, Tempting Evil
3. Witches/Magical: Grave Memory
4. Fae/Fairy: Supernaturally
5. Any others!: Crave, Ill Wind

Gonna try.....think I'll go with hard since I like to change things up!

Creatures July Challenge

Hard 8/8 Completed

1. Vampires: Dark Melody - Christine Feehan 7/3
2. Werewolves (or Shifters): Blue Moon - Laurell K Hamilton 7/26
3. Witches/Magical: Magic in the Wind - Christine Feehan 7/6
4. Fae/Fairy: Bloodfever - Karen Marie Moning 7/14
5. Aliens: The Power of Six - Pittacus Lore 7/6
6. Immortals: Magic Bleeds - Ilona Andrews 7/11
7. Ghosts: Anna Dressed in Blood - Kendare Blake 7/13
8. Hellhounds: Must Love Hellhouds - Anthology 7/22

Progress 7/8 (I'll be reading more than 8 though lol)


1.Vampires:

2.Werewolves (or shifters):
3.Witches/Magical:

4.Fae/Fairy:

5.Any Others:
The Goddess Test

Jenny (Eternally Books) wrote: "Nyssa,

1. An individual book can only count for one "creature" for this challenge, but if you read two books in the same series and they have various in them you can count 1 book for one and the s..."

Ok. Thank you.

I wish this was sometime between January & April ... I would have had it in the bag reading the Dresden Files series...lol.

read1. Vampires- Nice girls don't bite their neighbors

read 2. Werewolves (or Shifters)-kitty and the dead man's hand

read 3. Witches/Magical- spellbound-

read 4. Fae/Fairy. Iron King

read 5. Psy- Visions of heat

read 6. Demon- Demonglass

read 7. Devil- Undead and Unfinished

read 8. skinwalker- Kitty takes a holiday

Hard

10/8

1. Vampires Undead and Unreturnable 7/2
2. Werewolves The Summoning 7/3
3. Witches/Magical The Awakening 7/4
4. Fae/Fairy To Kill A Warlock 7/2
5. Necromancer No Humans Involved 7/10
6. Banshee/ Bean siddhe Reaper 7/11
7. Angels Fallen 7/14
8. Witches, and Werewolves, and Fairies OH MY!! Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble 7/18
9. Falcon ShifterStrange Neighbors 7/19
10. UNICORN- Drink, Slay, Love 7/24

Hard
8/8

1. Vampires - Rock -n- Roll is undead 07/13
2. Werewolves - Timeless 07/04
3. Witches - somebody tell Aunt Tillie she's dead 07/04
4. Fae - Darkfever 07/21
5. Soulless - Heartless 07/02
6. Siren - Siren Song 07/07
7. Dragon - Destiny Kills 07/07
8. Devil - Devil without a cause 07/08
9. Zombie - My Life as a White Trash Zombie 07/20
10. Godess - Tall, Dark & Dead 07/21

I'm in for Hard. Will post as I go.

1. Vampires
2. Werewolves (or Shifters)
3. Witches/Magical
4. Fae/Fairy.
5. Any others!
6.
7.
8.

5/5


1. Werewolves- Wolf Flight Granite Lake Wolves 2 7/11
2. Witches A Discovery of Witches
3. Mage- Playing With Fire Silver Dragons 1 7/9
4. Ghosts- Second Grave on the Left 7/13
5. Vampires - Under a Vampire Moon 7/21

I am in!! Great Challenge I love it, it might actaully been one I can complete.

4/8

1. A Blood Seduction (Vampires)
2. Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Chimerea?)
3. Lothaire Witches/Valkyrie
4. Throne of Glass Faye/fairy
5.
6.
7.
8.

I'll join to try "medium": Update August 2012 -- Ooops! I forgot to post my last book to this one. I am sure something I read in July had fairies in it but challenge is over so I am not wading back thru.

1. Vampires - Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost ★★★★✩, 4 of 5 stars. Finished July 5. Review: Before reading, I had downloaded a sample which was kinda "meh" for me so was unsure about series. Sample had fairly typical vampire hunting kickass chick with special powers stalking the vamps down in bars. And we all know how much of that is out there in the genre--wasn't really up for another butch chick in bar urban fantasy. With the release of Once Burned that I almost went with (fit lots of other BOTM and challenges), figured better get into this series first...I really, really liked this book. The world and the characters were more fully realized than sample led me to believe. The story arc was well done and a very good mix of adventure, romance, urban fantasy, paranormal and PNR genres....The heroine, Cat, was tough and kickass but not quite as one-dimensionally tough as opening bar scenes foretold. She did not blindly wander around this paranormal world blithely unquestioning things. She meets up with much-older-than-used-to vampire Crispin a.k.a. "Bones" who shakes up all her perceptions, shows her she needs more training in both her paranormal abilities and physical/fighting talents. Bones proceeds to convince (threaten) her to help him go after the really bad guys, vampires and others involved in slavery and murder. Trains her. Plot gets complex but stays believable once you accept the world building (a couple of infodump moments delineated the worldbuilding stuff but not that bad for the length . Longer review on book's product page.

