The Ultimate Challenge

Points:
There will be 3 prizes awarded at the end of the challenge for the bookcrossers with the most points. Points will be awarded as follows:
* 1 point for a read OR a release
* 2 points for a read AND a release
* if you read/release a book that fits with the monthly theme you will get 1 extra point

Month Themes:
August - The Elements

Books Read:

January
~The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
~Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
~Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
~Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
~Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
~Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
~Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
~Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
~Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

February
~Tailspin by Catherine Coulter
~Poems of Solace and Remembrance edited by Paul Negri
~The Secret Supper by Javier Sierra
~Spirited Away by Cindy Miles
~The Devilish Pleasures of a Duke by Jillian Hunter
~The Mummy or Ramses the Damned by Anne Rice

March
~The Cat Who Played Post Office by Lilian Jackson Braun
~Don't Sweat the Small Stuff--and it's all small stuff by Richard Carlson
~The Cat Who Turned On and Off by Lilian Jackson Braun
~My Wicked Marquess by Constance Hall
~Somewhere I'll Find You by Lisa Kleypas
~The Sherbrooke Bride by Catherine Coulter
~The Devil in Vienna by Doris Orgel

April
~Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
~Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
~When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn
~The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn
~Secrets of the Heart by Candace Camp
~Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas
~Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
~The Dark Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
~Calypso Magic by Catherine Coulter

May
~In Odd We Trust by Dean Koontz and Queenie Chan
~The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
~Moonspun Magic by Catherine Coulter
~Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts
~Black Rose by Nora Roberts
~Red Lily by Nora Roberts
~Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband by Melissa Mayhue
~True Blue: Police Stories by Sgt. Randy Sutton
~Dark Champion by Jo Beverley

June
~Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz
~The Rogue's Return by Jo Beverley
~Key of Light by Nora Roberts
~Key of Knowledge by Nora Roberts
~Key of Valor by Nora Roberts
~A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

July
~The Book Thief by Mark Zusak
~The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer
~The Aristocrat by Catherine Coulter
~Duma Key by Stephen King
~Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn
~His Mistress By Morning by Elizabeth Boyle
~The Duchess by Jude Deveraux

August
~Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning
~There and Now by Linda Lael Miller
~The Immortal Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
~Traded Secrets by Victoria Presley
~Dangerous by Amanda Quick
~The Iron Lance by Stephen R. Lawhead

Books Released:

January
~All the Crazy Winters by Deborah Adams
~Revenge of the Gypsy Queen by Kris Neri
~The Crystal World by J.G. Ballard
~Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
~Mount Dragon by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
~The Fires of Merlin by T.A. Barron
~Black Rose by Nora Roberts
~To Rescue a Rogue by Jo Beverley
~The Sinful Nights of a Nobleman by Jillian Hunter
~The Rules of Seduction by Madeline Hunter
~A Loving Scoundrel by Johana Lindsey
~The Bartered Bride by Mary Jo Putney
~Let it be Love by Victoria Alexander
~Suite Fantasy by Janice Maynard
~The Once and Future King by T.H. White
~King Lear by Shakespeare

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February

~The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum

~A Gentle Feuding by Johana Lindsey

~Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks

~1001 Ways to be a Good Cook by Margaret Paterson

~Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser

~The Really Useful Student Cook Book by Silvana Franco

~A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks

~Touched by the Savior by Mike Yorkey

~Carriers by Mike Lynch

~Poems of Solace and Remembrance edited by Paul Negri

~Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

~Tailspin by Catherine Coulter

~1,003 Great Things About Friends by Lisa Birnbach, Patricia Marx, Ann Hodgman

~The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

~Night by Elie Wiesel

~Chinese Astrology by Sabrina Liao

~Candide by Voltaire

~Forever Odd by Dean Koontz

~So Many Books, So Little Time by Sara Nelson

~Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser

~The Mummy or Ramses the Damned by Anne Rice

~Operation Bassinet by Joyce Sullivan
~Under Lock and Key by Sylvie Kurtz

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March

~Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

~Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

~Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

~Don't Sweat the Small Stuff--and it's all small stuff by Richard Carlson

~The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum

~The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum

~The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum

~Sail by James Patterson

~Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix by J.K. Rowling

~Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

~A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin
~Elvenbane by Andre Norton, Mercedes Lackey
~Elvenblood by Andre Norton, Mercedes Lackey
~Goodnight, Irene by Jan Burke