2. Werewolves (or Shifters)Immortal Coil by C.I. Black ★★★★✩ 3½ stars. Finished July 11, 2012. Once initial concept accepted, author writes a surprising plausible world. Did not read like a freebie or like a first time author. Fast paced, likable characters.

3. Witches/Magical 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover by Linda Wisdom ★★★☆☆ 3 stars. Finished July 18, 2012. overall an enjoyable read but a little uneven (one minute chuckling away at excellent bunny slipper humor and the next cringing at scenes that mention "labia"); good story, annoying ghost, implausible romance/sex scene, first book in series really failed to explain how the young witches came to be exiled. Fairly original although the paranormals pretty much what you would expect for vampires, witches, dwarves, ghosts, etc.

4. Fae/Fairies

✔ Any. for demons, dragons, witches and griffins I read Last of the Demon Slayers by Angie Fox. ★★★★✩ 4 stars. Finished July 22, 2012. Romp with some favorite characters; they and story have all progressed. Answers how she is "the last."

i will join also. I am new to group so if i post wrong i apologize, do we have to list the books we are going to read? or can we just list them as they are read? thanks :) I am going for hard. and first book is the vampire one
1.Lynsay Sands A bite to Remember.

You can do either or Joely.

Shera (Book Whispers) wrote: "You can do either or Joely."
ok thank you:)

I'm in again - Hard level please.

Read 8/8

1. Vampires
Night Realm FINISHED July 3rd
Biting the Bullet FINISHED July 31st - only just in time!
2. Werewolves (or Shifters)
Wolf Song FINISHED July 23rd
Prince of Wolves FINISHED July 26th
3. Witches/Magical
Haunted FINISHED July 8th
Hex Appeal FINISHED July 25th
4. Fae/Fairy.
Summer's Crossing FINISHED July 10th
5. Any others!
Desire Unchained FINISHED July 28th

Read:

Hmm, going to start at Easy because it's a funny month... In work most of this week, off a week, in a week and finally off a week. I wouldn't mind but I get most of my reading done on the bus too and from work so holidays is when RL catches up and gets in the way! :)

Emy 1 RL 0. Rarr, I think!

LIST: Ended up at Hard

1. Vampires: Home Improvement: Undead Edition & Kiss the Night Goodbye
2. Werewolves / Shifers: Blood Cross
3. Witches / Magical: The Sweet Scent of Blood & On the Edge
4. Fae / Fairy: Unquiet Dreams & Unfallen Dead (I have REALLY fallen for this series!)
5. Others: Windfall

8/8

♦July 2012: Creatures Challenge
Level Hard
Read 0/8

Vampires: Jacob & TBA

Shifters: Visions of Heat & TBA

Fae/Fairy.: Iron Kissed ; Bone Crossed

Witches/Magical: My Angel, My Light as Darkness Falls

Any others (Immortals): Aloes

July Challenge: Totally in ^_^ For now I"m just going to go for Medium.

Vampires:Lover Avenged - finished 07/08
Shifters:Rogue- Finished 7/23

Fae:Hex Hall- Finished 7/25 (about witches but does have fairies!)

Witches:Dime Store Magic - Finished July 17th

Any other: My Soul to Take - Finished 07/08

1. Vampires
a.Glass Houses
b.The Dead Girls' Dance
c.Midnight Alley
2. Werewolves (or Shifters)
a.Bitten
b.Stolen
c.The Wolf Gift
3. Witches/Magical
a.A Discovery of Witches
b.Shadow of Night
c.Shadow and Bone
4. Fae/Fairy.
a.Darkfever
b.Bloodfever
c.Faefever
5. Any others!
a.The Rising(zombies)
b.City of Bones (angels)
c.Eat Slay Love(zombies)

I'm in for Medium

July 2012 Challenge ~ Creatures
2/5

1. Vampires - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter finished 7/9

2. Werewolves (or Shifters) - Shiver

3. Witches/Magical - The Night Circus

4. Fae/Fairy. - City of Bones

5. Any others! - Fallen finished 7/5

FINISHED
I choose Medium.
(5/5)


1. Vampires: Night Realm by Darren G. Burton

2. Werewolves (or Shifters): Bustin' by Minda Webber

3. Witches/Magical: Kiss Me Deadly (Bewitching the Dark, #2)by Michele Hauf

4. Fae/Fairy: Grave Witch (Alex Craft, #1)by Kalayna Price

5. Any others!(Archangels): Avenger's Angel (The Lost Angel, #1) by Heather Killough-Walden

I'm definitely in.
I'm going to go with hard.

Creatures July Challenge

Hard 8/8 Completed

1. Vampires: Vampire Academy FINISHED
2. Werewolves (or Shifters): Paranormalcy FINISHED
3. Witches/Magical: Night World, No. 3 Book 9 FINISHED
4. Fae/Fairy: Wicked Lovely FINISHED
5. Aliens: I Am Number Four FINISHED
6. Angels: Hush, Hush FINISHED
7. Trolls: Ascend FINISHED
8. Immortals: Evermore FINISHED

I'm in for 3
Completed 3/3 on 7-25-12



1. Vampires: One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost 7-2-12
2. Werewolves (or Shifters): Sparks Fly by Katie MacAlister 7-25-12
3. Witches/Magical: Wages of Sin by Jenna Maclaine 7-19-12

Updating...


Total: 8/8 Done!

1. Vampires: Sucker for Love , Hard Bitten , Lady & the Vamp
2. Werewolves (or Shifters): Kissing Sin,
3. Witches/Magical: Grave Memory
4. Fae/Fairy: Supernaturally , Wicked Lovely
5. Any others!: Ill Wind

I'm in :) will post my list soon.

July Challenge
July 1st - July 31st, 2012

Medium 2/5

1. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
2. Pride by Rachel Vincent -- July 10th
3. The Summoning by Kelly Armstrong
4. The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa
5. Succubus Heat by Richelle Mead -- July 11th

SOS July 2012 ~ Creatures
Level: Hard
Completed: 10/10

Vampires:
              1. The Immortal Rules 7/15 ★★★☆☆
              2. Wicked as They Come 7/22 ★★☆☆☆
Werewolves or Shifters:
              3. Tempest's Fury 7/11 ★★★★★
              4. Blue-Blooded Vamp 7/18 ★★★★★
Witches/Magical:
              5. The Rook 7/11 ★★★★★
              6. Graceling 7/20 ★★★★☆
Fae/Fairy:
              7. The Trouble with Demons 7/19 ★★★★★
              8. Bewitched & Betrayed 7/25 ★★★★★
Any others!:
              9. Railsea 7/31 ★★★☆☆
            10. Anna Dressed in Blood 7/16 ★★★☆☆

July 2012 Creatures
Level: Medium
Completed: 2/5

1.Bullet
2.Blood Cross
3.Mercy Blade
4. Pale Demon
5. A Perfect Blood

Filling in as I go!

1. Vampires:
Eternal Kiss ofDarkness
2. Werewolves (or Shifters):
Moon Called
Blood Bound
Iron Kissed
3. Witches/Magical:
The Good, the Bad, and the Undead
4. Fae/Fairy:
Bone Crossed
Silver Borne
5. Any others:
Siren Song

Can I use Cowboys as a Creature?!? haha Pretty Pleasseeee!

Cowboys are awesome beings, but I'm afraid they don't quite make the creature cut. Unless Jen clears it. ^_-

I want to try. This is my first challenge and it sounds like a lot of fun. I'm going medium.

Completed 1/5 (I guess I'll fill them in as I go)

1. Vampires -
2. Werewolves (or Shifters)-
3. Witches/Magical- The Untamed One By Ronda Thompson
4. Fae/Fairy -
5. Any others!-

I'm in. I will go for easy.
1. Vampires- Fang me- Parker Blue
2. Werewolves (or Shifters)- Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs - Read 7/17/12
3. Witches/Magical Witchlight by L.J Smith

Paranormal Addicts & Newbies
July 2012 Challenge ~ Creatures
Duration: 7/1/2012 - 7/31/2012

July's challenge is to read books with different characters. Hard 8 books - Read at least 1 book from the 5 categories and any other 3 that fit.

Progress: 5 out of 8

1. Vampires:
- Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead - ***** - 7/4/2012
2. Werewolves (or Shifters)
3. Witches/Magical: Glo & Nina: Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich - ***** - 7/22/2012
4. Fae/Fairy.
5. Debunker: Sacrificial Magic by Stacia Kane - ***** - 7/10/2012
6. Shadow Hunter: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare - ***** - 7/10/2012
7. Psy: Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh - *** - 7/24/2012
8. Any others!

I'm in.

Medium 1/5

1. Vampires - My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking - Finished 4 July

2. Werewolves (or Shifters) - Tiger Eye by Marjorie M. Liu - In progress

3. Witches/Magical - Black Heart by Holly Black - In progress

4. Fae/Fairy -

5. Any others - Daniel X: Watch the Skies by James Patterson

I'm in. I'll filling them in as I go.