~Elvenborn by Andre Norton, Mercedes Lackey *

~A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin*

~A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin*

~The Cat Who Turned On and Off by Lilian Jackson Braun

~The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom

~Sisterchicks in Sombreros by Robin Jones Gunn

~Trouble the Water by Nicole Seitz

~City of Masks by Mary Hoffman

~Eleventh Hour by Catherine Coulter

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April

~Born in Death by J.D. Robb

~The Private Life of the Cat Who: Tales of Koko and Yum Yum by Lilian Jackson Braun

~The Cat Who Played Post Office by Lilian Jackson

~Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

~Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

~The Devil in Vienna by Doris Orgel

~Joining the Military by Scott A. Ostrow *

~Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Tounched the World by Vicki Myron

~Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

May

~The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

~The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

~The Heir by Johanna Lindsey

~The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn

~My Favorite Rogue by Lynn Collum, Victoria Hinshaw, Debbie Raleigh

~Shetland Summer by Janet Lynnford

~Digging Up Trouble by Jo Ann Ferguson

~Handful of Promises by Jeanne Savery

~The Reluctant Hero by Mary Kingsley

~A Model Marriage by Jo Ann Ferguson

~The Unexpected Sister by Glenda Garland

~Dalliance & Deception by Andrew & Mallin

~A Proper Introduction by Christine Locksy

~A Daring Courtship by Valerie King

~The Devil Wears Tartan by Karen Ranney

~Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas

~Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas

~My Wicked Marquess by Constance Hall

~The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn

~The Reluctant Rake by Jeanne Savery

~Calypso Magic by Catherine Coulter

~Midsummer Magic by Catherine Coulter

~Lord of Raven's Peak by Catherine Coulter

~A Loving Scoundrel by Johanna Lindsey

~The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn

~Joining by Johanna Lindsey

~Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever LP (HC) by Julia Quinn

~The Devilish Pleasures of a Duke by Jillian Hunter

~Somewhere I'll Find You by Lisa Kleypas

~Prisoner of My Desire by Johanna Lindsey

~The Sherbrooke Bride by Catherine Coulter

~When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn

~Secrets of the Heart by Candace Camp

~Dracula by Bram Stoker

~Dark Melody by Christine Feehan

~The Man Who Loved God by William X. Kienzle

~Changes by Danielle Steele

~The Face by Dean Koontz

~The Masked Man by B.J. Daniels

~From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz

~V for Vendetta by Stephen Moore

~The Talisman by Stephen King

~True Blue: Police Stories by Those Who Have Lived Them by Sgt. Randy Sutton

~No Place Like Home by Mary Higgins Clark

June

~Cassidy and the Princess by Patricia Potter

~Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts

~Black Rose by Nora Roberts

~Red Lily by Nora Roberts

~Surfacing by Margaret Atwood

~Brother Odd by Dean Koontz

~Dust by Martha Grimes

~Proper Conduct by Shannon Donnelly

~Open House by Elizabeth Berg

~The Fires of Merlin by T.A. Barron

~Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

~Spirited Away by Cindy Miles

~Simple Genius by David Baldacci

~Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz

July

~The Malediction by Julian Claman

~Consider the Lily by Elizabeth Buchan

~A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

~Hollywood Wives by Jackie Collins

~Mount Dragon by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

~Dreamland by Dale Brown and Jim Defelice

~Her Private Bodyguard by Gayle Wilson

~Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn

~Key of Knowledge by Nora Roberts

~Key of Light by Nora Roberts

~Key of Valor by Nora Roberts

~Lord of the Flies by William Golding

~The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

~Elvenborn by Andre Norton, Mercedes Lackey

~Jeopardy!...What Is Quiz Book 3? by Sony

~Creation in Death by J.D. Robb

~Undead and Unreturnable by MaryJanice Davidson

~Undead and Unpopular by MaryJanice Davidson

~Survivor in Death by J.D. Robb

~Just One Bite by Kimberly Raye

~The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket

~The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer

~Elvenbane by Andre Norton, Mercedes Lackey

~Elvenblood by Andre Norton, Mercedes Lackey

~Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom

~The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

~The Beginning by Catherine Coulter

~The Brethren by Beverly Lewis

~His Mistress By Morning by Elizabeth Boyle

~Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella

~The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

~The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman

~Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald

~Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

~Sunny Chandler's Return by Sandra Brown

August

~Submarines of the World: 300 of the World's Greatest Submarines by Robert Jackson

~Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia by C. S Lewis

Theme:
~Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
~Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

~Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

~Beyond the Highland Mists by Karen Marie Moning

~Submarines of the World: 300 of the World's Greatest Submarines by Robert Jackson

~Jeopardy!...What Is Quiz Book 3? by Sony

Points Earned: 226

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