Level: Hard
Completed: 3/10


1. ✔Vampires: Bone Crossed Completed 07.03.12 2/10__5★'s
2. ✔Werewolves (or Shifters): Silver Borne Completed 07.04.12 3/10__5★'s
3. Witches/Magical: Poss Grave Witch by Kalayna Price
4. ✔Fae/Fairy: Iron Kissed Completed 07.02.12 1/10__5★'s
5. Others:
6. Others:
7. Others:
8. Others:



Poss Immortal Demons: The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter
Poss Aliens: Obsidian by Jennifer Armentrout
Poss Dead/Soulless: My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent
Poss No Soul: Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
Poss Psychic/Telepathic: Once Burned byJeaniene Frost
Poss Healer: Touch of Power by Maria Snyder

PNR Addicts & Newbies
July Challenge
1/8

Vampires
Dying Bites
Blood Cross

Werewolves (or Shifters)
Raised by Wolves

Witches/Magical
Heat Stroke
Visions of Skyfire

Fae/Fairy
City of Lost Souls

Others
Succubus Heat 7.3
Mark of the Demon

UPDATING
Level: Hard
July 13, 2012 Completed: 8/8

1. ✔Vampires: Bone Crossed Completed 07.03.12 2/8__5★'s
2. ✔Werewolves (or Shifters): Silver Borne Completed 07.04.12 3/8__5★'s
3. Witches/Magical: Poss Grave Witch by Kalayna Price
4. ✔Fae/Fairy: Iron Kissed Completed 07.02.12 1/8__5★'s
5. ✔Prehistoric Creature-River Devil: River Marked Completed 07.06.12 4/8__5★'s
6. ✔Harpy: The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter Completed 07.09.12 5/8__5★'s
7. ✔Protector: Awake at Dawn by C.C. Hunter Completed 07.11.12 6/8__5★'s
8. ✔Chameleons: Taken at Dusk by C.C. Hunter Completed 07.12.12 7/8__5★'s
9. ✔ Electrical & Psychic: Once Burned byJeaniene Frost 07.13.12 8/8__5★'s

READ



Poss Angel: The Darkest Passion by Gena Showalter
Poss Immortal Demons: The Darkest Lie
Poss Aliens: Obsidian by Jennifer Armentrout

Does superhero count as other?

Progress 2/3

1.Blood Oath - vampires
2.Tempting Evil - werewolves
3

i am going to attemt to get started as I GET IT SO FAR THE BOOKS THAT HAVE ALL THE CREATURES IN I AT THE SAME TIME IS CONCIDERED HARD YES?

UPDATING HAVE FINISHED CHALLENGE - CREATURES -Level: Hard

But have not finish reading for the month and may end up with a few more creatures to add to the list :-D

July 16, 2012 Completed: 9/8
July 18, 2012 Completed: 10/8

1. ✔Vampires: Bone Crossed Completed 07.03.12 2/8__5★'s
2. ✔Werewolves (or Shifters): Silver Borne Completed 07.04.12 3/8__5★'s
3. ✔Witches/Magical: Grave Witch by Kalayna Price Completed 07.16.12 9/8__5★'s
4. ✔Fae/Fairy: Iron Kissed Completed 07.02.12 1/8__5★'s
5. ✔Prehistoric Creature-River Devil & Walker (similar to skinwalker) & Vampire & Weres: River Marked Completed 07.06.12 4/8__5★'s
6. ✔Harpy & Immortal/Demons: The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter Completed 07.09.12 5/8__5★'s
7. ✔Protector & Vampires & Weres: Awake at Dawn by C.C. Hunter Completed 07.11.12 6/8__5★'s
8. ✔Chameleons & Vampires & Weres: Taken at Dusk by C.C. Hunter Completed 07.12.12 7/8__5★'s
9. ✔ Electrical/Psychic & Vampire: Once Burned byJeaniene Frost 07.13.12 8/8__5★'s
10. ✔Kelpies & Witches & Fae & Changeling & Magic/Soul Constructs & Planeweaver:
Grave Dance by Kalayna Price Completed 07.18.12 10/8__5★'s

READ



Poss Aliens: Obsidian by Jennifer Armentrout

Just updated my post. I'm all done! :)

I'm in too...I thought I already posted. I'll do medium for now but I may change to hard.

July Creatures Challenge
Level: Medium
Read: 1/5

Vampires: Halfway to the Grave
Werewolves/Shifters: Bitten
Witches/Magic:
Fae:
✓ Gods/Mythology:Deadly Descendant 7/14 ★★★★

TBD|TBD